Posts Tagged ‘hell’

Hell believers are not criminals

Friday, September 7th, 2012
Belief in hell means there less likelihood of crime

Those who believe in Hell are less likely transgress again leading to lower crime rates. So concludes a study by by Azim Shiraf at the University of Oregon and Mijke Rhemtulla at the University of Kansas who compared rates of crime with rates of believe in heaven and hell in 67 countries. The study acknowledged Read more

Belief in hell keeps crime rates down, according to new study

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

A University of Oregon psychologist has found that a country’s belief in heaven and hell is related to its crime rates, and that a belief in a punitive God equals less crime while a belief in a forgiving saviour means more crime. “It seems like there is a case to be made for the causal Read more