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Sep. 28th, 2005 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Some thought-provoking news items on religion:
Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'
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nostalgia_lj: Do Unnatural Acts Cause Natural Disasters?
In brief: higher rates of religious belief coincide with higher rates of social ills such as murder and STDS; no correlation between numbers of gay citizens and natural disasters.
I sometimes worry what would happen if the Pagans were put in charge. Would we, too, turn to dogma, greed, and power-grabbing? Or would we simply be unable to form a stable government?
Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'
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In brief: higher rates of religious belief coincide with higher rates of social ills such as murder and STDS; no correlation between numbers of gay citizens and natural disasters.
I sometimes worry what would happen if the Pagans were put in charge. Would we, too, turn to dogma, greed, and power-grabbing? Or would we simply be unable to form a stable government?
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Date: 2005-09-28 08:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-28 09:20 am (UTC)