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The liberal religious and astrology

In the comments below a weird fact came to light: it does not seem that liberal/Democrat reduced skepticism toward astrology vs. conservatives/Republicans can be explained just by a secularization, and therefore diminished Christian orthodoxy. There are two reasons for this. First, on a priori grounds most people are religious, liberals and conservatives. The difference between the religious and irreligious on this issue would have to be rather large, and the different apportionment across ideology to be striking, for it to drive the division which seems so robust. Second, within the results it seems rather clear that the gap between liberals and conservatives is most evident amongst the religious of both! In other words, secular liberals and conservatives tend to agree (and be skeptical) in relation to astrology. While religious conservatives are skeptical of astrology, as one would expect from orthodox conservative Christians, religious liberals are not. The table below shows some results.

Astrology is….Very scientificSort of scientificNot at all scientific
ProtestantLiberal53164
Conservative51877
CatholicLiberal33562
Conservative62569
No religionLiberal62272
Conservative93160
Atheist & agnosticLiberal71974
Conservative32275
Believe in higher powerLiberal32671
Conservative33166
Believe in god sometimesLiberal12871
Conservative191863
Believe in god with doubtsLiberal32968
Conservative32077
Know god existsLiberal63559
Conservative62173
Southern BaptistLiberal113356
Conservative71677
United MethodistLiberal41383
Conservative42373
EpiscopalLiberal42372
Conservative51680
Bible is Word of GodLiberal84151
Conservative62272
Bible is Inspired Word of GodLiberal52867
Conservative52174
Bible is Book of FablesLiberal32373
Conservative82171
Humans developed from animalsLiberal42571
Conservative82567
Humans did not develop from animalsLiberal73756
Conservative51679

Observe the huge difference between Creationist and fundamentalist liberals and conservatives!

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