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Astounding Benefit of Believing in Hell
Countries whose citizens believe in hell are not only less corrupt, but also more prosperous. That's the word from economists with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, who were trying to figure out why some nations are so much richer than others. In addition to looking at productivity and investment factors, they examined some unconventional ideas to explain differences in national prosperity, reports Reuters. It turned out that belief in hell was very telling.
Guess who believes there is a hell?
Drawing on the research from several outside economists, the St. Louis Fed studied 35 countries, including the United States, European nations, Japan, India, and Turkey and realized that religion was a powerful economic force. "In countries where large percentages of the population believe in hell, there seems to be less corruption and a higher standard of living," the St. Louis Fed wrote in its July quarterly review. In the United States, 71 percent of the population believes in hell. Perhaps it's no coincidence that it also has the world's highest per capita income.
Is there a devil? Find out who says so!
Don't believe it? Look at Ireland. As Reuters says, the Irish have a healthy fear of a nether world with 53 percent of the population acknowledging hell's existence, and the country is not far behind the United States in terms of income.
now that was news to me,,,
peace
Now that was amusing conjecture to me z but quite possibly true. If you can convince people they'll suffer eternal damnation rather than a spell in prison they'll be less likely to offend. Organised religion has been using this method to control people for centuries.
"In the United States, 71 percent of the population believes in hell. Perhaps it's no coincidence that it also has the world's highest per capita income."
But then again perhaps it is.
peace :)
And, I wish people would stop going on about the US having the highest percapita income, they haven't. The CIA information, a year out of date of course, puts the US in second place http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications.../2004rank.html and a more recently, and more independant, listing puts the US in fifth place http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_gro_nat_inc_cap
peace :)
can i rant some here,Quote:
Originally Posted by HvyFuel
wonders if i start praying really hard and loyal like will my per capita go up
i sure think i could use it and i know for a fact had i a few billion i could change some shit going on and never miss a dime of the billions i would spend
to make this world a little better for all.
elect my own lil goverment,..like they seem to do,money talks ya know
fuking exxon
5.7 billion profits,,,,,,
i cant afford to go anywhere,,,do anything hardly but exist.
now i know why
between the religious wars killing off folks and tearing up the world,
making things cost so much like gasoline
and companies sucking me dry for profit
i feel they taking advantage of us we have no chioce
pay,,,,or dont go anywhere,,
oh yea
we can pray,,of course
peace
I wish ;)Quote:
wonders if i start praying really hard and loyal like will my per capita go up
Yes, it's strange how often people telling you how rich the US is forget to mention that 10% of the population has 90% of the wealth. :rolleyes:
peace :)
"Evolution is a wholly discredited Theory" Actually its not its factual science accepted by the international college of scientific research (the governing body on all science). It's as "factual" as gravity, ionic bonding and other such testable methods actually. If your going to say its a discredited "theory", which by basis of terms is easily provable as all scientific "laws" are labelled as theories the only people who call them laws are the laymen. A theory isnt a hypothesis its a provable hypothesis supported by empirical evidence. If you reject certain science I urge you to reject all of it, science unlike religion is not something you should pick and choose from. And yes we did come from apes thats why we share 98.7 % of genes with them.(not counting chimps which are even higher). I urge you to go to university in biology before you discount evolution. You might want to talk to an evolutionary biologist as well. ps. Darwin's been disproven for years that doesnt discredit evolution as a whole, he was after all the first to even come up with "natural selection" which is actually a proven scientific theory by empirical evidence. So not even all of darwin's work is discredited nor did he have the resources or methods we have today being the pioneer of the entire science basically. Freud has been proven wrong on almost every degree yet he is still the "father" of modern psychiatry....
amen to that, zQuote:
Originally Posted by NowhereMan
First of all weirdo, I've always wanted to know, why are'nt the apes making their own civilizations? Why have'nt I seen any of the ones that have evolved lately? I think the reason people don't believe in God is because they don't have a personal relationship with him. He is my best friend and I talk to him daily, but also in that, just like my earthly best friend I have to maintain RESPECT with him. Once this relationship is genuinely in place you will always feel his grace and know he is with you. I have actually tried to turn from him , but I cannot because at a certain point you realize you don't want to because it is the only thing left that is really real.
you talk to him, but does he answer?
if he does, then ur probably schizophrenic