52 Practical/Scientific Reasons to go to Church...besides the obvious ones. # 50


	52 Practical/Scientific Reasons to go to Church...besides the obvious ones. # 50

Efrain Alvarado

3-28-2008 11:24 AM

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<FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Reason No. 50 - Fewer Criminals
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<FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We have referenced a number of studies showing how young people who do not attend church are more prone to delinquent and criminal behavior.  What about church attendance when they are adults?</FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=902.40&.intl=us"><P><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A study of 550 men in a metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States by T.D. Evans, E.T. Cullen, R.G. Dunaway and V.S. Burton, published in the journal Criminology, is typical.  The men were white, having an average age of 41 and an average income of $30,000 per year.  They were measured on a variety of religious behaviors and whether they had committed one or more of 43 criminal activities in the past year.</FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=902.40&.intl=us"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">They found religious activity was significantly and inversely related to criminal activity.
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