Religion is Social Penicillin<\/b><\/p>\n
Rector says, \u201cReligion is a social penicillin, lethal against a wide array of behavioral pathogens.\u201d He cites a study of black inner-city youth by Harvard University\u2019s Richard Freeman: Boys who regularly attend church are 50% less likely to commit crimes. They are 54% less likely to use drugs and 47% less likely to drop out of school. In Rector\u2019s own studies, he finds that churchgoing boys and girls are two-thirds less likely to engage in teen sex. Regular church attendance halves the chances a woman will have a child out of wedlock.<\/p>\n
\u201cReligion Helps Underclass Overcome Many Problems,\u201d by Walter E. Williams, Human Events, January 17, 1997, p. 9<\/p>\n
Religion \u201cA\u201d Versus Religion \u201cB\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
The 19th-century Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard identified two kinds of religion\u2014Religion A and Religion B. The first is \u201cfaith\u201d in name only (2 Tim. 3:5). It\u2019s the practice of attending church without genuine faith in the living Lord.<\/p>\n
Religion B, on the other hand, is a life-transforming, destiny-changing experience. It\u2019s a definite commitment to the crucified and risen Savior, which establishes an ongoing personal relationship between a forgiven sinner and a gracious God.<\/p>\n
This difference explains why for many years British author C. S. Lewis had such great difficulty in becoming a Christian. Religion A had blinded him to Religion B. According to his brother Warren, his conversion was \u201cno sudden plunge into a new life, but rather a slow, steady convalescence from a deep-seated spiritual illness\u2014an illness that had its origins in our childhood, in the dry husks of religion offered by the semi-political churchgoing of Ulster, and the similar dull emptiness of compulsory church during our school days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, March 15, 1994<\/p>\n
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\u2022 Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. – Napoleon<\/p>\n
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