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#65662 - 03/08/04 09:26 AM Do you think that Doctor esp have more beleif in GOD than other professionals?
1500SR Offline
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Registered: 03/07/04
Posts: 7
Loc: USA
Hi ,
Just b'cos we deal with life and death(ofcourse with Miracles) do you think that we(DR's)beleive in GOD more than other professionals.

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#65663 - 03/08/04 09:51 AM Re: Do you think that Doctor esp have more beleif in GOD than other professionals?
attila Offline
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Registered: 02/12/04
Posts: 83
Loc: Indiana
No, I don't think doctors have a greater belief in God than other professionals. There is something to the notion that familiarity breeds contempt.

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#65664 - 03/09/04 06:15 PM Re: Do you think that Doctor esp have more beleif in GOD than other professionals?
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Registered: 10/22/03
Posts: 568
Loc: California
No...I think most people believe in "God," by whatever name they call Her wink , doctors included. But *more* than other people...I don't think so.
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#65665 - 03/09/04 06:31 PM Re: Do you think that Doctor esp have more beleif in GOD than other professionals?
EM mom Offline
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Registered: 02/23/03
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I don't think there is any greater belief in God among healthcare professionals (doctors or otherwise) than among the general populaton...I agree we see a lot of miraculous stuff, but we also see a lot of things that could make the strongest believer question the existance/plan of God (ie the 3 year that dies of leukemia...).

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#65666 - 03/15/04 07:22 AM Re: Do you think that Doctor esp have more beleif in GOD than other professionals?
Drey Offline
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Registered: 06/25/03
Posts: 1314
Loc: Pittsburgh PA
I actually read a study somewhere (I'll try to dig up the source and see if I can find it) that showed survey results saying that more doctors were athiests than most professions. I'm not sure whether it's a reaction to the awful things you see as a doctor, or whether it's the scientific, objective mindset, but there are certainly a fair amount of agnostics and athiests in medicine.

For those doctors that do believe in a god, I'm not sure whether or not you can really quantify faith by saying they believe more or less than someone else.

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