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2. Another explanation: liars are more likely to lie and say they're religious than that they're not

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 04:11 PM

Oct 2013

So the people who caused that correlation may have actually been liars who were likely to say they were religious when they actually weren't.

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Study: Religious more likely to lie for financial gain [View all] DonViejo Oct 2013 OP

It would be interesting to see the numbers on this. Jim__ Oct 2013 #1

There's also the idea of forgiveness Bradical79 Oct 2013 #3

financial gain... Carrie Jones Nov 2013 #5