(March 17, 2013 at 12:35 am)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: No, I'm not. And even if I did, how I might over come that is irrelevant.Okay, if that's your argument then it's total bullshit.
My argument is that some individuals for whatever reasons may have the propensity to develop a desire to rape and murder. If said individuals also happen to be fundamentalist Christians, they may be more inclined to develop and act upon that desire than they would if they were more liberal because fundamentalist Christians lack an outside-of-marriage sexual ethics system.
"some individuals for whatever reasons may have the propensity to develop a desire to rape and murder"
Every person on earth has the potential to become a violent person, every person. Propensity, to use your own word, is based on environmental factors that would facilitate the potential to be developed or perceived favourably by the person. If said persons happen to be fundamentalist Christians, it doesn't mean squat. All it means is that fundamentalists are also capable of becoming violent human beings, just like everybody else is capable of it - it doesn't mean their faith made them more likely to entertain violent fantasies as per your assumption.
Sexual ethics has absolutely nothing to do with violence. Rape is not even a sexual trait, it's a manifestation of violent behaviour. Your association of sex and violence makes me think you have the problem that you are trying to insist Christians have.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
