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4. Correlation does not equal causation

Sun Jan 15, 2012, 10:18 AM

Jan 2012

Other things were happening in that period. Including a great increase in atheist and secular human writings for the general public.

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Is the Internet Responsible for Americans Losing Their Faith? [View all] LAGC Jan 2012 OP

NO Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1

Must just be one of those weird coincidences then. LAGC Jan 2012 #2

The more you know skepticscott Jan 2012 #3

Correlation does not equal causation edhopper Jan 2012 #4

Your causation statement is, of course, correct Goblinmonger Jan 2012 #5

Did adolescents and young adults stop reading Ayn Rand? cbayer Jan 2012 #7

If you made me guess OriginalGeek Jan 2012 #6

That's certainly a big part Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #8

I am trying very hard to remember when I first met another atheist OriginalGeek Jan 2012 #9

How would you feel if I were to say the following: cbayer Jan 2012 #10

There's very much a false bravado on the internet. rug Jan 2012 #12

I'd say you were making no sense whatsoever. Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #13

No, that wasn't my intent Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #15

OK, that's a really reasonable and non-offensive way to say it. cbayer Jan 2012 #16

No worries... Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #19

It occured to me that you might think you were there. cbayer Jan 2012 #20

The internet is itself is nothing more than another humblebum Jan 2012 #11

Looks to me as though it was the Clenis, not the Internet. n/t laconicsax Jan 2012 #17

.... cbayer Jan 2012 #18