I think this conversation is typical of most conversations in academia.
There has been, and continues to be, a huge bias against religion in
most departments of psychology, and by most psychologist, in which
religion is seen as a primitive belief system that is clearly inferior
to science. The one exception to this is that many psychologists are
able to tolerate and accept "new age" ideas regarding spirituality, yet
are generally intolerant and unaccepting of other religious belief
systems such as fundamental or evangelical Christianity or Judaism..
And I should point out, that this sort of bias and the resulting
behavior clearly does not meet the letter or spirit of the APA ethical
code's mandate to respect and be supportive of diversity.
All people b believe in some sort of "truth." Even when people adopt a
relativistic view of things (e.g., all religions are equally valid and
useful, etc.), they are still adopting an absolute belief that things
are indeed relative. In that sense, they are absolutist in their
belief in relativism.
In sum, I agree with the previous poster who stated that these recent
posts have sounded quite intolerant of those who are religious and
consider their faith important to them.
We all strive to find a sense of meaning in our lives. Some use
science. Some use faith. Me? I would sure hate to be in a position
where I would have to explain to my maker why I spent a lifetime
"worshiping" science and denigrating faith.
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