Science proves religious people are authoritarian, stupid and poor

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar said:
There is not much sign that it is causative. For instance, Nova claims to be an agnostic and is dumber than the stuff in his depends, a welfare recipient and an advocate of authoritarianism.

More likely, poor people gravitate to religion, authoritarianism and to a disdain for knowledge. It's sort of a defense mechanism. They probably do harm their kids with it, though. If their energies and efforts were devoted more to reality and this life and away from religious nonsense it might do them some bit of good, but I doubt it would end poverty.
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There are many preachers who preach the more you trust in God, the more you believe, the more riches you will accrue.
 
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar said:
There is not much sign that it is causative. For instance, Nova claims to be an agnostic and is dumber than the stuff in his depends, a welfare recipient and an advocate of authoritarianism.

More likely, poor people gravitate to religion, authoritarianism and to a disdain for knowledge. It's sort of a defense mechanism. They probably do harm their kids with it, though. If their energies and efforts were devoted more to reality and this life and away from religious nonsense it might do them some bit of good, but I doubt it would end poverty.
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Doesn't the subject of your OP say that science proves it though?
 
NOVA said:
A demographic breakdown of the economics of Democrats includes location, married status, income, age, education and race.
Location

The strongest Democratic areas of the country are along the East and West Coasts, whereas Republicans tend to be more concentrated in the South and Midwest. Within each state, trends are fairly consistent. Democrats dominate the more populated, urban centers, while suburbs lean Republican, and rural areas are almost exclusively Republican. This trend is nearly universal, even in deep-red states like Texas and dark blue states like Massachusetts.

If an area has more than 500,000 people, it will go Democrat about 60 percent of the time. The political balance is even in areas with 50,000 to 500,000 people, and then turns decidedly in the Republicans’ favor at population levels below 50,000.

Populated areas tend to have a higher concentration of minorities — who overwhelmingly vote Democrat — and often have large universities, where Democrats also hold a commanding majority.
Gender and Marital Status

The Democratic Party has a significant advantage with women. Thirty-seven percent of women affiliate with the Democratic Party, giving them a sizable advantage over the 24 percent who identify as Republicans. Marriage tends to have a significant impact on how a woman votes. Unmarried women vote Democrat about 62 percent of the time, while married women tend to be evenly split between the parties.

Exactly 27 percent of men affiliate with each party, with 43 percent declaring themselves Independent. Gays, lesbians and bisexuals support Democratic candidates around 70 percent of the time.
Income

An individual’s likelihood of being a Democrat decreases with every additional dollar he or she earns. Democrats have a huge advantage (63 percent) with voters earning less than $15,000 per year. This advantage carries forward for individuals earning up to $50,000 per year, and then turns in the Republicans’ favor — with just 36 percent of individuals earning more than $200,000 per year supporting Democrats.

Education

There are two distinct levels of education among Democrats: those without a high school diploma and those with post-graduate degrees. Republicans gain a majority of support from high school graduates, individuals with some college experience, and college graduates.
Recent trends have seen an erosion of support in the Republican advantage among college graduates, but they still receive a slim majority of the vote in this category.

Religion

Democrats are becoming increasingly less religious. Between 1987 and the late 1990s, Republicans and Democrats polled as equally religious. Since then, Democrats have seen a significant decrease in their level of religious participation, while Republican numbers have remained consistent.
The one major religious bloc of voters that Democrats can still rely on is the Jewish community, from which they receive 80 percent of the votes.


http://www.debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/economic-demographics-democrats/
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This has nothing to do with the demographics of Democrats. It has to do with the demographics of believers and unaffiliated/non believers. Your neo-Nazi Republican faith is not the topic.
 
leaningright said:
Ahhhhh ... But are "red states" red only because of their religious beliefs? A question to make you go, "hmmm?" Where's Arsenio when you need him.
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There was a book written by a Princeton professor, that examined Kansas, religion had a great deal to do with it becoming and remaining a Republican state. It was a very interesting read.
 
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar said:
in comparison to the enlightened, well educated and wealthy atheists/agnostics. Or is it because God hates you people?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danie...affiliated_b_3146894.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

Why are atheists and agnostics so much more economically advantaged than their unaffiliated counterparts? Older scholarship pointed to the role that higher education plays in undermining traditional religious beliefs, but recent research has found that higher education mostly affects religious participation, not belief. A more recent theory, developed by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, proposes that populations with a greater degree of economic uncertainty tend to have higher rates of religious observance. Norris and Inglehart argue that "societies where people's daily lives are shaped by the threat of poverty, disease, and premature death remain as religious today as centuries earlier." The authors were primarily interested in making cross-national comparisons, but the theory can be applied to subnational communities as well.

Although it raises interesting questions, however, it would be premature to conclude that higher socioeconomic status is the catalyst for religious apostasy or non-belief. It is possible that the relationship is mediated by intervening experiences. For instance, prosperous parents often adopt differing parenting styles than those of more modest means. Affluent parents tend to stress values of individuality, creativity and autonomy, while less well-off parents tend to embrace more authoritarian approaches that emphasize the value of conformity and control. Some scholars argue that authoritarianism has been shown to be strongly associated with religiosity.
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Once again the inferiority complex of those who fear religion is showing. Oh hey 'lets call religious people stupid' that will make us feel so much better about our atheism. 'We are superior!!!'

The fact that you pretend you are 'enlightened' while at the same time stooping so low to trash someone who you disagree with is quite comical.
 
Rana said:
There was a book written by a Princeton professor, that examined Kansas, religion had a great deal to do with it becoming and remaining a Republican state. It was a very interesting read.
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While I do think religion is an influencing factor in the voting of some "red staters," I don't think it is the only factor. Just like I don't think the lack of religion of people in other parts of the country is the only reason they vote democratic. But you are correct, I think, in that a lot of religious folks vote their beliefs first and foremost and for many of them that means never voting for someone other than a republican. It's kind of sad, actually, that they fail to look at the man first...then the party.
 
Crashk said:
Link please.

Ahhh never mind. Anyone who thinks blue states get more welfare than red states obviously believes the multinational industrialist's propaganda spewed by Limbaugh and 'faux 'news'.

Food Stamp Use is Highest in Red States: The Truth Republicans Do Not Want You to Know
http://www.policymic.com/articles/1...the-truth-republicans-do-not-want-you-to-know

I don't expect you to be able to read the words in this article but there's a nice map that should explain it to you. Facts are facts but you can live in lala land if you so choose.
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Just curious... is everyone in the Red States a Republican... where in those states are the food stamps used? What percentage of them vote Democrat? If you can't answer that, then your point is moot.
 
leaningright said:
While I do think religion is an influencing factor in the voting of some "red staters," I don't think it is the only factor. Just like I don't think the lack of religion of people in other parts of the country is the only reason they vote democratic. But you are correct, I think, in that a lot of religious folks vote their beliefs first and foremost and for many of them that means never voting for someone other than a republican. It's kind of sad, actually, that they fail to look at the man first...then the party.
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It is truly comical watching them spin. They tell us consistently that minorities vote predominantly Dem (which they do), yet they are also very religious by nature (as wacko has already mentioned).
 
Superfreak said:
Once again the inferiority complex of those who fear religion is showing. Oh hey 'lets call religious people stupid' that will make us feel so much better about our atheism. 'We are superior!!!'

The fact that you pretend you are 'enlightened' while at the same time stooping so low to trash someone who you disagree with is quite comical.
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Your feelings don't trump the facts, that I simply repeated.
 
Superfreak said:
It is truly comical watching them spin. They tell us consistently that minorities vote predominantly Dem (which they do), yet they are also very religious by nature (as wacko has already mentioned).
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Are you guys arguing that race is the controlling factor, skews the numbers and explains the difference? Why? What information do you have to support that?
 
Superfreak said:
It is truly comical watching them spin. They tell us consistently that minorities vote predominantly Dem (which they do), yet they are also very religious by nature (as wacko has already mentioned).
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And let's be clear here, the one's spinning are you and Nova. This has nothing to do with Democrat versus Republican. But you have become defensive and feel the need to spin it into something about race. It's really more strange and alarming than it is comical.
 
Rana said:
Actually, the red states receive more government welfare, so you are wrong again.
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i was gonna say this. though I do wonder how much of that is due to liberal cities contained with the red states (i.e. new orleans etc)
 
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar said:
This has nothing to do with the demographics of Democrats. It has to do with the demographics of believers and unaffiliated/non believers. Your neo-Nazi Republican faith is not the topic.
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But you just posted, "Anyone who thinks blue states get more welfare than red states obviously believes the multinational industrialist's propaganda spewed by Limbaugh and 'faux 'news'. ".......



And my post of the demographics covers INCOME, EDUCATION, and RELIGION.



You claim the poor and under-educated are religious....?

I've just proved the poor and under-educated are mostly Democrats.....ie, they are most likely also religious if your claim is accurate.
 
leaningright said:
Ahhhhh ... But are "red states" red only because of their religious beliefs? A question to make you go, "hmmm?" Where's Arsenio when you need him.
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I never though religion had anything to do with it. I always thought they were red states cause they're populated largely with rednecks.
 
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