Really weird to see people admit to blatantly discriminating against people who have a religion.
In the UK what you're describing is unlawful.
> but the indications I get from those statements are that this individual ultimately hasn't progressed very far intellectually or challenged their beliefs strongly enough. I fear it is a limiting mindset,
Can you see that here you're doing exactly what you describe people with a faith of doing? You're not examining nor challenging your beliefs.
You'll say that you haven't met many scientists who also have a faith, but you're not examining why people with faith don't want to tell you about it, and how that factors into your confirmation bias.
Really weird to see people admit to blatantly discriminating against people who have a religion.
In the UK what you're describing is unlawful.
> but the indications I get from those statements are that this individual ultimately hasn't progressed very far intellectually or challenged their beliefs strongly enough. I fear it is a limiting mindset,
Can you see that here you're doing exactly what you describe people with a faith of doing? You're not examining nor challenging your beliefs.
You'll say that you haven't met many scientists who also have a faith, but you're not examining why people with faith don't want to tell you about it, and how that factors into your confirmation bias.