(March 22, 2010 at 1:58 pm)tackattack Wrote: 1-So that means they don't do it, right? Of course not, they could, we are all capable of horrendous things. It's just counter-intuitive to believe a majority of a civilized society, prone to "sheep-like" belief to love thy neighbor is more likely to commit heinous crimes.
So how is that relevant to the argument in which believers are somehow more prone to do good things? Intuition isn't evidence of anything.
(March 22, 2010 at 1:58 pm)tackattack Wrote: 2-I think being well rounded for wociety is a pipe dream few accomplish. When given an opportunity, people like electricity usually tries to find the easiest path. The easiest path is usully to conform to what's expected, which in this example would be to brown-nose the parole board.
Exactly. It says more about the parole board than the inmates.
