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Originally Posted by Claeren
Also, this could be saying more about the willingness of non-affiliated to ADMIT to cheating than it is about the ACTUAL number of cheaters.
Claeren.
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Agreed, and studies have shown that even in an anonymous study people will still lie.
Plus even if the rate of cheating is lower, it doesn't speak to WHY it's lower. Is it lower because people are better behaving, or is it lower because people are in more fear of the ridicule they'll get from their church and people they know in the church and the church itself.
I went to one service where one of the members got called up to the front (I'm pretty sure she knew about it before hand and agreed to it though, at least I hope so). She had gotten pregnant out of wedlock, and the church wanted to pray for her so she would get forgiveness for her sin. She looked humiliated. Sure that kind of thing will dissuade others from doing similar things, but not because of a sense of what's right and wrong but out of fear.
