Scientists Vs. God

The chasm between scientists' and the general public's view of God

A survey of more than 2,500 U.S. scientists has confirmed that they hold starkly different views about God than the general public. Just 33 percent of scientists believe in God, with another 18 percent believing in a universal spirit or higher power.

About 95 percent of Americans, in general, believe in God or a higher power.

The survey also breaks out the demographics of scientists' beliefs, finding that younger scientists are more likely to believe in God than older colleagues, and that chemists are also more likely to believe in God than other disciplines. (Physicists and astronomers are the true heretics):

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