Who Believes?

I came across some interesting data concerning college and university professors and their belief or nonbelief in God in the latest issue of The Christian Century magazine. A recent survey conducted for the Social Science Research Council found that 10.0% agreed with the statement, 'I don't believe in God." 13.4% agreed with "I don't know whether there is a God and I don't believe there is any way to find out." 19.6% agreed with "I don't believe in a personal God, but I do believe in a Higher Power of some kind." 4.4% agreed with "I find myself believing in God some of the time, but not at others." 16.9% agreed with "While I have my doubts, I feel that I do believe in God." Finally 35.7% agreed with "I know God really exists and I have no doubts about it."

Other differences that the researchers discovered is that professors at elite institutions showed the least amount of religious belief, and those at community colleges showed the greatest. Biologists and psychologists demonstrated the least inclination to believe in God while those in the fields of nursing, marketing, elementary education, finance, and accounting demonstrated the greatest inclination. The low belief level of biologists and psychologists does not surprise me. Anything surprising to you in these findings?