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To: Right Wing Professor
Any evidence for the contention that Christians are less likely to steal or lie than anyone else?

I'm sure there are studies that could be sited but I am relying on personal observations.

183 posted on 08/19/2005 4:07:34 PM PDT by Once-Ler (16 months til Byrd is ousted from office, and Kennedy ain't getin younger)
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To: Once-Ler
I'm sure there are studies that could be sited but I am relying on personal observations.

I'm not. I took the percentage of Christians in the 50 states, from the Statistical Abstract of the United States, and plotted it against the FBI's reported total crime rate by state. The result was that there was almost no correlation between the population of Christians and the total crime rate.

187 posted on 08/19/2005 4:42:30 PM PDT by Right Wing Professor (Intelligent Design is not a scientific theory - John Marburger, science advisor to George W. Bush)
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To: Once-Ler; Right Wing Professor
Any evidence for the contention that Christians are less likely to steal or lie than anyone else?

I'm sure there are studies that could be sited but I am relying on personal observations.

Wrong

Christians make up 76.5% of the general population but make up 83.8% of the prision population

Meanwhile people with no religion make up 14.1% of the population but make up only 0.21% of the prision population

421 posted on 08/21/2005 12:11:51 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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