is it true that the more you know about religion, your belief in a "god" decreases?

Answer 1

It probably is, but I don't think that the effect would be very strong, and there are a lot of exceptions. Overall it's probably true, though.

Belief in god does seem to depend in large part on ignorance about things like the nature of evidence, the burden of evidence, human fallibility, the nature of truth, etc.

Answer 2

When growing up my mother had us all involved in our church. During high school I was going to 'church' functions 3-4 times a week but I was not 'gung ho religious'. During one of the Sunday School classes, I was a bit early and standing in front of a picture of Jesus with a lot of questions going thru my mind. When the teacher ( the same one who had watched me in the nursery as a new born) asked me "you seem to be intrigued in the picture. Is there a specific question you wish to ask about it?" I looked at her and said "you know, if you give the guy a hair cut and shave - he'd look like any other man walking on the street. How do you know what he really looked like?" She just glared at me and replied "I don't think I want you in this class anymore. You're not welcomed here anymore - please leave". Ever since then I still have tons of questions. I have sat back and looked into many different religions and have finally come to the conclusion that religion is nothing but pure brain washing. Many of you may ask yourself "how can she fill this way and still believe in God?" I don't know the answer to that myself. I don't go to church but I still believe in God but will not go to church because of the brain washing.

Answer 3

It was true for me. The more I learned about religion and the more I read about the bible and learned how much it was changed and the more people I heard interpret it, the less and less I believed in it.
I'm not going to say that I'm an Atheist, nor am I completely Agnostic. I'd like to believe in God, I'd like to keep my faith. I believe that there must be some sort of afterlife because spirits exist, deja vu exists, I do believe in reincarnation. I guess I still have some exploring to do.

Answer 4

Not necessarily. There may be a tendency to become more open and accepting of different religious viewpoints, but some people instead become more convinced that there is "something" greater than us because of all of the different religions even if they become less sure of what that "something" is. Of course, there are also people who do become less convinced about the existence of a supernatural power (like myself) as they learn more and more about different religions, but it certainly isn't true in all or even most cases.

Answer 5

No, it's just the opposite. The more you know about religions the more your trust in God increases as your trust in flawed human beings decreases by a corresponding amount.

Answer 6

I don't think so. I know a lot about my religion but I believe more strongly now than ever in a god because the more I know the more I realize that i need to have faith to get through my day.

Answer 7

It's a reasonable conclusion, considering the relationship that's been established between education level and belief in religion....

Answer 8

It's been my observation that the more education you have, the more independent of a thinker you are.

When that happens, when critical thought flourishes, religion usually gets tossed out the window as bunk.

tom

Answer 9

It's different for different people:

Some are drawn closer to religion and God,

Others are drawn further from religion, but closer to God,

Others reject the two entirely.

Answer 10

i dont know, i know ive abandoned all concept of religion, i think that God and I have a relationship, and relationships are personal, so, i think its possible, the more people you add, the broader your views should be, (its alot easier to defend what *I* believe then what some racist biggot who worships the same God as me believes