Posted on 10/16/2007 12:25:35 PM PDT by bs9021
by: Heyecan Veziroglu, October 16, 2007
Religious belief and practice helps people prevent conflict by showing them a mutual sacred purpose and vision, leading sociologists said recently in a conference session hosted by the Heritage Foundation.
Associate Professor Dr. Jeffrey Ulmer from Pennsylvania State University examines the degree to which religiosity increases self-control. He points out that religious observance builds self-control and substance use is lower in stronger moral communities.
Dr. Ulmer argues that self-control is a cognitive resource and that it is a product of social learning. Psychologists have developed a muscle or a strength model of self-control, he explained at the symposium which was co-sponsored by Child Trends and The Baylor Institute for the Studies of Religion. Dr. Byron Johnson from Baylor also points out that religiosity decreases drug use and pre-teen religiosity increases religious involvement.
Similarly, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Scott Desmond from Purdue University states that church attendance is important for adolescents. Those who dont have any self-control lack care and decision-making skills.
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...
Unbelievable!!!!
Was there any peer-reviewed research?????
;)
Religious belief and practice helps people prevent conflict by showing them a mutual sacred purpose and vision, leading sociologists said recently in a conference session hosted by the Heritage Foundation.
***Kind of a high duhh factor on that one.
“Sociologists Discover Religion” -
can be used to rationalize atheistic socialist ideology for those looking for an excuse to support it.
A Heritage publication about religion and social integrity can be found here:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/bg1992.cfm
it includes a 100+ source list at the bottom.
And in other breaking news, the sun set in the west tonight.
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