Rod Hetzel wrote:

> My guess is that the differences between believers and nonbelievers are
> much more complex than the above statements suggest.  I would
> also guess that you would find interesting results through within-group
> analyses of believers and nonbelievers.
 
(and)
 
> I think that within-group differences are just as interesting, if not more
> interesting, than between-group differences.  Perhaps more harm has
> been done throughout history by making the assumption that all
> nonbelievers are alike and all believers are alike
 
Paul Smith responded:
 
>> Of course I'd be shocked if you weren't right about every word of this.
>> I obviously could have prefaced my last post with "Warning: wild
>> overgeneralizations follow"...but of course then we'd have to include that
>> label on most of our comments.  <grin>

Haha!  Can I say "Amen!" to that comment?  And, actually, I have some articles at my 
office that explore some of the within-groups differences among those who profess a 
religious faith.  I'll try to post some of these results to the list on Monday.  But 
now, I have to get back to "COPS!  Too Hot for Fox!" on the old idiot box.  Now, is 
that a moral or immoral behavior....

Rod Hetzel

 




 

 


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