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Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'
The Times UK ^
| September 27, 2005
| By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
Posted on 09/26/2005 5:05:34 PM PDT by zzen01
RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: culture; faith; junkscience; leftists; secularization; study
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Just Breathtakingly Stupid.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:05:35 PM PDT
by
zzen01
To: zzen01
Well, if he is referring to Islamic states, he is right on. ;)
2
posted on
09/26/2005 5:06:25 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Do you think that they are referring to "Islamic Countries"?
3
posted on
09/26/2005 5:07:44 PM PDT
by
zzen01
To: zzen01
4
posted on
09/26/2005 5:08:03 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm a patient and peaceful man. Threaten me or mine, and that changes. Then, I am a vengeful man.)
To: zzen01
unbeleivable. just when I thought humanity couldn't get more stupid. This is a joke, right?
5
posted on
09/26/2005 5:08:22 PM PDT
by
CaptainKeyword
(it takes a college education to make a human believe he's a monkey.)
To: zzen01
The study also showed that black is not black, but white.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:08:55 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Islamists (muslims) do not worship God.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:09:07 PM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: zzen01
The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society. The track record of nations espousing atheism and 'humanism' are so much better.......riiiiiggghhht.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:09:07 PM PDT
by
edpc
To: CaptainKeyword
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:09:11 PM PDT
by
zzen01
To: zzen01
If this lady doesn't like her job, she should just quit.
10
posted on
09/26/2005 5:09:22 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(Sorry for my bad attitude)
To: zzen01
Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'"We see what we look for."
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:09:35 PM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: zzen01
RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide . . . In the opinion of these people, sexual promiscuity and abortion (and probably suicide too) are positively good things. Guess we'll see them in church soon!
To: zzen01
What do these libs think socialism and communism are? They are just removing God and replacing him with the god of the state and the god of the hedonistic individual. These enlightened societies fool themselves into believing this crap because they feel they are enlightened when they are really children of the state instead of children of God.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:10:16 PM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(Murder and weather are our only news)
To: Victoria Delsoul
This might be of interest to you...
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:10:16 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Mr. Jeeves
They lump all religions together and then just make up whatever they want anyway.
We all saw New Orleans' looters, how many of them were god fearing men and women. My guess is none, if they were they would have realized that even in the absence of government law they still must answer to a higher authority.
Contrast that with Mississippi, where people cut off from law enforcement pulled together and started helping each other.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:11:36 PM PDT
by
Hawk1976
(DU, more toxic than New Orleans water.)
To: zzen01
I agree .. you can make research say anything .. just like taking polls. You can ask questions which get you the results you want.
My family has benefitted greatly from our closeness with GOD.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:11:39 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(America has the greatest military on the face of the earth.)
To: zzen01
Let's see...The government that killed the greatest number of people: China's under Chairman Mao. The government that killed the greatest number of people in proportion to its population: the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Yeah, those devoutly religious people are nothing but trouble.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:11:44 PM PDT
by
inquest
(FTAA delenda est)
To: Mr. Jeeves
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:12:44 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(I support the war on terror)
To: zzen01
Obviously, this writer has never studied what happened to people under communism. Stalin and Lenin murdered tens of thousands of people.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:12:56 PM PDT
by
AReaganGirl
(Jesus came to take away our self righteousness and give us His righteousness!)
To: Mr. Jeeves
It definitely depends on which religion. Their is a world of difference betwwen Allah-land and Jesus-land.
For that matter, their is a world of difference between Catholic and Protestant countries.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:13:03 PM PDT
by
keithtoo
(Howard Dean is a Rove plant, Rove is a NeoCon plant, NeoCons are Trilateralist plants....)
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