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From: zben@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Survey:  Is Religion as the Opiate of the Net?
Message-ID: <3825@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Nov-83 19:33:20 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 15 19:33:20 1983
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[From the virtual flamethrower of ZBEN]
   1.  Were you raised in a religous background?  
UNSURE

   2.  Do YOU believe in the existance of GOD (taken to mean one or more
       supernatural beings of supreme power)?
YES

   3.  Are you currently a regular worshipper at an organized service at
       a place of worship (i.e. church, synagogue, mosque, etc.)?
NO

   4.  Do you believe that GOD has a day-to-day meddling or DIRECT influence
       upon the EARTH?
NO

   5.  Do you place a meaning of your life on a day-to-day basis on the
       faith that you have in your God(s)?
NO

Now, consider the possibility that what was actually being said was that
*unintelligent* people might by-and-large be *more* religious, because
it is something they can believe in and trust (if not understand).  A
similar argument can be made that *unintelligent* people might by-and-large
be more politically conservative.  This is not to insult the intelligent
religious people or the intelligent political conservatives, its just to
point out the fallacy involved in these sorts of statistics...

Ben Cranston       ...seismo!umcp-cs!zben         zben@umd2.ARPA

p.s. I think opium is the religion of the masses...