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Subject: 
Say Whaa????
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Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:35:06 GMT
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1798944,00.html

My initial reaction: this is the biggest pile of horses hit I’ve ever heard!

But have at it.

I’m going off to see if I can find the study somewhere and find out where this complete idiot went wrong...

JOHN



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  Re: Say Whaa????
 
(...) I agree with you that this study is complete BS. He has found a correlation between the USA having bad social problems and the USA having lots of religious people. That's not exactly breaking news. To then link the two is preposterous at best. (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
  Re: Say Whaa????
 
(...) Well, it's hard to assess the quality of the study based on this article, which implies that the study finds a causative link between religion and social ills. However, it seems that the study may only cite a correlation between the two, which (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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