Comments on: Millennials’ Religious Doubts Double, Causing Campus Atheism Boom http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/millennials-religious-doubts-double-causing-campus-atheism-boom/ Fighting fashionable nonsense Tue, 21 May 2013 05:46:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: doneck http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/millennials-religious-doubts-double-causing-campus-atheism-boom/#comment-195555 doneck Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:06:18 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=51162#comment-195555 "Participants over the years are asked whether they agree with the statement 'I never doubt the existence of God.' " An poorly worded question. Doubt implies a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction. I am certain that there are no gods, so I never doubt their existence. My answer to the question would be "Yes," which would be the same as someone who is certain that God exists. “Participants over the years are asked whether they agree with the statement ‘I never doubt the existence of God.’ ”

An poorly worded question. Doubt implies a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction. I am certain that there are no gods, so I never doubt their existence. My answer to the question would be “Yes,” which would be the same as someone who is certain that God exists.

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