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Does “real thinking” reduce religious belief? [Updated]

May 1, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 6 Comments

Last week, one of The Atlantic's Study of the Day articles spurred a lively conversation on our Facebook Wall. To give you a sense of the study, see the following tweet, which I hope was the result of sloppy nonexistent copy-editing. Even the religious lose faith when they take time to really think: theatln.tc/IdpELp #StudyoftheDay by @hansvillarica— TheAtlantic/Health (@TheAtlanticHLTH) April 30, 2012 (Unfortunately, one can't simply assume that poor editing can be blamed for this laughable tweet, because … [Read more...] about Does “real thinking” reduce religious belief? [Updated]

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: analytical thinking, logic, religious belief, research, social sciences

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