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April 26, 2007
New study will no doubt be used to prove that christianity is better than atheism and therby infer that god exists....
...unfortunately, logic and reason rear their 'ugly' heads.
WHERE IS THE CONTROL GROUP??!!
Here's the report on the study.
The important point to note in this report is 'The conflict that arises when parents regularly argue over their faith at home, however, has the opposite effect'
Hmm.
So, what the report is saying is that children from a strife-free home do better than children from a home where there is strife.
Th report seems to be using the chewbacca defence to make its point They are pointing out that children from a religious home that takes part in community gatherings and discussion do better than children from a home run by parents who bicker and seemingly do not attend community gatherings.
Well, fine. But, if you apply logic and reason to that statement what they are really saying is that children from a stable home are better behaved in school than children from a troubled home.
No surprise there then.
Why must the god botherers always confabulate harmony with religion and strife with their ultimate slean swear-word 'godlessness'?
If the study had taken the time to include a family where both parents were humainsts/atheists and were loving and inclusive and compared the teachers feedback on these groups, then, we would have a scientific study.
Posted by dottie at April 26, 2007 1:33 AM
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