Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief: UBC study

'Can' is a Weasel Word like maybe or perhaps, and doesn't really show anything. The computer in front of you 'can' blow up or someone drive a car through your living room, yet neither statement really indicates probability. It's all circumstantial and depends to what extent one's religious belief or faith was founded on conviction from honest examination of the evidence as opposed to brainwashed ignorance. Religion like political beliefs or any kind of major worldview is too often the result of second-hand information where people simply rely on someone else to do their thinking rather than considering the evidence for themselves and reaching their own conclusions.

That analytic thought does decrease religiosity is very different from can decrease religiosity. I see the latter shown from the findings, not the former, and again, to me it logically appears dependent upon the type of religiosity being discussed. I did look at the articles but the first gives no definite values while the second can't be accessed.