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Trauma-san:
This isn't intended as a knock on non-religious people, or on any specific religion.  I'm just trying to show the benefits of religion.  They don't mention Islam, but I'm sure the same thing holds true for them; it was conducted in North Carolina, and I'm not sure how many Muslims they ran into.  
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http://my.webmd.com/content/article/3606.2251

Religious Kids Behave Better

Less Likely Than Peers to Take Risks, Get in Trouble

By   Lisa Habib  
WebMD Medical News  

Sept. 24, 2002 - You may not be surprised to hear that religious teenagers get into less trouble than their nonreligious peers. Even the author of a new study says, "Our findings are not radically surprising."


But religion as a factor in adolescents' lives hasn't been studied much before, says Christian Smith, PhD, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.


His study analyzes data from a survey of more than 2,400 high school seniors who identified themselves as Baptist, Protestant (other than Baptist), Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, other, or not religious. The students were categorized by how often they attend religious services, how important religion is to them, and how long they'd participated in a church youth group.


"One of the most interesting observations is that the religious correlation doesn't seem to kick in until it reaches the level of the most religious kids," Smith says in a news release.


The findings show that the most religious 12th graders are:


Less likely to skip school.
Less likely to be suspended or expelled.
More likely to have strict parents.
Less likely to smoke, or more likely to start smoking later than other kids.
More likely to never have been drunk and more likely to wait longer than others to get drunk for the first time.
Less likely to use, sell, or be offered drugs (though 39% of even the most frequent attenders of religious services reported using some kind of drug).
More likely to wear seatbelts (but not significantly less likely to get traffic tickets).
Just as likely as nonreligious kids to get into fights.
Less likely to participate in crimes, including shoplifting.

The results also show that religious kids volunteer more and participate more in sports and student government.


The study is part of the four-year National Study of Youth and Religion, looking at how religion and spirituality shape and influence teenagers.

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King Tech Quadafi:
eh you know what, im not that surprised at all

faith teaches discipline, dedication and responsibility

at least thats what islam taught me as a child

you have to be disciplined in order for u to come home from school and be taught for another 2 hours by ya pops (arabic, quran reading, praying)

praying is a responsibility u are taught

and by adopting all these principles and practices u become dedicated to your faith

Trauma-san:
See, that's what I'm talkin about.  Similarities between religions.  Peace~

bLaDe:
Good post, thats very true.  Religion really helps disicplen people, of all ages, it teaches us morals, and how to value things.  Teaches us to be grateful, and helps us be more peaceful, and makes us realize that we are capabal of great things.
However, I talked to many kids who do drugs n crap like that, but goto church every week.  Turns out, they dont learn anything, no one teaches them about God or religion, they just goto church cuz they are told to.  
 
  -{bLaDe}

CharlieBrown:
I wonder what the results would be like if they did the study over here as only 8% of our nation goes regurly to church and much fewer people are as strongly religious as they are in the USA, I highly doubt that we have a much higher devient behaviour in our school kids compared to the USA.

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