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whatthehey

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5. True for sure, but they are a lost cause

Reply to cleanhippie (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:17 PM

Feb 2016

This study won't do anything to change the minds of people who think Adam and Eve were real individuals in the last 10,000 years. That's the same half of the US population (well in my instance to be scrupulously fair, large 40+% plurality) who are never going to accept even iron-clad scientific proof that they are wrong. What chance do behavioral studies have?

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Children with a Religious Upbringing Show Less Altruism [View all] cleanhippie Feb 2016 OP

Somewhat surprisingly perhaps, I don't think religion is the root cause whatthehey Feb 2016 #1

This quote from the study's author is pretty key: trotsky Feb 2016 #2

Sure; but who except religiously-crazed nutbags doubt that today? whatthehey Feb 2016 #3

Have you looked around? There are 'religiously-crazed nutbags' everywhere! cleanhippie Feb 2016 #4

True for sure, but they are a lost cause whatthehey Feb 2016 #5

This is just another small part of the trend. Humans, for the most part, are moving away from cleanhippie Feb 2016 #6

Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality trotsky Feb 2016 #7

I don't think I've ever given any indication I doubt the existence of religiously crazy nutbags whatthehey Feb 2016 #8

There's always hope! trotsky Feb 2016 #9

"Some have smugly inflated the findings (religious children as �jerks�). rug Feb 2016 #10

You should stop looking at your "my posts" page. cleanhippie Feb 2016 #11

A rather altruistic sentiment, one might allege. LanternWaste Feb 2016 #12

I'm looking at your overwrought OP rug Feb 2016 #13