[fr_freak]

That's not what it said. What it said was, the higher the level of education, the less religious a person is *likely* to be. Among the PhD and whatnot I know, I've certainly found that to be true...

What I wonder most of all is whether this was always the case, if it is actually the case now. Once upon a time, higher education did not show the disdain for religion that they have now, and did not actively seek to discredit it. Given the level of indoctrination that goes on in higher education now, perhaps the drop in religiousness is more indicative of the effectiveness of anti-religion propaganda than of progress toward any real truth.

[orionblamblam]

> Once upon a time, higher education did not show the disdain for religion that they have now,

In no small part due to the fact that in times past, "higher education" meant being taught by the church, what with education being a dangerous thing and all...

> Given the level of indoctrination that goes on in higher
education now, perhaps the drop in religiousness is more indicative of...

Engineering and science students beign exposed to natural explanations of things formerly considered solely within the realm of the spiritual?

I've never heard of a physics class that "indoctrinates" students with anti-religion propoganda.