re college atheists in article apr nuscc nus sg cmtan iss nus sg tan chade meng dan writes nm w andrew cmu edu nanci ann miller writes nyeda cnsvax uwec edu david nye writes i read an article about a poll done of students at the ivy league schools in which it was reported that a third of the students indentified themselves as atheists this is a lot higher than among the general population i wonder what the reasons for this discrepancy are is it because they are more intelligent younger is this the wave of the future what is the figure for the general population the last i heard of americans believe in reincarnation can somebody quote a stat i don t have a stat but unfortunately i did read generally that both smoking and belief in the supernatural occultish garbage is on the rise here i would guess that it probably has something to do with the ease of which ideas and thoughts are communicated on a college campus so in a world where theists are forced to contend with and listen to atheists and theists of other religions some are bound to have a change in their beliefs over four years there is nowhere to run funny in my country it works the other way round univ life is v v stressful for most people remember we re an asian population xtians like to prey on these people there is nowhere to run from them this is very interesting i thing the principle is sort of the same though all philosophical ideas are generally tried out and tested mostly during college years whether the idea is christian or atheist doesn t always matter but i d like to say it s because atheists are more intelligent the unenlightened one tan chade meng the wise man tells his wife that he understands her singapore cmtan iss nus sg the fool tries to prove it regards adam adam john cooper verily often have i laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good simply because acooper macalstr edu they had no claws understand one another i fear i am beyond your comprehension gandalf
