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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can people who understand basic science also believe that there is a god in heaven protecting them and that they will live there forever after they die here on earth?[/quote]Not all religions require a belief in a deity.  [/quote]

Unitarian Universalists, for instance.

Here we are discussing religions that have supernatural beliefs.[/quote] 
The question asked how can educated  people be religious.  Then the OP defined religious people as believing in the supernatural.  That is an incorrect definition. Not all religious people believe in a deity or supernatural presence.  UU is one of the smaller ones.  
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OP here.  UU's do not have to believe in the supernatural, but they can, if they like. I was once attended a UU service where the pastor acknowledged that she believed in God.

I also attended a UU meeting where a member was terribly hurt and became very defensive when she learned that others there did not believe in God.[/quote] Buddhism is another one. Same for Taoism.   [/quote]

Not too many Buddhists or Taoists in the US[/quote] There are significantly more Buddhists in the U.S. than there are UU in the world. [/quote]

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