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Subject: Re: Re: phs.2144: Re: Educated religious - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 22-Nov-83 00:17:16 EST
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uicsl!preece    Nov 14 14:30:00 1983

I doubt you could establish a relationship between religious belief
and education. Certainly for example one could name there is an equally
educated example on the other side of the balance. I suspect that the
more educated are likely to have a less literal view of religious
teachings and a better defined image of their relationship with
their preceived god.  This probably means fewer fence sitters.
Anecdotal evidence is worth very little; my own is that almost all
the well-educated people whose religious positions I know do believe
strongly in some kind of god. I suspect that susceptibility to
religious belief is a much deeper element in the psyche than education.

scott preece
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