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Study: 60% of allegedly Christian adults under 40 say Jesus isn’t only way to salvation; equal to Buddha, Muhammad

By Filings on Mon, 08/23/21
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“More than 60% of born again Christians in America between the ages of 18 and 39 believe that Buddha, Muhammad and Jesus are all valid paths to salvation and over 30% say they either believe that Jesus sinned just like other people when He lived on Earth or aren’t sure, according to a new study.” - C.Today

New study questions life satisfaction ties to religiosity

By Filings on Fri, 07/30/21
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“Analyzing data for 24 countries from the World Values Survey, they concluded that … ‘only in religious societies, identifying as non-religious/atheist is related to lower life satisfaction.’” - C.Post

Does Poverty Create Psychopathic Behavior? No, But Family Instability Appears To

By Filings on Tue, 07/13/21
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“Children in poor families tend to have better outcomes than children raised in foster homes, as I noted in a piece for Psychology Today. This is striking because when it comes to important outcomes like graduation rates, drug use, future earnings, and criminal behavior, much of our focus is on economic factors.” - IFS

Did You Go to Church Last Week? Might Depend on Who’s Asking.

By Filings on Wed, 03/17/21
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“According to studies of polling methods, people answer questions differently when they’re speaking to another human. It turns out that sometimes people overstate their Bible reading if they suspect the people on the other end of the call will think more highly of them if they engaged the Scriptures more. Sometimes, they overstate it a lot.” - C.Today

Study: Helicopter parenting will turn your kid into a brat

By Filings on Mon, 03/15/21
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“[Too] much direct engagement can come at a cost to kids’ abilities to control their own attention, behavior and emotions.” - NY Post

Student Worldview Inventory launched at Arizona Christian Univ. Cultural Research Center

By Filings on Fri, 09/11/20
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“Starting this academic year, under the direction of veteran researcher Dr.

Psychiatry journal issues major correction to study on trans surgeries effect on mental health

By Filings on Thu, 08/06/20
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“The authors posted a correction in the journal Saturday, stating that their data ‘demonstrated no advantage of surgery in relation to subsequent mood or anxiety disorder-related health care visits or prescriptions or hospitalizations following suicide attempts.’” - CPost

Study: Americans with Christian nationalist views more likely to flout COVID-19 precautions

By Filings on Wed, 08/05/20
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According to the study, “Christian nationalism is the leading predictor that one engaged in more frequent incautious behavior related to COVID-19” and the “second strongest predictor that Americans took fewer precautions like wearing a mask or sanitizing/washing one’s hands.” - CPost

Complementarians in favor of women as preachers?

By Filings on Fri, 07/31/20
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“While CBMW’s Danvers Statement has been and continues to be a touch-point for what defines complementarianism, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are major differences among those who call themselves complementarians on this very question.” - CBMW

New research from the Cultural Research Center: “only 39 percent of Americans today view human life as ‘sacred’”

By Filings on Mon, 06/29/20
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“More than one-in-three adults (37 percent) say ‘life is what you make it, but it has no absolute value,’ while a little more than one-in-ten say ‘life does not attain its full value until we reach our highest point of evolution and expression.’ Another one out of ten adults admitted they did not know how to appraise the value of human life.” - TGC

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