An analysis of publications devoted to the attitude of young people to religion shows that students - in the near future the intellectual basis of Russian society-have not yet become the object of close attention of sociologists and religious scholars. The Voronezh State Forestry Engineering Academy (VGLTA) has accumulated some experience in specifically studying the attitude of students to religion. Such studies were intensively conducted in the 70s and 80s. They showed an extremely low level of religiosity among students, very little awareness of students in matters of religious teaching and worship, etc. page 118 Table 1 Religious behavior of respondents (in % of the number of respondents) "? Generally Believers Wavering between faith and disbelief 1. Gender: a) male - 50.2 70,1 b) female - 49,8 29,9 2. Consider themselves followers: a) Orthodoxy 80,1 89,3 73,4 b) other religions 2,7 3,1 2,1 c) none of the religions 17,2 7,6 24,5 3. Read the Bible: a) completely 8,4 8,7 8,3 b) specific locations 63,5 71,2 57,7 c) didn't read it at all 27,1 20,1 34,0 4. Attended a church service: a) for personal religious reasons 42,6 58,8 24,9 b) for performing individual rituals - 37,7 - c) accidentally 53,2 - 70,5 d) did not visit 4.2 3,5 4,6 Table 2 Respondents ' attitude to religion (in % of the number of respondents) Generally Believers Wavering between faith and disbelief 1. The relationship between science and religion. The science: a) refutes the existence of God 12,8 7,6 2,5 b) confirms the existence of God 8,5 14,2 17,8 c) the existence of God cannot be proved or disproved by science 78,7 78,2 79,7 2. Religion makes a person more moral, kinder: a) yes 65,2 76,1 77,5 b) no 7,4 3.8 9,6 c) don't know 27,4 20,1 12,9 3. Orthodoxy played a role in Russia: a) positive 19,5 24,6 14,1 b) negative 1,4 1,4 1,6 c) both positive and negative 64,3 57,7 71,4 d) don't know 14,8 16,3 12,9 4. The struggle against religion and the Church in the Sov ... Read more