Because kiddy fiddling is going to get him straight into heaven.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4292416/Sex-offender-invokes-eternal-damnation-fearso a christian pedo doesnt want to be on the DNA database because it will harm his relationship with god - good to know god doesnt mind child molesters but does have issues with modern law enforcement
It must become so hard to fight for the name of religion when it can be used for such blatant self gain purposes.
I think you'll find the percentage of religious scumbags closely mirrors the percentage of scumbags in the general population
Quote from: Dr_Woohoo;1328656I think you'll find the percentage of religious scumbags closely mirrors the percentage of scumbags in the general populationfor that to be true you would need religious people to be a representative sample, which i don't believe that they are. There is reasonable evidence to suggest that religious people (compared with atheists) have lower intelligence, commit more crime, and are more corrupt.
The part of the human psyche that religion appeals to is present in all of us. Each of us finds a different way of dealing with the thoughts and feelings that religion addresses. To claim that those who find the answers through a faith in some controlling influence behind the universe, are more likely to have "lower intelligence, commit more crime, and (be) more corrupt" is a long bow to draw and one that would need clear and substantive evidence to support.
It is suggested that IQ makes an individual likely to gravitate toward a denomination and level of achievement that best fit his or hers particular level of cognitive complexity. Ontogenetically speaking this means that contemporary denominations are rank ordered by largely hereditary variations in brain efficiency (i.e. IQ). In terms of evolution, modern Atheists are reacting rationally to cognitive and emotional challenges, whereas Liberals and, in particular Dogmatics, still rely on ancient, pre-rational, supernatural and wishful thinking.
Top Geary - 27th May 2016 at 12:10 AMI've learnt to ignore when you say derogatory things to me
You have a flaw in your reasoning. The split isn't between religious and atheist. Atheism is the province of those who have though deeply on the subject, and reached, for them, a definitive conclusion. One that is not the social default, and requires the conscious examination of ethics and morals and the foundation for those. If you haven't made that decision then statistics will identify you as belonging to the culturally dominant religion. The problem is that you're defining religious as non atheist, when a significant proportion of the population can be viewed as agnostic, or at most, culturally religious. Most western nations are culturally christian, so you'll get many nominal christians in your data set. You'd need to compare offending rates between the devoutly religious and the atheists to draw conclusions. You'd also have to allow for misrepresentation. If an evil person is trying to present themselves as good, it's likely they'll profess belief in, and adherence to, the teachings of whichever deity was culturally dominant. Someone who is not an atheist is unlikely to claim to be one to curry favour.
The part of the human psyche that religion appeals to is present in all of us.
Quote from: Dr_Woohoo;1328944The part of the human psyche that religion appeals to is present in all of us.Woah, woah, woah...What part of the human psyche might this be? And in which case, if i have not filled that part with God, what have i filled it with?
As to what you've filled it with, you've obviously managed to develop a mental construct of the universe as you experience it, that doesn't require a deity. I've done the same.
