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Religious Belief Increases Rates of Homicide and STD Infection?
That is the conclusion of this paper. However, Josh Rosenau sets out to point out the flaws in the report (via Skeptic’s Circle #18).
[C]orrelation isn’t causation. It would be interesting to look at these data after appropriate statistical controls, or to look at a time series for a nation that is becoming more secular with a nation becoming more religious and a nation with constant religiosity. That’d get you closer to causation.
So, don’t go claiming that religiosity causes social ills. That’s not justified by this study and won’t win you friends.
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