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Are most doctors atheist?
The majority of physicians believe in God (65.2 \%), and 51.2 \% reported themselves as religious, 24.8 \% spiritual, 12.4 \% agnostic, and 11.6 \% atheist. Most physicians consider themselves religious or spiritual, but the rates of agnosticism and atheism are higher than the general population.
Should religious beliefs influence health matters?
According to Cultural Religious Competence in Clinical Practice, “Religion and spirituality are important factors in a majority of the patients seeking care. Religion and spirituality can impact decisions regarding diet, medicines based on animal products, modesty, and the preferred gender of their health providers.
Should children be allowed to choose their religion?
Children do not choose religious identity a la carte, but by utilizing the traditions of rationality that have taught them how to think. Letting kids make up their minds about religion implicitly makes up their minds for them, because it teaches them that they have the sort of minds that Enlightenment rationality assumes.
Should children “make up their own minds” about religion?
Based on my early church experiences, letting my son “make up” his own mind about religion would be misguided, because that conception of freedom fails to recognize how children learn to reason in the first place. Children do not choose religious identity a la carte, but by utilizing the traditions of rationality that have taught them how to think.
Why do people choose their religion?
Religion is no different. Parents choose religious preference for their children as a matter of spiritual health and safety. Religion provides a context from which to choose what is right and what is wrong.
Are children indoctrinated in their parents’ religion?
From that point forward, children are indoctrinated in their parent’s religion. While many Christian sects hide their motivations for indoctrinating young children, Evangelical groups such as Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), are quite clear about why they go after young children.