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Voltaire2

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16. The headline right below your post.
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 05:09 PM
Feb 2019

More than 100 Southern Baptist youth pastors convicted or charged in sex crimes

I'd say it's more than religion. no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #1
Good points. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #3
Which suggests the Bible is never very clear Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #9
It suggests that people claim many reasons guillaumeb Feb 2019 #20
Wrong again. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #2
Argue with the authors. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #4
No doubt someone else already is. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #6
Guess. MineralMan Feb 2019 #8
Did you read the article? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #17
Glad you asked Major Nikon Feb 2019 #38
Busted! Cartoonist Feb 2019 #42
But...but...but... trotsky Feb 2019 #44
Even then only the part he likes Major Nikon Feb 2019 #46
Question: Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #43
You can reference the full study Major Nikon Feb 2019 #47
It all leads back to the same point. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #48
It's a pay-to-play journal Major Nikon Feb 2019 #49
Damn, even by gil's standards this has been a spectacular wreck of a thread. trotsky Feb 2019 #50
The study only counted a very vague Religious data point Lordquinton Feb 2019 #5
It also assumes Third Grade teachers are qualified to evaluate childhood development. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #7
It did suggest some intellectual failures in some religious students though Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #10
It's not even all that interesting Major Nikon Feb 2019 #12
We might consider this study as say, an anecdote Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #57
Shit study published in a shit journal Major Nikon Feb 2019 #11
Thanks for that information. MineralMan Feb 2019 #13
... Major Nikon Feb 2019 #14
Perhaps so. MineralMan Feb 2019 #15
Neither is belief peserverance. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #19
It does say that Major Nikon Feb 2019 #23
Were you reading between the lines? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #25
Did you even read the 3rd paragraph in your own excerpt? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #26
Dod you read all the ay down? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #27
So you think this somehow magically changes the negative outcomes mentioned to positive ones? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #29
There are questions about whether religion is a net positive or a negitive. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #32
WTF is anything you're saying have to do with what anyone else is talking about? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #34
And the 50/50 reproducibilty factor, to which you attached so much weight? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #35
Focus Major Nikon Feb 2019 #37
So we should atke all articles referenced here dealing with decining numbers of theists guillaumeb Feb 2019 #18
I'm not sure how many here are too stupid to figure out the difference between a study and a survey Major Nikon Feb 2019 #22
Reference some data to make your points. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #24
I think you make my point quite well Major Nikon Feb 2019 #28
So you have no evidence, only assertions. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #30
Focus Major Nikon Feb 2019 #31
So do you reject this study because, in a 50/50 possibility framework, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #33
No Major Nikon Feb 2019 #36
Damn dude, you really gotta learn the first rule when you find yourself in a hole. trotsky Feb 2019 #45
Here's the thing about junk "scientific" journals: MineralMan Feb 2019 #51
The headline right below your post. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #16
Focus. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #21
On the effects organized religion has on children? Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #40
Sounds like someone doesn't want to talk about the negative impacts Major Nikon Feb 2019 #39
It always is. nt littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #41
Similar to when some here complain when I post about China? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #53
... Major Nikon Feb 2019 #54
Unless you deny what has happened in the China posts, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #55
... Major Nikon Feb 2019 #56
A word or two about scienceddaily.com from Wikipedia: MineralMan Feb 2019 #52
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