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Why? Religious people commit less crime, get and stay married more, use less illegal drugs, donate and volunteer more... It would make more sense to fear people
by vectorpush 14y ago
Why? Religious people commit less crime, get and stay married more, use less illegal drugs, donate and volunteer more... It would make more sense to fear people becoming less religious.
Source?
- spindritf 14y agohttp://www.overcomingbias.com/2012/05/what-use-far-truth.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2012/05/what-use-far-truth.htm... For crime see my comment below (or above, remains to be seen).
- auston 14y agoResearch in the other direction: http://www.atheismresource.com/2010/atheist-dont-commit-as-much-crime-as-the-religious-do http://www.atheismresource.com/2010/atheist-dont-commit-as-m... http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.pdf http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.pdf http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/06/22/study-finds-people-who-believe-in-heaven-commit-more-crimes/ http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/06/22/study-finds-people-wh... http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039048 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourna...
- berntb 14y agoI'm from Europe and even I think this was so badly argued that I doubt your intellectual honesty here. Afaik about american statistics, the poorer, lower class groups, are more religious -- e.g. "white trash", latinos and black ghetto cultures. So there is no overrepresentation of those, e.g. blacks, in jail...?