Researchers Note: Pew Charitable Trusts is a sponsor for the Pew Research Center (think tank), and was funded by George Soros’s Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Researchers Note: Pew Charitable Trusts is a sponsor for the Pew Research Center (think tank), and was funded by George Soros’s Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Pew Study: Religious Americans Less Likely to See Conflict Between Faith and Science

by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. 22 Oct 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/22/pew-study-religious-americans-less-likely-see-conflict-faith-science/

A new study by the Pew Center reveals that atheists are far more likely to see a conflict between faith and science than religious believers.

The report states that 73% of those who seldom or never attend religious services say that science and religion are often in conflict, while those who attend services at least once a week are 23% less likely to say so.

Among the unaffiliated—a group that includes atheists, agnostics, and those who belong to no religion in particular—the numbers are even higher. More than three quarters (76%) of the unaffiliated say that science and religion are often in conflict.

The study further shows that people’s beliefs regarding a conflict between science and religion reflect their perception of other people’s conflicts rather than their own. Less than one-third of Americans polled (30%) say that their personal religious beliefs conflict with science, yet nearly double this number (59%) say that science and religion are often in conflict.

More than two-thirds of those surveyed (68%) say there is no conflict between their own beliefs and science.

In only five years, the percentage of American adults who perceive a conflict between science and their own religious beliefs has declined by a full six percentage points, from 36% in 2009 to 30% in 2014.

The study also found that in comparison with the religiously unaffiliated, religious people are more likely to favor more offshore drilling, to approve of fracking, to oppose stricter emission controls on power plants and to be unafraid of world population growth.

For example, a full 70% of white evangelical Protestants favor allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling, whereas among the religiously unaffiliated the number is about half that (37%).

Similarly, about 64% of the religiously unaffiliated oppose increased use of fracking to extract oil and natural gas, while only 35% of white evangelicals oppose it.

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Joanne Leedom-Ackerman was a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, a director at the Human Rights Watch, is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and a director at Refugees International.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director emeritus at Refugees International, Jonathan Soros’s father, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, Refugees International, the Sundance Institute, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the New America Foundation, Climate Reality Project, and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Henry W. McGee was a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and is a governing board member for the Pew Research Center (think tank).

Pew Charitable Trusts is a sponsor for the Pew Research Center (think tank).

Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Wendy Schmidt is a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and married to Eric E. Schmidt.  

Eric E. Schmidt is married to Wendy Schmidt, the chairman of the New America Foundation, a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, was a funder for the New America Foundation, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation, and George Soros’s son.

John P. Holdren is a co-chair for the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and the director at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the Barack Obama administration.

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is a division of the White House.

Maxine L. Savitz is a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and a fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

William K. Reilly was a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and a fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Barbara A. Schaal is a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the VP for the National Academy of Sciences.

Rosina M. Bierbaum is a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and a director at the Climate Reality Project.

E. Floyd Kvamme was a co-chair for the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and is a partner emeritus at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.

Albert A. Gore Jr. was a donor for The Climate Project, is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.

The Climate Project was a merged organization with the Climate Reality Project.

Cindy Harrell-Horn is a director at the Climate Reality Project, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Henry W. McGee was a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and is a governing board member for the Pew Research Center (think tank).

Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

James Gustave Speth is an honorary trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and a director at the Climate Reality Project.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Climate Reality Project, the New America Foundation, the Human Rights Watch, Refugees International, and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and a director emeritus at Refugees International.

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman was a director at the Human Rights Watch, was a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and a director at Refugees International.

Pew Charitable Trusts is a sponsor for the Pew Research Center (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Pew Charitable Trusts.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.