Do check out this article based on actual research from The Panda’s Thumb. Panda’s Thumb is a pro-evolution, anti-creationist science blog. It’s a real treat to come across this kind of evidence-based study of scientists and their beliefs that avoids the polemics that are normally a staple of this kind of discussion.
Conclusion. Paul Strode and I tried to show that science is not necessarily incompatible with religion, though it certainly falsifies the specific claims of some religions. Nevertheless, both atheists and creationists (some of them, anyway) want to think that science necessarily leads toward atheism or agnosticism. It is hard to say, but it seems more likely that skeptics or freethinkers, who may be already inclined toward disbelief in God, are more likely to become scientists or, perhaps, science teachers. The claim that social scientists are less likely to believe than are physical scientists may not stand up to scrutiny
However, don’t just settle for the conclusion, read the research and the line of argument.
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