[Newsbot]

Title: Religious Canadians bend morals for the almighty buck
Category: Religion
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2013-10-23 12:38:57
Canadian

[Curtman]

$1:

Incongruous as it sounds, a new Canadian study discovers that the more importance people place on religion, the more likely they are to lie for financial gain.

I always thought it was extremely stupid to teach children that they are sinners for this reason.

[sandorski]

This does not surprise me. When one believes they have a Get out of Hell card, all kinds of bizarre justifications for shenanigans will soon follow.

[Unsound]

From the article, it seems that it has more to with tribalism than religion specifically. Religious people in a university setting don't feel as connected to their secular peers and therefore are more willing to act out. I wonder if other marginalized groups would show the same results?

That said, I've known a few waitresses who said that the larger the cross someone's wearing, or the louder they are with the "god bless yous", the smaller the tip. And contractors I know have said that the religious types are more likely to try screwing them on the bill.

[DrCaleb]

Unsound Unsound:

That said, I've known a few waitresses who said that the larger the cross someone's wearing, or the louder they are with the "god bless yous", the smaller the tip. And contractors I know have said that the religious types are more likely to try screwing them on the bill.

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
Mahatma Gandhi

[DanSC]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
Mahatma Gandhi

I wouldn't put too much weight in the worlds of one of the greatest champions of South African apartheid.

[CanadianJeff]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Unsound Unsound:

That said, I've known a few waitresses who said that the larger the cross someone's wearing, or the louder they are with the "god bless yous", the smaller the tip. And contractors I know have said that the religious types are more likely to try screwing them on the bill.

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
Mahatma Gandhi

+5

The separation of "special" from the rest of society can always create dangerous tendencies. Unless that special is truly defined in such a way to encourage values of truth and justice.

[DrCaleb]

DanSC DanSC:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
Mahatma Gandhi

I wouldn't put too much weight in the worlds of one of the greatest champions of South African apartheid.

That makes it all right for people to do things in exact contrast to what they believe in, I suppose. Oh, wait . . .

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
Mahatma Gandhi

[DanSC]

A quote by a champion of apartheid isn't going to make me like him anymore.

[DrCaleb]

DanSC DanSC:

A quote by a champion of apartheid isn't going to make me like him anymore.

Not asking you to. But you might try separating the man from the message. I try not to judge any person of the past by the standards we have today, whether it's Ghandi or my Grandfather.

[fifeboy]

DanSC DanSC:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
Mahatma Gandhi

I wouldn't put too much weight in the worlds of one of the greatest champions of South African apartheid.

This is a new concept to me. Please, more info.

[jj2424]

I'm not religious but I love these stories as they get the lefties shit in a knot.

[DrCaleb]

fifeboy fifeboy:

DanSC DanSC:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
Mahatma Gandhi

I wouldn't put too much weight in the worlds of one of the greatest champions of South African apartheid.

This is a new concept to me. Please, more info.

Ghandi was a big proponet that India was the greatest place on Earth, and it's people were also. He also fell victim to the 'class' system in India, and as such though 'Kaffirs' or 'Blacks' were of a lower caste than Indians. He wrote quite extensivley about it.

Eg: “The decision to open the school for all Coloured children is unjust to the Indian community, and is a departure from the assurance given… that the school will be reserved for Indian children only.”

“I acquainted the Governor with what had happened and told him there was urgent need for separate lavatories for Indians. I also told him that Indian prisoners should never be lodged with Kaffirs. The Governor immediately issued an order for a lavatory for Indians to be sent on from the Central Gaol. Thus, from the next day the difficulty about lavatories disappeared.”

Such things, 100 years later, really are minor.

[DanSC]

In a letter, Gandhi wrote

$1:

Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension.
Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen.

Source
Kaffir was an extremely vile slur of the time.

[DanSC]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Such things, 100 years later, really are minor.

Says the guy who hasn't lived through it.