Hi Richard,
    Thanks for your response:
-> HW> Hi Frederic,
[FR referring to prison data]
FR>> It indicates the
>> fact that theism doesn't work; that atheism is  superior to
>> theism in that it imparts a superior ethic -- or a superior
>> intelligence needed to escsape capture.  }:-}
RM> Mr. Rice's data is by no means conclusive, there are way too many
-> unanswered questions.  View my last reply to him.
  Mr Rice has, in fact, presented nothing that would even qualify as
data.  And your comments were entirely apt.  IF his little jaunt to
a prison had been written up for a soc. journal, they would have laughed
all day:  'investigator' with prior beliefs gets impressions,
{not even a number {S's} mentioned} that support his views.
  But I chose not to get into MR. Rice's sociology.  It's rather trite:
in a nominallly Christian country, most prisoners probably are
"Christian" {undefined};  so are most streetsweepers, roofers, and
axe-murderers. What's the big deal?
  It's  {I bet} also true that Episcopalians are underrepresented
in prisons.  Again, the question is "What would this {if true}
mean?"
  Keep up the good postings.
  Hal.
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