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cbayer

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10. The point of the article, imo, is that answers from both religious and non-religious people

Reply to mike_c (Reply #8)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 01:51 PM

Dec 2012

are unreliable because the questions are outdated and don't account for all the grey areas where many people find themselves. While she uses the church attendance question as an example, she also notes that the unreliability extends to those without religious beliefs.

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Surveying religious belief needs social science not hard science [View all] cbayer Dec 2012 OP

are you suggesting that religious moralists cannot be relied upon... mike_c Dec 2012 #1

What's a religious moralist? cbayer Dec 2012 #4

someone who accepts and spreads moral precepts founded upon religious dogma... mike_c Dec 2012 #8

The point of the article, imo, is that answers from both religious and non-religious people cbayer Dec 2012 #10

Yes, the think tank Theos Goblinmonger Dec 2012 #2

Isn't it a great thing we have believers who are so willing (and able) to tell us what we, trotsky Dec 2012 #12

I usually have trouble with the word "religion" and I don't find "spirituality" much better. patrice Dec 2012 #3

I think more and more people are feeling just as you do. cbayer Dec 2012 #5

Would you support removing the religion clause from the US 1st amendment? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #13

I don't expect perfection from anything & The Constitution is an excellent example of imperfection, patrice Dec 2012 #15

Yeah, yeah, yeah. DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #6

Agree. The *reassignment* noted could be highly subjective. cbayer Dec 2012 #7

All knowledge is contextual, so knowing includes the precise traits of the relevant context, this is patrice Dec 2012 #9

Yes, the church attendance figures have long been known to have a "halo bias." trotsky Dec 2012 #11

The British Humanist Association asked the census question, and others, in a poll muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #14