New research suggests the Bible leads to aggression

[CptStern]

omg this is freaking hilarious, quick someone send this to Jack thompson/religious crazies everywhere

In what is likely to be a controversial finding, a team of researchers reports a correlation between violent sciptural passages and real-life aggression.

a study of 490 students ? 248 of them at Brigham Young University ? suggests a correlation between exposure to scriptural violence that is condoned by God and increased aggression.

We were not saying that reading the scriptures is bad, but we were pointing out that if a person was seeing that kind of (violent) literature, it could have some negative effects? when you think about terrorists and they say, ?God will sit in judgment,? and they sometimes refer to a scripture, our question was, ?Could that really make a person behave more aggressively?? And the answer is, yes, it could.

In the study, student volunteers were shown bible passages containing references to violent acts such as rape, beatings and murder. Half of the survey group were then shown an additional passage indicating that God sanctioned violent retribution. Those who were given this additional information responded with increased aggression in a subsequent measurement.

http://gamepolitics.com/2007/02/27/...etween-violent-bible-passages-and-aggression/


perhaps they should start looking for copies of the bible the next time some deranged lunatic decides to kill half the students in his class

Jack thompson: "we must take these murder manuals out of the hands of children. Say no to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John for they are instruments of the devil ...oh wait"



btw these researchers are the same that linked real life aggression to video games so take it with a grain of salt

 

[CptStern]

no love for my "oh noes the bible made me kill 65 people" thread?

 

[jondy]

MUCH love. <3.

Nice find :E

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I wonder how much of that aggression would stem from actually beileving in it.
I find that reading it isn't really that bad, beyond the lame style. I can't say it's made me more violent.

I'd assume it's like the videogame nonsense: it's a negligible effect, but enhanced by how messed up you are in the first place.

 

[Cole]

If I ever kill anyone, I am going to blame it on the bible.

 

[<RJMC>]

*picks up nails and hammer*

hey can you lay dowm in this giant cross?

 

[Tagaziel]

With the number of violent episodes in the book, I'm not surprised that it could have a (negligible) effect.

Heck, the Revelation is my favourite.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

perhaps they should start looking for copies of the bible the next time some deranged lunatic decides to kill half the students in his class

Its a bit difficult, Bibles can be found in pratically every house, motel, hotel, office place, mall, coffee shop, etc, etc, in the US :rolling:

 

[Absinthe]

Its a bit difficult, Bibles can be found in pratically every house, motel, hotel, office place, mall, coffee shop, etc, etc, in the US :rolling:

Well, it would explain a fair amount of our foreign policies...

 

[<RJMC>]

I remenber time ago one of my psicology teachers said "dont read the full bible,if someone reads the full bible it will go crazy"

guess he was right