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Religion

cleanhippie

(19,705 posts) Thu Jan 14, 2016, 11:25 AM Jan 2016

Do stereotypes about religious people undermine their performance in certain tests? Studies have found Christians tend to underperform non-Christians when it comes to tests of logical ability.

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/14/463010075/researchers-probe-stereotype-christians-and-science-dont-get-a-long?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=storiesfromnpr#

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Researchers Probe Stereotype: Christians And Science Don't Get Along (Original Post) cleanhippie Jan 2016 OP

Aw c'mon, they get along just fine. trotsky Jan 2016 #2

Couldn't tell that by this room. rug Jan 2016 #3

(19,705 posts)

1. The researchers could use this forum to back up the finding of the study.

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 12:19 PM

Jan 2016

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2. Aw c'mon, they get along just fine.

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 01:10 PM

Jan 2016

Christians (and other believers) reject the parts of science they don't like, and then - voilà - there's no conflict.

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3. Couldn't tell that by this room.

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 04:07 PM

Jan 2016