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52 Practical/Scientific Reasons to go to Church...besides the obvious ones. #29
Efrain Alvarado
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3-7-2008 4:04 PM
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Perhaps that person's parents neglected to take him to church.</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=902.35&.intl=us"><P><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is more than a speculation, however. A number of studies show that crime, including drug dealing, is associated with infrequent church attendance. For example, A. Singh found in 1979 that young religious adults in <SPAN id="lw_1204923122_21" class="yshortcuts">Canada</SPAN> were less likely to sell narcotics, gamble or destroy property.</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=902.35&.intl=us"><P><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A number of studies confirm that children whose parents take them to church tend to avoid criminal behavior and are more likely to be involved in positive activities in the community. </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=902.35&.intl=us"><EM>Source:</EM>Singh, A., "Note: Religious Involvement and Anti-Social Behavior," </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3134B61A-60A5-44FF-A04F-7C76272C063C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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