A psychologist, historian, biologist, cosmologist?
Why?
((Of course, there are other more important factors than occupation, but only given this information...))
2007-09-25 08:08:29 · 11 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Biologist and cosmologist, according to the research.
"Psychologist" would join them, but in fact that label applies to two entirely different populations, psychotherapists, who tend to be believers, and research psychologists, who are far more likely to be atheists. (this paragraph is just my conjecture, by the way)
Magley (below), I agree with you - but you're talking only about the second kind of psychologist. The other kind are almost as likely as the general population to believe that we have "souls" that make us who we are.
2007-09-25 08:15:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Biologists and Cosmologists are both highly likely to be atheists. I haven't seen data on the others.
2007-09-25 08:56:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say biologist simply because 72 percent of National Academy of Sciences members are atheist.
2007-09-25 11:32:19 · answer #3 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say either biologist or cosmologist. I have a hard time saying historian because that's the category I'd most fit into.
2007-09-25 08:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The psychologist I know best is an atheist, while my Aunt who is tenured professor of Biology at Miami is a Christian. Like all biology professors, she will tell you quite frankly that evolution is a fact.
2007-09-25 09:53:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biologist. I read that in a survey of scientists. Probably to do with Darwinism and the scale of evolutionary vs scriptural time.
Note though, scientists in Hindu societies were nott surveyed.
2007-09-25 08:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by bulletproofmoth 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm gonna go with biologist. Although my best male friend is a biologist, and also Catholic. But I think he's a bit of an exception.
2007-09-25 08:12:50 · answer #7 · answered by Linz ♥ VT 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Psychologist, based on the concept "knowledge of how things work (the brain being quite complex) leaves less of your answers to be answered by "god made it that way"... instead you have a more realistic answer for why something works the way it does...
2007-09-25 08:16:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
biologist and psychologist
2007-09-25 08:12:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Who cares they are all entitled to their own opinions without people shunning them...
2007-09-25 08:11:57 · answer #10 · answered by htpanther 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋