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  1. charlie sc

    Who is more criminally dangerous: the theist or the atheist?

    There was a qualitative study on criminals who were actively committing crimes. The psychologist interviewed them numerous times. They attended church regularly and thought that if they prayed, and stuff, they would be forgiven. It may also be the convoluted and interpretative messages...
  2. charlie sc

    Who is more criminally dangerous: the theist or the atheist?

    Yep. Good insight. If they don't understand, think about, or have been brought up as moral agents, then the only morality they understand are those they aren't really sure about in the first place. Might be an explanation.
  3. charlie sc

    Who is more criminally dangerous: the theist or the atheist?

    Lol, yes I suppose that's an explanation :)
  4. charlie sc

    Who is more criminally dangerous: the theist or the atheist?

    Agnostic theists, yes.
  5. charlie sc

    Who is more criminally dangerous: the theist or the atheist?

    Yup, sounds like it supports the evidence from the studies I mentioned.
  6. charlie sc

    Who is more criminally dangerous: the theist or the atheist?

    "Uncertain believers—those who believe in a higher power but express varying degrees of doubt—show significantly higher levels of criminal offending and substance use than the certain religious believers, whereas the non-believers show levels of criminal offending and substance use rates that...
  7. charlie sc

    Who is more criminally dangerous: the theist or the atheist?

    The general consensus(Johnson, 2010) in science is that religiosity negatively associates with crime. In other words, the more religious the person is, the less likely they'll commit a crime or take licit drugs. These studies have been replicated in numerous countries(Brauer, 2013) with the...
  8. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Uh, you say I'm wrong but insult me. So, what's the problem? Human nature is not really what psychology studies. It's human behaviour. Human nature is such a vague term and it's hardly mentioned, if it all, in psychology academia. Human nature if far more a philosophy term. Small point but, eh...
  9. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Yes, I'm wrong. I think I deserve some slack since I've been teaching you psychology and you've been making a fool of yourself those whole thread, but then again, you are simple minded. It is discussed in psychology. Freud or Maslow, etc are taught in psychology even though Freud is considered...
  10. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Haha, you made the claim that, apparently, moral studies are a large part of psychology. If this is your opinion, fine. Who am I to argue? Neither will I argue with someone who has an opinion on any topic, especially if they know it's an opinion. Though, you seem to claim, as a fact, this is...
  11. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Nope, no link present. Hmmm, interesting how asking for a citation from you is wasting your time. Okay, lol. So, you want me to examine people, not studies in psychology. Okay...
  12. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Yes. Since you seem surprised, why don't you cite some for me? Hmmmm? Okay... I still don't know what you're talking about. Why don't you give me some references or cite something ;) ?
  13. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Why? In the paper they even say the greatest sceptics of science are scientists. There's always room for improvement, but they'd need to show there's a problem in the first place. I don't know any psychology theories on morality. Can you cite them? The theories I do know about are pretty...
  14. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Btw, if you didn't know, the meta-analysis did the meta-analysis AND the 100 replications. So they did quite a bit. First, 100-replication-meta-analysis copied the 100 studies exactly.This is fairly unusual, because, usually, psychologists will replicate and attempt to improved upon the...
  15. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Errrr, but this happens all the time in science. This is why we have systematic reviews and meta-analyses. If you may noticed, failed replications also occur in your beloved parapsychology.
  16. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    I'm not sure why you're concerned of others, since you're talking to me and I'm talking to you. Anyway, for scientific purposes the failed replications, or non-significant studies, could not support their hypothesis. So I'm fairly correct saying they found nothing in the context of the theory...
  17. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    ok. I'm not sure I understand. For a study's hypothesis to be accepted, the alternate hypothesis(e.g. psi) in the study, in the inferential statistics section, needs to show a <=5% probability that it was by chance. You could technically say it the other way around, like a >= 95% probability...
  18. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Uh huh. Why would you only direct that meta-analysis to mainstream publishing and not others? Not finding significance is not finding significance. 5% and bellow is the standard for accepting an alternate hypothesis...
  19. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    I’m not even talking about psi. I’m trying to see if you use your logic in all areas. In other words, I’m trying to determine if you’re logically coherent or rational. It didn’t matter if I used a meta analysis for psi or for alcohol addiction, etc. I am curious if you will also call any study...
  20. charlie sc

    the existence of god is a scientific fact

    Great, a link to a website and with no context on your part. This is gone beyond any reasonable scientific discussion, but I will humour myself. From the 42 study meta analysis(1985) in psi, "He now found that only 45% of the 42 studies were significant."(this is from your link) We're granting...
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