Those who believe in heaven commit more crimes

back to the OP, I should think there is no surprise that those who think there is no consequences are more willing to do things than those who think there may be consequences.....

however the title of the thread is an outright lie......the study indicated that those who believed in heaven AND hell were less likely to commit a dishonest act......those who believed in heaven but did NOT believe in hell were more likely........so I guess those who don't believe there is a heaven are more willing to post misrepresentations in thread titles......
 
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PostmodernProphet said:
/scratches head.......why you think their position on gay marriage has anything to do with the issue of whether there is a heaven or a hell I have no idea.....as for there being "plenty of those" could you at least mention one religion?.........
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What? Who said anything about gay marriage?

I gave you a link to a well known preacher who rejects the idea of hell.

Here is a priest, who says the same.


There are many like them among Christians. The Jewish faith is open to interpretation about the afterlife.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Sounds specious to me considering most Americans believe in heaven. It's about the same as saying those who believe in gravity commit more crimes.
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I think it has to do with forgiveness, plus, a lot of the new aged Christians are rejecting the idea of Hell as an eternal punishment, unless you have sinned against the Holy Spirit. There is the concept that all will have a last chance to repent and turn to Jesus after the final battle between Jesus and Satan.
 
what do you expect when you can do whatever the fuck you want and then merely ask for forgiveness and have all your evil deeds washed away
 
The Kicker of Elves said:
what do you expect when you can do whatever the fuck you want and then merely ask for forgiveness and have all your evil deeds washed away
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Exactly! It took me years to figure that out. I would always be like, WTF? How can she/he do that and be all "religious". And then after years of reading a certain pious pos's posts, and then what she posted about religion and God, a light bulb went off. OH, they can just say "forgive me Jesus" and do it all again tomorrow! That is seriously how they interpret it!
 
Rana said:
I think it has to do with forgiveness, plus, a lot of the new aged Christians are rejecting the idea of Hell as an eternal punishment, unless you have sinned against the Holy Spirit. There is the concept that all will have a last chance to repent and turn to Jesus after the final battle between Jesus and Satan.
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Well isn't that convenient!

As I believe the (SNL) Church Lady used to say!
 
PostmodernProphet said:
back to the OP, I should think there is no surprise that those who think there is no consequences are more willing to do things than those who think there may be consequences.....

however the title of the thread is an outright lie......the study indicated that those who believed in heaven AND hell were less likely to commit a dishonest act......those who believed in heaven but did NOT believe in hell were more likely........so I guess those who don't believe there is a heaven are more willing to post misrepresentations in thread titles......
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The title of the thread is absolutely accurate, according to the study.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Sounds specious to me considering most Americans believe in heaven. It's about the same as saying those who believe in gravity commit more crimes.
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I think, the study is fairly flawed too. The methodology used is pretty weak.

I just wanted to piss off some believers. Mission accomplished!
 
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