Is it true that 93% of scientists in the US are atheists?

A survey of scientists who are members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the ... read more

38% of natural scientists (e.g. physics, chemistry, biology etc.) are atheists. 31% of social scientists are atheists. That's a bit different than 93%. read more

Chinese citizens who identify themselves belonging to either Taoism or Buddhism would make up close to 80% if not 93% of the population. However, most of practised Taoism and Buddhism in China is a mix of folk religion and Tao & Buddhist philosophy. read more

One study of elite scientists (teaching at our top research universities) found only 59 percent of them to be non-immigrant, US citizens. Twelve percent of the natural scientists were Asian. 11 Obviously, we must control for this when comparing their religiosity with the general US population. read more