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bluegenes
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Message 136 of 136 (407350)
06-25-2007 9:05 PM
Reply to: Message 134 by crashfrog
06-23-2007 11:49 AM


Re: Oblivion or torment: A sobering thought
crashfrog writes:
Battered wives stay with their husbands, don't they?
I doubt if nemesis will ever perceive himself as a masochistic bride of Christ.
Here's a bit of fun that I can justify as fitting in to the O.P. because there are a couple of statistics about non-believers that crop up in it. Note the claim that atheists are 10% of the U.S. population, but only 0.2% of the prison population.
It wouldn't surprise me if this were true. It probably relates to education/wealth levels as much as morality, I should point out, before atheists start to develop a "holier than thou" attitude (irony intended!)
The other statistic is on divorce rates, with fundamentalists Protestants having higher rates than non-fundy Protestants, and atheists/agnostics coming lower than both.
There's a good quote from Carl Sagan at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdVucvo-kDU

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