Um… That’s 59%, pal. And, let’s review – how many religions are practiced today? I’m willing to bet that the 41% atheist presence is the largest group in that survey, if you divvy up the believers into their individual faiths.

If 41% of scientists are non-belivers (as you yourself say), then 49% — i.e. the majority — are believers.

I pointed out specifically that 41% of the scientific community did not believe in a God, which, is, by a broad definition of atheism, which is the absence of belief in a God, means that 41% of scientists are atheists.

Well, we’re about done here. You’ve degraded to insults now, which don’t provide an effective online discussion.

I’ll leave you to have the last word, as you always have, and move on. Good day to you. 🙂

With all due respect, you’re simply babbling at this point.

My opinion isn’t the same as theirs, I fully acknowledge. However, theism is believing in a god or gods. The universal spirit, is a spirit, that, is universal, by definition. Semantics, yes, but the poll distinguished it. By a broad definition, 41% asnwered that they didn’t believe in a god, which means that they are atheists. Agnostic-atheists? Convinced atheists? No matter. It’s a disputed definition.

I think you’re simply trying to downplay the fact that over half of the scientists surveyed believe in some kind of supernatural entity. Your own peronal definition of the distinction is not necessarily the same as those responding to the survey.

God, with a capital ‘G’, implies an entity that is explicable, and can interact with us. A universal spirit has no such requirement. Semantics can be somewhat significant.