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What, wasn't their faith in god strong enough? It works wonders for children without vaccinations...

In some cases, even religious people will trust science ... (though not enough if other persons are affected)

Seriously, have we gotten to the point that we're actually bigoted against all religions?

73% of Americans believe in God: http://www.pewforum.org/2012/1...
41% trust scientists, with another 46% trusting them "Somewhat" http://www.asanet.org/images/j...

  73% believe in God, 87% trust scientists at least "somewhat" so, at the very least, 60% of people believe on God AND trust science at the same time! That's assuming there is no overlap.

If you disparage someone for their religious beliefs, you are a bigot. Seriously, you really are. It's not some different thing, you can't cite the crusades as evidence of how evil modern Christians are, you can't point to wars in the middle east. None of that has anything to do with the little old lady down the street that goes to church. You're making an offensive, and more importantly, incorrect generalization about an entire group of people based on the actions of a very small minority that has nothing to do with them at all.

I know this will get modded down pretty quickly on Slashdot. This site is notoriously intolerant of the faithful, but that doesn't make it right. Have fun modding me down troll, just keep in mind you're doing it for the same reasons sectarian bigotry happens all over the world. No one thinks they're a bigot while they're being a bigot. And if you're teaching your kids this mentality at home? Shame on you.

What about religious people who cling to the efficacy of their face despite all evidence to the contrary? Such as somebody saying "Not going to the doctor, God will heal me". Is that bigoted? Because that is about the exact thing the poster you are replying to was referencing. The statistics you cite are also irrelevent, because between "believe in God" and "trust science" are not mutually exclusive, and "believe in God" was not presented as a dichotomy of "belief" and "belief somewhat". A better survey to find would be one that asks "If you had cancer, would you go to a doctor, trust God to heal you, or just give up and do nothing?"

What, wasn't their faith in god strong enough? It works wonders for children without vaccinations...

In some cases, even religious people will trust science ... (though not enough if other persons are affected)

Seriously, have we gotten to the point that we're actually bigoted against all religions?

73% of Americans believe in God: http://www.pewforum.org/2012/1...
41% trust scientists, with another 46% trusting them "Somewhat" http://www.asanet.org/images/j...

  73% believe in God, 87% trust scientists at least "somewhat" so, at the very least, 60% of people believe on God AND trust science at the same time! That's assuming there is no overlap.

If you disparage someone for their religious beliefs, you are a bigot. Seriously, you really are. It's not some different thing, you can't cite the crusades as evidence of how evil modern Christians are, you can't point to wars in the middle east. None of that has anything to do with the little old lady down the street that goes to church. You're making an offensive, and more importantly, incorrect generalization about an entire group of people based on the actions of a very small minority that has nothing to do with them at all.

I know this will get modded down pretty quickly on Slashdot. This site is notoriously intolerant of the faithful, but that doesn't make it right. Have fun modding me down troll, just keep in mind you're doing it for the same reasons sectarian bigotry happens all over the world. No one thinks they're a bigot while they're being a bigot. And if you're teaching your kids this mentality at home? Shame on you.

What I find fascinating is that all the "pro-science" people apparently didn't even bother to read the actual study being discussed.

Looking at the original paper to see what the exact survey question was.

“The GSS asked respondents the following question: “I am going to name some institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them [the Scientific Community]?”(page 172)

The confidence in “people running these institutions” was being measured, not “Science” itself. Seems like that's a pretty big difference....

And scienceblog is more willing to use a study that it doesnt link to to validate its positions.

Seriously WTF. No important details, no actual numbers, no study, but lets ridicule conservatives for being anti-science. You sure showed them.

Well, you could use a search engine to find the link: http://www.asanet.org/images/journals/docs/pdf/asr/Apr12ASRFeature.pdf

Whew, that took me almost 15 seconds!

You might reflect for a moment that your predisposition to dismiss data you don't like without any investigation may have a bearing on whether it is apt to characterize conservatives as being "anti-science".

There was a study done earlier this year by the American Sociological Society. They found that Atheists are America's most distrusted minority.

From the article: Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in "sharing their vision of American society." Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are least willing to allow their children to marry.

So I can't see an Atheist being elected anytime soon. But there is the first Muslim elected to Congress this year. Maybe there is hope.

I can't believe no one has posted this yet.... but here is the link to the actual paper. http://www.asanet.org/galleries/default-file/June0 6ASRFeature.pdf

"Well, chew on this: lately studies have been consitently showing that, once you get past the poverty line, personal satisfaction and happiness are negatively correlated with income."

Not according to the American Sociological Association's recent study:
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Press&name=M oney+Can+Buy+You+Happiness