From “Intitutive thinking may influence belief in God” (ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2011), we learn,
In a series of studies, researchers at Harvard University found that people with a more intuitive thinking style tend to have stronger beliefs in God than those with a more reflective style. Intuitive thinking means going with one’s first instinct and reaching decisions quickly based on automatic cognitive processes. Reflective thinking involves the questioning of first instinct and consideration of other possibilities, thus allowing for counterintuitive decisions.
People who got the right answers on their test were less likely to believe in God, so there.
And atheists are more likely to be autists, according to a story about a study that rolled through here earlier. It would be interesting to know who thinks all this is science. But in an age when even Einstein is under question …
And that closes our religion page coverage for the week.
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