At 10:29 PM -0500 2/7/03, Al Shealy wrote:
Only the generic observation that peoples beliefs do affect their (other) behavior.Paul Brandon wrote:That may well be, but .... If an individual honestly believes that evolution is not true and thus rejects the scientific method (yes, I believe that this assumption is justified), their clinical practice will be driven by a different set of assumptions; ones that I feel are not appropriate for a clinical psychologist. I would suggest that such an individual would be more comfortable and appropriate in a theologically oriented counseling program, and would be willing to write a recommendation to such a program. --If the letter of rec. is supposed to be our estimate of a student's ability to perform in graduate school or as a professional, religious beliefs should ONLY be relevant if they are indeed correlated with graduate school performance or professional performance. Where is the evidence that religious beliefs are correlated with either of these? And where is the evidence that people who don't believe in evolution can't (or don't) perform as well in non-theologically oriented counseling programs?Surely you have data to support such beliefs, right Paul?
I'd be amazed if it were otherwise, since it would bring into question a rather large body of data.
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