Does Christianity consider philosophy a threat to the faith?
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The [2020 PhilPapers Survey](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/results/4842) includes the following result:
# God: Atheism or Theism?
As shown, the majority of philosophers are non-theists, with only 18.93% accepting or leaning toward theism. From a purely statistical perspective, it seems that engaging in philosophy is more likely to lead one away from theism than toward it.
**Does Christianity consider philosophy a threat to the faith?**
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**Question:**
> Were the total number of respondents 1,770?
That's literally that the website says. Screenshot below:
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**Question:**
> Did the target group include all 30 plus branches of philosophy?
The target population is described [here](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/population) :
> ## Target Population
>
> The Survey's target population includes 7685 philosophers drawn from
> two groups: (1) From Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK,
> and the US (6112 philosophers): all regular faculty members
> (tenure-track or permanent) in BA-granting philosophy departments with
> four or more members (according to the [PhilPeople
> database](https://philpeople.org/departments)) . (2). From all other
> countries (1573 philosophers): English-publishing philosophers in
> BA-granting philosophy departments with four or more
> English-publishing faculty members. An English-publishing philosopher
> is defined as someone with one or more publications in the [PhilPapers
> database](https://philpapers.org/) in a wide range of English-language
> venues, including English-language journals and book publishers.
>
> For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, we also designated a
> [100-department target
> group](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/comparison-departments)
> in the same regions as the 2009 survey, based largely on rankings (all
> Ph.D.-granting departments with a 2017-2018 Philosophical Gourmet
> Report score of 1.9 or above, plus two leading departments with MA
> programs and a selected group of European departments based on expert
> recommendations). This group of 2407 philosophers was used only for
> longitudinal comparisons.
>
> We also allowed any PhilPeople user to take the survey, regardless of
> whether they were in the target populations. These populations cannot
> be considered controlled, but results for all respondents and for
> graduate students are given in some tables on this site.
>
>
> Lists of departments
> * [Target departments for the survey](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/target-departments)
> * [2020 departments used for longitudinal comparison](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/comparison-departments)
> * [2009 departments used for longitudinal comparison](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/comparison-departments?old=true)
As shown, the majority of philosophers are non-theists, with only 18.93% accepting or leaning toward theism. From a purely statistical perspective, it seems that engaging in philosophy is more likely to lead one away from theism than toward it.
**Does Christianity consider philosophy a threat to the faith?**
---
**Question:**
> Were the total number of respondents 1,770?
That's literally that the website says. Screenshot below:
---
**Question:**
> Did the target group include all 30 plus branches of philosophy?
The target population is described [here](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/population) :
> ## Target Population
>
> The Survey's target population includes 7685 philosophers drawn from
> two groups: (1) From Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK,
> and the US (6112 philosophers): all regular faculty members
> (tenure-track or permanent) in BA-granting philosophy departments with
> four or more members (according to the [PhilPeople
> database](https://philpeople.org/departments)) . (2). From all other
> countries (1573 philosophers): English-publishing philosophers in
> BA-granting philosophy departments with four or more
> English-publishing faculty members. An English-publishing philosopher
> is defined as someone with one or more publications in the [PhilPapers
> database](https://philpapers.org/) in a wide range of English-language
> venues, including English-language journals and book publishers.
>
> For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, we also designated a
> [100-department target
> group](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/comparison-departments)
> in the same regions as the 2009 survey, based largely on rankings (all
> Ph.D.-granting departments with a 2017-2018 Philosophical Gourmet
> Report score of 1.9 or above, plus two leading departments with MA
> programs and a selected group of European departments based on expert
> recommendations). This group of 2407 philosophers was used only for
> longitudinal comparisons.
>
> We also allowed any PhilPeople user to take the survey, regardless of
> whether they were in the target populations. These populations cannot
> be considered controlled, but results for all respondents and for
> graduate students are given in some tables on this site.
>
>
> Lists of departments
> * [Target departments for the survey](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/target-departments)
> * [2020 departments used for longitudinal comparison](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/comparison-departments)
> * [2009 departments used for longitudinal comparison](https://survey2020.philpeople.org/survey/design/comparison-departments?old=true)
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