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Religion

patrice

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12. Yes thank you for saying it so much better than I. Religion is okay but what they need is psychology

Reply to cbayer (Reply #9)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:42 PM

Feb 2013

I wish I could tell you the number of times that students who were placed in my classes would just have this surprised realization about what Psychology is. Yes, there's some tendency to oversimplify this box of tools too and get all tooooo Freudian, or something, so appropriate facilitation is necessary, but at least it is the nature of science to APPROVE of questions, in this case questions about one's behavior and mental processes, unlike conventional religion, which rewards, in a way that is profoundly rewarding for "street criminals", NOT asking questions.

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Study Shows Offenders Exploit Religion to Justify Criminal Activity [View all] cbayer Feb 2013 OP

We saw this with Ray Lewis prior to the Super Bowl. trotsky Feb 2013 #1

Their 'god' rewards them with material success, sounds more like Satanism than Christianity, imho. Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #2

In your opinion. trotsky Feb 2013 #4

And I will continue to have that opinion based on the ones I have been tormented by in my life. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #6

That very well may be. trotsky Feb 2013 #10

I'm on neither side since the 80's. I grew tired of the cruelty I heard masked as caring. At least Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #14

Religion in Prisons Smilo Feb 2013 #3

Interesting article. As it notes, there is a strong tie between rehabilitation cbayer Feb 2013 #5

Religion can provide group solidarity and survival can depend on membership in a group. nt rrneck Feb 2013 #11

People usually have a talent for justifying their bad behaviors struggle4progress Feb 2013 #7

Social rewards, especially those organized around fear, can be the most seductive of all, but there patrice Feb 2013 #8

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here, patrice. cbayer Feb 2013 #9

Yes thank you for saying it so much better than I. Religion is okay but what they need is psychology patrice Feb 2013 #12

That's pretty much what the author of the article concludes. cbayer Feb 2013 #13