Religion doesn’t have monopoly on morality

[doom]

The Times, 2 Feb 10--

Sir, What matters is the kind of society that our beliefs create. On this measure, theist societies are found wanting. A fascinating study in the Journal of Religion and Society (Vol 7, 2005) and reported in The Times (Sept 27, 2005) found: “In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy, and abortion in the prosperous democracies.”

How do theist beliefs create such failings?

Christopher Wright
London SW20

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/commen ... 011424.ece

[Al]

[VietVet]

“In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy, and abortion in the prosperous democracies.”

Fundamentalism is a trick which Satan has played upon the fundamentalists. He's a snake, he is.

[Curmudgeon]

Considering all the different affronts to morality in the bible carried out in gods name no one should point to it as a beacon of morality.