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Old 11-18-2006, 07:24 PM   #411
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In the other link on Conservative donations I posted this link with this blurb...

..independent scholar Gregory S. Paul found an inverse correlation between religiosity (measured by belief in God, biblical literalism, and frequency of prayer and service attendance) and societal health (measured by rates of homicide, childhood mortality, life expectancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and teen abortions and pregnancies) in 18 developed democracies. "In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD [sexually transmitted disease] infection rates, teen pregnancy, and abortion in the prosperous democracies..
Cheese is this site talking about the same Gregory S. Paul that you've placed so much faith in?

http://www.neilchilson.com/?p=100
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