RE: being told to kill myself by someone who supposedly believe in God
January 14, 2015 at 8:43 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2015 at 8:45 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(January 14, 2015 at 6:19 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: There are correlations between intolerance and religion - Reasonable Doubts does a good job of talking about them. But correlation is still not causation.
well, intolerance isn't necessarily cruelty, either.
(January 14, 2015 at 6:18 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(January 14, 2015 at 6:10 pm)Tonus Wrote: I don't think I've ever seen a correlation between how cruel someone is and how religious they are.
Are there actually studies on that? I know there have been studies on kindness and the role religion may play, but the opposite? It would be interesting to see.
Anecdotally, the most religious people I know run the gamut. The worst was my father, who was convinced that he saw god and that god spoke to him and told him he was a good person, doing a good job living. My father is a convicted and currently rotting in prison child molester, so....
I don't know that any study has been done regarding that relationship. I wonder if Milgram documented religious leanings in his study back in the 60s?