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These differences hardly change when we consider them in isolation from the other demographics, using a statistical technique called tobit regression. Religious practice by itself is associated with $1,388 more given per year than we would expect to see from a secular person (with the same political views, income, education, age, race, and other characteristics), as well as with 6.5 more occasions of volunteering.
Is slavery a way of treating people right?I didn't take it that way. Heaven does sound awesome, but I'm a believer because it makes me a better person. It does the best job at keeping me humble and treating people right.
I'm not perfect, but I can honesty say my faith is the best thing that ever happened to me. Maybe I was just a really terrible person in need of saving?
...you've slapped yourself again.
" The differences in charity between secular and religious people are dramatic. Religious people are 25 percentage points more likely than secularists to donate money (91 percent to 66 percent) and 23 points more likely to volunteer time (67 percent to 44 percent). And, consistent with the findings of other writers, these data show that practicing a religion is more important than the actual religion itself in predicting charitable behavior. For example, among those who attend worship services regularly, 92 percent of Protestants give charitably, compared with 91 percent of Catholics, 91 percent of Jews, and 89 percent from other religions…
Charity differences between religious and secular people persist if we look at the actual amounts of donations and volunteering. Indeed, measures of the dollars given and occasions volunteered per year produce a yawning gap between the groups. The average annual giving among the religious is $2,210, whereas it is $642 among the secular. Similarly, religious people volunteer an average of 12 times per year, while secular people volunteer an average of 5.8 times. To put this into perspective, religious people are 33 percent of the population but make 52 percent of donations and 45 percent of times volunteered. Secular people are 26 percent of the population but contribute 13 percent of the dollars and 17 percent of the times volunteered.
These differences hardly change when we consider them in isolation from the other demographics, using a statistical technique called tobit regression. Religious practice by itself is associated with $1,388 more given per year than we would expect to see from a secular person (with the same political views, income, education, age, race, and other characteristics), as well as with 6.5 more occasions of volunteering."
Do all Christians condone slavery?
I'm not gonna argue theology,cuz it would take 1000 pages and I don't have the time or credentials.
i just shared a little bit of my personal story.
I like how boutons wont come within 1000 miles of this thread now.
Christ himself condones it.
Not exactly the answer to the question I asked, but it'll do.
I'm sure he'll come back in here with a new copy paste on a different tangent.I like how boutons wont come within 1000 miles of this thread now.
we can go down the bible trail of ” if X is true then Y is impossible” if you want. I'm good either way.
nah....I get my ass beat everytime I do that with you.
I don't blame you. It's mentally easier just to lazily rely on faith.
Actually I meant if X in the Bible is true then Y must be true but it's not = paradox.nah....I get my ass beat everytime I do that with you.
I know it's hard to believe but it would be the most incredible thing in the history of ever for someone somewhere to come along with a valid reason for the existence of a rewarding afterlife...
I think if you are going to spend time and money by subscribing to a religion, you aren't doing yourself any favors if you can't scrutinize it and see if it holds. That's why I'm an ass when someone walks in waving their Bible.
Definition of CONDONE: to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless
It's an answer. However not correct.
My answer is absolutely correct.
Negative.
It's also pretty asinine to instill slavery into a god forgiving topic.
With nothing. Aussie had a legit post. Why not make your own op about that instead of trolling this one,
lol worshipping a monster who condones slavery.However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT)
Leviticus. ..
Just don't have the time for spurstalk debate, especially with someone who's got it
all figured out.
precisely
Who's talking about the bible?
Over you head?
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