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The follow-up study reported in "Nature" reveals that the rate of belief is lower than eight decades ago. ... Again, though, the highest rate of belief in a god was found among mathematicians (14.3%), while the lowest was found among those in the life sciences fields -- only 5.5%.

[see http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm - RD]

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This topic was touched upon in another thread, and I found the following interesting ...

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The follow-up study reported in "Nature" reveals that the rate of belief is lower than eight decades ago. ... Again, though, the highest rate of belief in a god was found among mathematicians (14.3%), while the lowest was found among those in the life sciences fields -- only 5.5%.

[see http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm - RD]

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Mathematicans more likely to belive in a personal God?

Well I guess you would encounter a lot more 'intelligent design' inherent in this universe in Mathematics then in the life sciences.

On the other hand it should probably be noted that those that admitted to beliving in a personal God in this survey are likely to have a very different belive from the average uneducated beliver.