Lifestyle > Train of Thought

Study Finds Religious Kids Behave Better

<< < (2/2)

OutSider:
i agree :D

ITW [the irish boy]:
you all sound like rodd and todd from flanders ... ;) no offence

i'm not a religious kid, and i was never the best kid, but in simpsons terms, id prefer to be bart than rod and tod. lol

I TO DA GEEZY:
well, it's true religion teaches dicipline, yet this has nothing to do with the essence of the religion, it's just another aspect of socialization and institutionalizing,  so as far as teaching kids behaviour goes, it can bring both positive both negative results....look at the Muslim Education in the Palestinian authority, they simply create a link between religion and their political goals and u get 11 year old kids running around with army uniforms and short m16z on parades....

Sikotic™:
I couldn't agree more. Like my man Tech said, it gives you discipline and makes you a more rounded person.

Ant:
I know I probably too often play devil's advocate, but seriously....

Firstly, surveys are easily manipulated, but my arguement is this... No one is going to post in a newspaper a survey about how the church harms society.  The paper would get boycotted.  Anti religious opinions are strongly looked down upon and thats not hard to realize.  Furthermore, even people that are "semi" religious still love to hear about how great religion.  And considering most of the population is religious there are a lot of people that eat up this kind of report.  So for a paper writing about the benefits of religion a survey is not what I call verifyable evidence.

For example, I could make a report saying children that sell drugs get more fresh air.  A little too extreme, but hey.

I could also make a report documenting the damage religion has imposed on society.  The only problem is, even if by some strange coincidence the report was justified no one would listen to it.  

I could have a report saying muslims are more likely to blow up buildings than aethists.  Or white people are more likely to get better jobs than black people so whites are better.  

Lets take for granted religion helps kids "behave" better.  What exactly does this better behavior mean?  Does it improve the quality of their life?  For how long?  What is "good behavior"? How would you define it?  Should kids even have to "behave"?  

Let's take it a step further... are the kids that "behave" the one's the grow up to be the happiest?

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page