SPIN::::What A Surprise: Religious Have Highest HOMICIDE Rate.

[the mechanic]

http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/l/l3Bguk/RELIGHOM.pdf

Aside from the obvious killing that the religious do like sacrifices,crusades and j!hads they are also more likely to murder

The view that religion might play a role in encouraging
homicide has a long history, beginning with Durkheim=s classic
study of suicide over a century ago (1897). Although Durkheim
is best known for his argument that religious integration
inhibits suicide, he proposed a contrary argument for
homicide. Depicting homicide as “a violent act inseparable
from passion,” he proposed that passionate attachment to 5
religious group life encouraged homicide (1951 edition: 340).
The fact that he emphasized “passion” in his explanation
suggests that his argument might not apply to all forms of
religiosity.

How little yall value life...

The view that religious variables can have negative
consequences was highlighted most recently in an article by
Gregory Paul (2005). In an analysis of eighteen “prosperous
nations,” Paul reports positive relationships between a
variety of measures of religiosity and homicide rates as well
as other social problems. He concludes that secular nations
have lower homicide rates and less serious social problems
than found in the United States. His conclusions were based on
an examination of scatter-plots for a small set of nations
with no attempt to consider alternative explanations nor to
encompass the research in the larger body of sociological
theory and research on the topic.

Much of the literature suggests that certain forms of
religiosity are likely to contribute to high rates of
homicide, and a far more complex assessment of that issue
should be part of that future research. It seems reasonable to
expand on Kimball=s perspective to propose that when the moral
and religious universe encompassing individuals involves
cosmic struggles between benevolent and malevolent forces,
moral struggles between “good guys” and “bad-guys,” and
dichotomous choices between good or evil, then there is little
or no inclination to consider any middle ground, negotiation,
or flexibility in dealing with lesser conflicts and struggles
in everyday life. It may be that a religious cosmology with
moral “wars” and “dueling deities” sets the stage for culture
wars (Hunter 1991), facilitates interpersonal wars, and
encourages people in conflict to think in terms of dueling
contenders for righteousness. When moral boundaries are rigid,
it may be easier to offend or “dis”@ others and harder to
assume a personal responsibility for generating conflict. When
there is only good and evil and there has to be a clear moral
winner or immoral loser, then the options for controlling
violent outcomes may be greatly restricted.

As summarized in Table 3, the high dualist nations have
the highest homicide score followed by the lesser dualist
nations with God-Only and secular nations exhibiting lower
scores. However, the statistically significant contrast is
between the dualist nations and the God-Only and secular
nations. Relative to dualist nations, nations with a sizeable
percentage believing in God (but not the Devil) have a
significantly lower score. The most secular nations exhibit a
significantly lower score than dualist nations as well. But,
contrary to Paul=s emphasis on secular versus religious
nations, there is no difference between the non-dualist, God
believing nations, and the relatively more secular nations.
These patterns are quite consistent with the multivariate
analysis reported above. Some features of religious belief
systems are negative correlates of homicide and some features
of religion are positive correlates.

its so

 

[Fervid]

Religion and social disfunction go hand in hand?

 

[the mechanic]

Religion and social disfunction go hand in hand?

Then how would you explain the religious having higher murder rates even within the same society.

 

[Suicide King]

Then how would you explain the religious having higher murder rates even within the same society.

Probably because religions don't teach you to respect the rights of others, sadly its says okay to impose your will on others (anti-gay, anti-abortion, suicide bombers, etc...).

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

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[Mr. Negative]

Probably because religions don't teach you to respect the rights of others, sadly its says okay to impose your will on others (anti-gay, anti-abortion, suicide bombers, etc...).

yeah, it's already rationalized in their heads that whatever religion they follow justifies whatever wrong they're committing.

That it's not wrong at all.

It's the reason why one of the strongest arguments for religion is you can't have morals without it.....

because whatever they believe and do is fundamentally "right" because their religion says it is and they'll be "forgiven" if they commit a "wrong" as long as they ask...

and whatever you believe is "wrong" and will always BE "wrong"... because you don't believe in their religion and are therefore fundamentally "wrong" with no chance, choice or hope be become "right"... because you won't allow yourself to be forgiven.

You can't have morals if you can never be right.

 

[Suicide King]

It's the reason why one of the strongest arguments for religion is you can't have morals without it.....

Morals comes from having a conscience.

I don't think it can thrive in religion because you are taught to minimize non-believers and that can make you very self centered.

This why Bishop Eddie Long will never look in the mirror or try to right his wrongs.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Taken from the paper

Relatively secular nations do not have lower homicide rates
than nations where people accept God and Heaven

 

[BlvdBrawler]

at claiming to believe in the all-powerful lord, then reading THOU SHALT NOT KILL and being like .