re college atheists 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 i would guess that it probably has something to do with the ease of which ideas and thoughts are communicated on a college campus in the real world tm it s easier for theists well people in general really to lock themselves into a little bubble where they only see and talk to those people who are of the same opinion as they are in college you are constantly surrounded by and have to interact with people who have different ideas about life the universe and everything it is much much harder to build a bubble around yourself to keep everyone else s ideas from reaching you 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 david nye nyeda cnsvax uwec edu midelfort clinic eau claire wi this is patently absurd but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities bertrand russell nanci if you know and are sure of the author of this quote please send me email nm w andrew cmu edu the fate of the country does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot box once a year but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning
