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"It compares the social peformance of relatively secular countries, such as Britain, with the US, where the majority believes in a creator rather than the theory of evolution....
The paper, published in the Journal of Religion and Society, a US academic journal, reports: “Many Americans agree that their churchgoing nation is an exceptional, God-blessed, shining city on the hill that stands as an impressive example for an increasingly sceptical world.
“In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy and abortion in the prosperous democracies.
“The United States is almost always the most dysfunctional of the developing democracies, sometimes spectacularly so.”
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2005/09/religious_socie_1.html
I realize this report is a bit old, but what do you make of it's findings?
2006-10-09 05:26:13 · 5 answers · asked by mutterhals 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, sweetheart, if you scroll down, the blog entry provides a link to the actual report. You think you can handle that?
2006-10-09 05:38:22 · update #1
Link to actual report:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
2006-10-09 05:39:35 · update #2
If the majority of your society are irrational, can you expect anything else? I can't imagine any reason why not accepting reality could be a "good" thing for a society.
2006-10-09 05:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to read the real report rather than a blog entry about it to have any informed response.
2006-10-09 12:31:53 · answer #2 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religiosity discourages personal responsibility. Americans live for the most part in a delusional state.
2006-10-09 12:34:00 · answer #3 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I seriously doubt that because we believe in God that we've got the higher "bad things" rating. I think it's because we're softer on crime and punishment and give people more freedoms to do as they please. Let me guess, the guy who wrote that doesn't like religion at all?
2006-10-09 12:32:55 · answer #4 · answered by sister steph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL!
It confirms what I have long thought.
2006-10-09 12:28:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋