Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief

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Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 27, 2012 @12:45AM from the can-of-worms dept.

Freshly Exhumed writes "A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers. The study, which will appear in tomorrow's issue of Science (abstract), finds that thinking analytically increases disbelief among believers and skeptics alike, shedding important new light on the psychology of religious belief."

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Whoever is responsible for this article by Cornwallis · 2012-04-27 00:47 · Score: 5, Funny

will burn in hell.
1. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article by Jaysyn · 2012-04-27 00:48 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Now that's what I call a loving god!
  
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2. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article by crazyjj · 2012-04-27 01:02 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It was probably one of them fancy college boys with their books and such.
  
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3. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article by Hillgiant · 2012-04-27 01:15 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The more I think about it, the less sense the parent comment makes.
  
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4. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article by asylumx · 2012-04-27 01:35 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If analytic thinking decreases religious beliefs, then I'd say religions should feel quite secure in today's world.
5. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-27 01:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  those who practice magic arts
  I guess IT is fucked....
6. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article by oldmac31310 · 2012-04-27 02:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  He was joking around with the boys. A little too much wine and all that.
  
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7. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article by daem0n1x · 2012-04-27 03:28 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You're wrong. People that believe in those false gods are obviously inferior and God will smite them with all his fury if they don't convert. We the Catholics have been helping the Lord with the smiting for two millennia, with great success!
  And we do that because the Lord told us to love everybody and we want everybody to go to heaven.
8. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article by Ihmhi · 2012-04-27 04:55 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Oh come on. Magic is all about weird clothes, secret societies, strange languages, darkened catacombs, and a system of mystical thinking that has little bearing on logic. IT is nothing like th-
  Mother of god.
  
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In other news... by SigmundFloyd · 2012-04-27 00:54 · Score: 5, Funny

A new study finds that intelligence can decrease stupidity! Maybe the two teams could join forces.

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Re:Awesome Jedi Mind Trick by Black+Parrot · 2012-04-27 01:16 · Score: 4, Funny

71 And then the Romans laid hands on Jesus to lead him away. 72 But Peter said unto them, "This is not the Jew you are looking for." 73 And then the centurion said unto them, "This is not the Jew we are looking for."

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