To complicate matters further, here's what one J.P. Holding said about this (on
http://www.tektonics.org/spinney01.html), btw answering a
very interesting article from Jacob Spinney (see
http://www.jacobspinney.com/tomshort.htm) :
Here we go again, with another Skeptic citing stats about atheists being a small part of the prison population. I'll correct that again: As it happens prison inmates profess faiths for many reasons other than true belief: 1) It permits special visits. 2) It often allows certain priviliges, including breaks from normal work schedules, or the ability to "stand out" in a crowd of people who dress and live the same every day. 3) The religious buildings have AIR CONDITIONING. 4) When filling out forms, most don't know they can leave the question of religion blank. 5) The religious buildings have AIR CONDITIONING. 6) The religious buildings have AIR CONDITIONING. Actually most "theist" inmates are for all intents and purposes deists in orientation.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace. 1 Cor.14:33
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