@ AJ777

1.The Big Bang needs a big banger.
2. Evil is not explainable on atheism. On Christianity evil is the lack of good. God did not create evil, where He is not there is evil.

1. How do you know? Please provide OBJECTIVE HARD EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. Something you have proven to never be capable of doing.
2. Actually, where there is the Christian god, there is evil. Where there is no Christian god, there is peace.

Some GIS Research Into The GOOD Of Religion

“Current research evidence does not support the common view that religiosity is positively correlated with good morality,” said Sam Harris.

In fact, I used QGIS software, and the TIGER data from the Census Bureau and crime data files from the FBI to see how correct his statement is. It took me several months, but my research has shown that the more religious a population, the higher the crime rates, specifically violent crime. While the same research shows that the more educated (thus less religious) a population, the lower the crime rates. If religion is so damned good for us, then why does it seem to spawn so much more violent crime?

Although listed as green and red, I am forced to use strong and emphasis for the highlights as indicated. I use red and green to indicate danger and safety.

Here are some research numbers:

• Green = Highly educated; persons with at least a Master’s degree or higher, or multiple (2+) Baccalaureate or higher degrees.
• Red = Highly religious; persons with low education (no high school diploma), Associate’s degree or lower, or no degrees.

This is only in the United States, perhaps the most religious nation on Earth (excepting some Muslim nations).

• Of the 25 states with the lowest rates of crime, 5 are red, 20 are green (a 1:4 ratio).
• Of the 25 states with the highest rates of crime, 19 are red, 6 are green (a 3:1 ratio).
• Of the 25 most dangerous cities, 22 are red, 3 are green (a 7:1 ratio).
• Of the 20 most safest cities, only 2 are red, 18 are green (a 1:9 ratio).
• Of the 19 states with the highest rates of burglary, 16 are red, 3 are green (a 5:1 ratio).
• Of the 22 states with the highest rates of theft, 18 are red, 4 are green (a 4:1 ratio).
• Of the 22 states with the highest rates of murder, 19 are red, 3 are green (a 6:1 ratio).

Notes on how I chose these listings. With the cities/states I chose enough from the list to get at least “3” of whichever color. The only exceptions are the 20 most safest cities due to the fact that to get a third “red” city, I would have had to take the top 38 most safest cities making it 3 are red, 35 are green giving a ratio of 1:12. I figured a 1:9 ratio was bad enough. And to really add insult to injury, to get the fourth “red” safest city, it would been 52 cities making it 4 are red, 48 are green, still a 1:12 ratio. And you call us atheists dangerous and immoral, and to be trusted less than rapists and murderers.

And to add more insult to injury, the first red “most safest” city does not appear until number 16. And to pour salt in the wound, in the “most dangerous” cities, the three green ones are numbers 19, 22, and 25. So much for atheism being so dangerous.

On the highest theft, I could have stopped at 21 cities making 18 are red, 3 are green. Since adding the 22nd city would lower the ratio (from 6:1 to 4:1) I decided to be a nice guy and cut you Religious Absolutists some slack. I also made it match the number of highest murder states.

I made the choices above just so I would not have to listen to your whiney-ass pleas about being a vindictive atheist. See, us atheists are actually good people.

Reiteration: If religion is so damned good for us, then why does it seem to spawn so much more violent crime?

These I could NOT cut any slack for you Religious Absolutists. More shocking numbers on the goodness of religion (researched as an afterthought):

• 93% of convicted child molesters identify themselves as Christian (a 13:1 ratio).
• 84% of all inmates identify themselves as religious believers (a 5:1 ratio).
• 0.02% of inmates identify themselves as Atheist, meaning only 1 in 5000 are Atheist.

rmfr

1. Why doesn't this big banger need another banger to bang him/her into existence?

@AJ777

The wages of sin equals death, so what justice is there in being punished beyond that? For he who has died has been acquitted from his sin. Romans 6:7

AJ777,

"God is all powerful necessarliy. He did not create evil because evil is nothing."

"Will you speak lies for God? Do you really believe your lies are what God wants you to say?" ~ Job 13:7 (ERV)

As it says in Isaiah 45:7 (KJV) = "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things."

Judges 1:19 (TLB) = "The Lord helped the tribe of Judah exterminate the people of the hill country, though they failed in their attempt to conquer the people of the valley, who had iron chariots."