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In reply to the discussion: Religious children are meaner than their secular counterparts, study finds [View all]PufPuf23
(8,767 posts)57. Religious children and people in general are meaner and less moral
from my anecdotal experience of 60 plus years.
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Religious children are meaner than their secular counterparts, study finds [View all]
newthinking
Nov 2015
OP
Likewise the party of the religious right is meaner than the more secular party (n/t)
thesquanderer
Nov 2015
#3
My first thought was perhaps those who choose to be religious could be more likely
Chemisse
Nov 2015
#4
It really depends which church you go to. Remember that church that protested the homeless shelter
trillion
Nov 2015
#80
Except that opium addiction has been around much longer than Marx and even influenced geopolitics
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#45
My experience has been that ultra-religious upbringing also leads to assholery as adults
Major Nikon
Nov 2015
#15
I'm sorry you witnessed it too. I'm kind of amazed it still affects me so much, probably mostly
polly7
Nov 2015
#35
This is why the attitude I see on Fox "News" when they promote intolerance and bullying
Enthusiast
Nov 2015
#54
Sorry, but I like the bug. It's for LOonix, a great poster missed by many people.
polly7
Nov 2015
#41
LOonix aside, I hate the bug and to be honest with you it is so annoying to my old eyes that I have
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#47
It is natural for children raised in a strict religious tradition to be less tolerant of
Enthusiast
Nov 2015
#24
Our Freedom of religion & the freedom, the right to place a Church anywhere (tax free) is IMO,
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#32
yes, 'religious' kids especially a pack' can be Lord of the flies or romeny scissorhands cruel
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#27
As is often the case with research in the social sciences, the proxies may be poor
struggle4progress
Nov 2015
#34
This would not be true of the very liberal, socially-active Protestant denomination...
DeepModem Mom
Nov 2015
#36
Your point about the "broad brush", though, is something people need to think about
NonMetro
Nov 2015
#87
I've never heard that it's not important to make right with people one wrongs. What faith teaches that?
DeepModem Mom
Nov 2015
#43
Interesting choice of words here. The word 'mean' in the context it is used in the
PatrickforO
Nov 2015
#79
And as they grow up, they become hateful, bitter old coots who vote Republican while
silvershadow
Nov 2015
#84