Religious People Make Better Citizens - or not

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  • taciturn
    11 years ago | pl

    Exactly, but it was worded such that it seemed to try to imply a connection between "criminal and religious sociology", when really, it's an incredibly obvious statistic. I'm sure 80% of people who buy orange juice are religious too. There is no categorical connection between the two. That's my only point.

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    • wigsplitz
      11 years ago | pl

      It's not exactly obvious though. If religious people were better citizens, then they would make up a lower percent of prison population.

      It's all about proportions.

      Men make up roughly 50% of the population, but about 92% of the prison population. Are you saying you can't draw conclusions from that? I don't see how you can't connect the whole proportional thing. If religious people were 'better' then they'd have a disproportionately lower number of inmates as compared to the general population.

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      • taciturn
        11 years ago | pl

        You clearly didn't read what I wrote - I'm arguing against the idea that religion has any effect on being a better person. We're agreeing. Please go back and read my comment.

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