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Permalink Reply by Doug Reardon on June 1, 2011 at 7:06pm

That which doesn't exist, is not an option. 

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Permalink Reply by John Ahrens on June 1, 2011 at 7:51pm

Yes, and I particularly notice how it was those who choose to believe in God that seem to have the greatest difficulty keeping their morals intact.

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Permalink Reply by Mo Trauen on June 1, 2011 at 8:21pm

Ever notice how the Dark Ages ended and the Enlightenment began around the time believing in god became optional?

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Permalink Reply by 3equ3cp1fsw0n on June 2, 2011 at 7:29am

Mo Trauen wrote: 

Ever notice how the Dark Ages ended and the Enlightenment began around the time believing in god became optional?

Wow, two priceless posts in one sitting. lmao! Today is going to be a good day :)

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Permalink Reply by Steve on June 4, 2011 at 1:50pm

Technically, there a few centuries between those two periods. Mostly the Renaissance

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Permalink Reply by Isaac on June 1, 2011 at 9:14pm

I'm probably respond about the lower crime rates in less religious countries/states.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Irvine on June 2, 2011 at 8:02am

Ever notice how the death rate in Hyderabad, India, from 1911 to 1919, and variations in the membership of the International Association of Machinists during the same period match very closely?

 

Correlation does not imply causation. Also, there is no correlation.

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Permalink Reply by Methuselah on June 4, 2011 at 12:43pm

Ever  notice how people who say things like this are never able to refer to any specifics that illustrate their claim, or cite any sources to back it up?

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Permalink Reply by Justin Humphrey on June 4, 2011 at 1:41pm

Maybe you should point out how about 99% of the people in prison believe in god.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on June 4, 2011 at 1:53pm

Not a good idea. It's a nice observation in a superficial way, but that's mostly because like in the outside world, religious prisoners are afforded special privileges. Time to go to services or additional material. Sometimes the only allowed reading is religious. There is a certain amount of pressure to convert.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on June 4, 2011 at 1:51pm

"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

-- Steven Weinberg

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