March 28, 20241 yr On 3/26/2024 at 7:19 PM, Mike31mt said: "non religious countries"....name them Thailand is 95% Buddhist and Buddhism doesn't worship any deities. CCP is atheists The US in a few decades In the U.S., atheists are mostly men and are relatively young, according to a Center survey conducted in summer 2023. Around six-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (64%). And seven-in-ten are ages 49 or younger, compared with about half of U.S. adults overall (52%). Atheists also are more likely than the general public to be White (77% vs. 62%) and have a college degree (48% vs. 34 %)
March 28, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said: Thailand is 95% Buddhist and Buddhism doesn't worship any deities. CCP is atheists The US in a few decades In the U.S., atheists are mostly men and are relatively young, according to a Center survey conducted in summer 2023. Around six-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (64%). And seven-in-ten are ages 49 or younger, compared with about half of U.S. adults overall (52%). Atheists also are more likely than the general public to be White (77% vs. 62%) and have a college degree (48% vs. 34 %) If only there were studies examining the religiosity (as a percentage of the population) against the per capita crime rate to see if there was some sort of trend. And if only there were a way to find whether such a study exists! Of course... one would have to be able to read and interpret a Cartesian plot in order learn any information from such a study. A tall order for some (not naming any names*). *Starts with an m
March 28, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said: No doubt that painting is gonna give Arthur a raging boner I would suffer a witch to live SUFFER HER ALL NIGHT! Just kidding, six minutes on a good day. But what a six minutes!
March 28, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, Arthur Jackson said: I would suffer a witch to live SUFFER HER ALL NIGHT! Just kidding, six minutes on a good day. But what a six minutes! Six? Yea right, you'd cream your shorts before you got them down to your ankles
March 28, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said: No doubt that painting is gonna give Arthur a raging boner Not exactly the type of "hot goth chicks" he expected.
March 28, 20241 yr 39 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said: If only there were studies examining the religiosity (as a percentage of the population) against the per capita crime rate to see if there was some sort of trend. And if only there were a way to find whether such a study exists! Of course... one would have to be able to read and interpret a Cartesian plot in order learn any information from such a study. A tall order for some (not naming any names*). *Starts with an m One such study was already referenced and it seemed really stupid and inaccurate. Feel free to post your own. Welch, Tittle, and Grasmick (2006) examined the relationships among religiosity, self-control, and crime. They analyzed survey data on adults in Oklahoma to determine the key predictors of five different types of crimes. The authors found that religiosity and self-control operate on significant, independent tracks for deterring crime. In other words, higher levels of religious commitment directly reduced the likelihood of criminal activities even after accounting for individuals’ level of self-control. Finally, two sets of scholars compiled and reviewed a large number of empirical studies of religion and crime to determine the overall strength and nature of the relationship. Johnson and associates (Johnson, De Li, et al., 2000) reviewed 40 studies of the relationship between religion and delinquency conducted between January 1985 and December 1997. They used a method called systematic review, which involves a search of all peer-reviewed journals in the social and behavioral sciences. Of the 40 studies of religiosity and crime/delinquency they identified, 30 indicated that religion had a beneficial effect (i.e., led to reductions in) on many types of criminal and deviant behaviors. The 10 remaining studies showed either no effect (5 studies), mixed effects (3 studies), positive effects (1 study), or effects not specified (1 study). Thus, Johnson et al. concluded that the research literature consistently has shown that religion leads directly or indirectly to reductions in criminal and deviant behavior. Baier and Wright (2001) reviewed 60 studies of religion and crime that were conducted between 1969 and 1998. They concluded that, overall, religion had a "moderate” effect on reductions in criminal and deviant behaviors.
March 28, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said: Thailand is 95% Buddhist and Buddhism doesn't worship any deities. CCP is atheists The US in a few decades In the U.S., atheists are mostly men and are relatively young, according to a Center survey conducted in summer 2023. Around six-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (64%). And seven-in-ten are ages 49 or younger, compared with about half of U.S. adults overall (52%). Atheists also are more likely than the general public to be White (77% vs. 62%) and have a college degree (48% vs. 34 %) Buddhism is a religion
March 28, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Mike31mt said: Buddhism is a religion Who do Buddhist pray too? Buddhism is active attempt to understand the human experience And love how you missed the rest of the post.
March 28, 20241 yr 29 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said: Who do Buddhist pray too? Buddhism is active attempt to understand the human experience And love how you missed the rest of the post. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_deities And great you showed some data about atheism and how popular it might become. Like tiktok and transgenderism, for example.
March 28, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said: Six? Yea right, you'd cream your shorts before you got them down to your ankles That only happened once. I met this tart in an alley behind a pub in Cambridge. Turns out she was a maths major at Trinity. As soon as I saw a tattoo of Euler's equation between her jumblies I fired like Lord Nelson in Cádiz.
March 28, 20241 yr 16 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said: That only happened once. I met this tart in an alley behind a pub in Cambridge. Turns out she was a maths major at Trinity. As soon as I saw a tattoo of Euler's equation between her jumblies I fired like Lord Nelson in Cádiz. Wong forum. You'll NEVER get to live in G-d's kingdom!
March 28, 20241 yr 54 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said: That only happened once. I met this tart in an alley behind a pub in Cambridge. Turns out she was a maths major at Trinity. As soon as I saw a tattoo of Euler's equation between her jumblies I fired like Lord Nelson in Cádiz.
March 28, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Mike31mt said: Buddhism is a religion In some senses it is, but in most it is not. There is no god required for Buddhism but you can bring one along if you want.
March 28, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: In some senses it is, but in most it is not. There is no god required for Buddhism but you can bring one along if you want. He just wants Buddhism in the god category to blow up the curve on the whole crime thing
March 28, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Mike31mt said: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_deities And great you showed some data about atheism and how popular it might become. Like tiktok and transgenderism, for example. "Do Buddhist believe in god?” No, we do not. There are several reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origin in fear. The Buddha says: "Gripped by fear men go to the sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines". Dp 188 https://www.buddhanet.net/ans73.htm
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