Religion and Social Problems

Discussion about the correlation between religion and social problems.

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• religion
• faith
• christianity
• muslim
• christian
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• crime
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• atheist
• atheism

[GalacticAtom]

This is not surprising, even if there is no causation (which sometimes there is). Crime is more common among the poor and less well-educated : the same people who are most vulnerable to religious illogicality and the hope of false promises.

[clearvision12]

Nothing new really. Sam Harris, among others, has pointed out that crime rates in Bible-belt states in the US are higher, across the board, than in more liberal states. These numbers are statistically-based. Not whimsical liberal notons. It is also a fact, for instance, the number of addicts in Afghanistan dwarfs those in the more secular west. And that pedophilia is rampant in Islam Ad nauseam. I rest my case.

[TheTechnomage]

Yet somehow Christianity claims higher morality against all studies & evidence....

moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2­005-11.html

This trend also applies between states in the US...the higher the religion the worse it gets.

[arkee71]

a person is smart...people are dumb....be your own religion and quit worrying about what others approve/dissaprove of

[ikcjjtt]

in other words his study doesn't mean shit.

[arcanist9]

Instead of talking about this as if it were religion in general, why doesn't he point out that the author is talking about Christianity, since those Western democratic countries have a Christian majority?

[mmac382]

@Anjro0 People are in fact responsible for all atrocities. To assign blame to people of faith is to deny that people of not faith bare no responsibility. Its hared for me imagine why people actively look for reasons to hate religion. Havent they got better things to do? I bet you cant state one bad thing religion has imposed on you.

[mmac382]

@GalacticAtom This news report way out of context, (typical of msnbc) and should have never been broadcast. I guess the viewers are to consume this report without asking things like, exactly what countries as well as what socio-economic sectors. And whome are the so call experts that Alex is talking about. Maddow? Ohberman? Does Alex even have a clue? This is just another attempt by the left to discredit people of faith. And thier mindless drones eat it up

[ichibakudan]

nicely put, couldn't say it better myself.

[ichibakudan]

I conquer!

[Anjro0]

By the way it's great to see that, at least on this first page, there are no self-righteous, ignorant web-crusaders condemning us all to hell based on some absurd pretense.

[Anjro0]

Fuck political correctness. Enough is enough. It should not be controversial to state that religon is correlated to, if not a cause, of myriad social problems. It is obvious, not debatable. Religion is just unacceptable at this point. Despite its dubious good intentions, it has been damaged beyond 'salvation' by the very human weakness and ignorance from which it originated. Hopefully, the evils of widespread religion will become more and more accepted as fact.