alt.education

In article < @ > Wide Eyed in Wonder writes:
> Overall, church attendance is down, no surprise in our current anti-
> religious culture. The part I want to point out is WHO is leaving the
> church. According to a Pew research finding, it is the uneducated.
>
> /news/2007/06/14/religion
>
> This link shows a table of a Pew Research study that found that among
> young people there was a percent drop in those that didn't attend
> college. However, among those with a college degree, only
> percent less attended church. Now, before you get to thinking this
> was a total rejection of God, there was a decline in those that
> felt religion was important among the uneducated and a 15 percent
> decline among those with a degree. The point? From both parts, you
> can see the educated STICK with God, while those without an education
> choose to walk away. For at least 17 percent more of the educated
> than the uneducated, God made sense...their education helped them see
> this to be true (otherwise they would've followed the educated out the
> door).
>
> Kenneth Clifton
>
>

Sure the religion they adhere to is one you'd approve of?

Beliefs about the Bible as a function of education (average
of three Gallup polls, taken from 2005-2007)


Ancient Fables, Inspired Word Literal Word
history, legends of God of God
recorded by man


High school 13% 41 42
or less:

some college: 19 48 32

coll. grad: 25 53 30

post grad: 30 57 11


Thus, where 42% of those with high school or less believe that
the Bible is the literal word of God, only 11% of post grads
do.

And where 13% of those with high school or less believe the
Bible to be fables, history, or legends set down by man,
30% of post grads do.

Or, as Gallup phrased it:

The analysis of these data shows one demographic
variable that is highly related to views of the Bible --
education. The higher the level of education, the less
likely the individual is to believe that the Bible is the
actual, literal word of God.


Is that a style of "religious" you're comfortable with?



-- cary

(that, and other interesting factoids, at: /content/?ci=27682)