Study Links Religion and Racism

by leavingwt 7 Replies latest jw friends

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  leavingwt

  I must admit that this surprised me. I've personally never noticed a connection.

  Study Links Religion and Racism

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  A meta-analysis of 55 independent studies carried out in the United States with more than 20,000 mostly Christian participants has found that members of religious congregations tend to harbor prejudiced views of other races.

  In general, the more devout the community, the greater the racism, according to the authors of the analysis, led by Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at USC College and the USC Marshall School of Business. The study appears in the February issue of Personality and Social Psychology Review.

  “Religious groups distinguish between believers and non-believers and moral people and immoral ones,” Wood said. “So perhaps it’s no surprise that the strongly religious people in our research, who were mostly white Christians, discriminated against others who were different from them — blacks and minorities.”

  . . .

  http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/study_links_religion_and_racism.html?view=full
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  sspo

  Evangelical Republicans are the worst, wolves in sheep clothing!
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  snowbird

  It doesn't surprise me in the least.

  I know some Black people - JW's and others - who are fervently religious, yet speak disparagingly of other groups.

  The first time I heard a JW make racist comments, I was deeply shocked.

  Sylvia
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  sinis

  I'm not racist... I hate EVERYONE EQUALLY!!!
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  MadGiant

  "In general, the more devout the community, the greater the racism,"

  I wonder why.

  Deuteronomy 7:3

  NET ©	You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
  NIV © biblegateway Deu 7:3	Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
  NASB © biblegateway Deu 7:3	"Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.
  NLT © biblegateway Deu 7:3	Do not intermarry with them, and don’t let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters.
  MSG © biblegateway Deu 7:3	Don't marry them: Don't give your daughters to their sons and don't take their daughters for your sons--
  BBE © SABDAweb Deu 7:3	Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.
  NRSV © bibleoremus Deu 7:3	Do not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,
  NKJV © biblegateway Deu 7:3	"Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

  First Kings 11:2

  NET ©	They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! 1 If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” 2 But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. 3
  NIV © biblegateway 1Ki 11:2	They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.
  NASB © biblegateway 1Ki 11:2	from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.
  NLT © biblegateway 1Ki 11:2	The LORD had clearly instructed his people not to intermarry with those nations, because the women they married would lead them to worship their gods. Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.
  MSG © biblegateway 1Ki 11:2	He took them from the surrounding pagan nations of which GOD had clearly warned Israel, "You must not marry them; they'll seduce you into infatuations with their gods." Solomon fell in love with them anyway, refusing to give them up.
  BBE © SABDAweb 1Ki 11:2	The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.
  NRSV © bibleoremus 1Ki 11:2	from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the Israelites, "You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you; for they will surely incline your heart to follow their gods"; Solomon clung to these in love.
  NKJV © biblegateway 1Ki 11:2	from the nations of whom the LORD had said to the children of Israel, "You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love.

  Nehemiah 13:25-27

  NET ©	So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off 1 your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
  NIV © biblegateway Neh 13:25	I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and said: "You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.
  NASB © biblegateway Neh 13:25	So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
  NLT © biblegateway Neh 13:25	So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear before God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.
  MSG © biblegateway Neh 13:25	So I took those men to task, gave them a piece of my mind, even slapped some of them and jerked them by the hair. I made them swear to God: "Don't marry your daughters to their sons; and don't let their daughters marry your sons--and don't you yourselves marry them!
  BBE © SABDAweb Neh 13:25	And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
  NRSV © bibleoremus Neh 13:25	And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair; and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
  NKJV © biblegateway Neh 13:25	So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying , "You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.

  Don’t forget Numbers 36:3-9 and Numbers 25:6-8

  Take care,

  Ismael
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  MissingLink

  Absolutely! It's part of the formula. The Us vs "Them" mentality.
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  VIII

  I bet if I did a study of *Pots* and asked them how they viewed *Kettles* I could come up with some pretty interesting stats also.

  I wonder why they only looked at *Christian* participants and not, say, Muslims?

  Interesting how results can be skewed. But, being the *Intelligent* Ex-JWs we all R, we all knew that, didn't we?

  *Intelligent* based upon Minimus' lastest definition.
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  Heaven

  The 'Us' vs 'Them' mentality disturbed me a lot when I was studying with the JWs. It never sat well with me. After leaving home and getting a job where I work with all different people from different cultures and religions, I realized I was lied to about the wickedness of other religions and other cultures. It simply wasn't/isn't there in the people I worked/work with.

  I think JWs do this to create a 'special' and unique group. "See? We aren't like all those other heathens and evil-doers! We are God's Chosen." It's a marketting tactic to get people to sign up. They also use it to frighten people. If you're not one of God's Chosen, you're going to be annihilated at Armageddon.

  I know other faiths do the same thing. I have been told so by people in these faiths. The good thing is that people from other faiths see the fallacy in this belief as well, just like we do.