Belief In Hell Lowers Crime Rate, According To International Study
Belief In Hell Lowers Crime Rate, According To International Study The study, appearing in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, found that criminal activity is lower in societies where …More
Belief In Hell Lowers Crime Rate, According To International Study
The study, appearing in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, found that criminal activity is lower in societies where people's religious beliefs contain a strong punitive component than in places where religious beliefs are more benevolent.
A country where many more people believe in heaven than in hell, for example, is likely to have a much higher crime rate than one where these beliefs are about equal.
The finding surfaced from a comprehensive analysis of 26 years of data involving 143,197 people in 67 countries.
"The key finding is that, controlling for each other, a nation's rate of belief in hell predicts lower crime rates, but the nation's rate of belief in heaven predicts higher crime rates, and these are strong effects," said Azim F. Shariff, professor of psychology and director of the Culture and Morality Lab at the UO.
"I think it's an important clue about the differential effects of supernatural …More
The study, appearing in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, found that criminal activity is lower in societies where people's religious beliefs contain a strong punitive component than in places where religious beliefs are more benevolent.
A country where many more people believe in heaven than in hell, for example, is likely to have a much higher crime rate than one where these beliefs are about equal.
The finding surfaced from a comprehensive analysis of 26 years of data involving 143,197 people in 67 countries.
"The key finding is that, controlling for each other, a nation's rate of belief in hell predicts lower crime rates, but the nation's rate of belief in heaven predicts higher crime rates, and these are strong effects," said Azim F. Shariff, professor of psychology and director of the Culture and Morality Lab at the UO.
"I think it's an important clue about the differential effects of supernatural …More
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Someone once said to me that to be rejected by other people is to be rejected by God, presumably meaning that I was rejected. The answer to this is that, with reference to the Bible, Christ was the most despised and rejected of men. I just have to start believing that attaining to heaven is not only possible but absolutely essential and is the only concern that really matters. The sign pointing down …More
Someone once said to me that to be rejected by other people is to be rejected by God, presumably meaning that I was rejected. The answer to this is that, with reference to the Bible, Christ was the most despised and rejected of men. I just have to start believing that attaining to heaven is not only possible but absolutely essential and is the only concern that really matters. The sign pointing down indicates the place of perdition for those souls rejected by God.
Does anyone have a better answer?
Does anyone have a better answer?