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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 04:13 PM Apr 2017

More education means less religious commitment unless you're Christian

From the article:

(RNS) It’s a popular belief: The more educated a person is, the less religious he or she likely will be.
And it’s mostly right, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center surveys released Wednesday (April 26)........

But there are exceptions.
The “big however,” Smith said, is that Christians — the majority (71 percent) of American adults — don’t seem to fit the pattern at all.......

Christians with higher levels of education (70 percent, combining all measures) appear to be just as religious as those with less schooling (73 percent of those with some college and 71 percent with some high school), according to the analysis


Interesting findings.

To read more:

http://religionnews.com/2017/04/26/more-education-means-less-religious-commitment-unless-youre-christian/
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More education means less religious commitment unless you're Christian (Original Post) guillaumeb Apr 2017 OP
You might have accidentally put Rug on Ignore. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #1
Two stories with different headlines. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #2
Rug posted the thing, you posted a thing about the thing. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #3
So somehow "fitting" in this spot? guillaumeb Apr 2017 #4
What does "religious" mean? Igel Apr 2017 #5
The term can be an identifier. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #6

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. Two stories with different headlines.
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 04:40 PM
Apr 2017

I searched by headline. But if I delete this post, will a certain someone wonder why?

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
4. So somehow "fitting" in this spot?
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 06:22 PM
Apr 2017

I am concerned that another deleted post will be the occasion of a thread wondering why all the deleted posts.

Igel

(35,320 posts)
5. What does "religious" mean?
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 10:31 PM
Apr 2017

Professing something and going to services once a year with the family?

Going to services weekly and observing strict dietary restrictions and prayer times?

I've heard the same sermon at three different mainstream denominations and a off-mainstream church, and hear it at student assemblies. "Be nice." At church, it's "be nice because Jesus." At student assemblies it's "be nice because student solidarity." No demand; no real penalty; no enforcement; just a nice platitude. It's the kind of thing which, as a religious, is inoffensive to all but die-hard atheism. Even then, it's still fairly compatible apart from some phoneme strings and the reason for that awesome platitude.)

(In fact, there's even a motivational speaker who sells hats, "Dude, be nice!" (at, appropriately, https://www.dudebenice.com/ ).

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