Both there and in Denmark and Holland they artiifically created a low official crime rate by legalizing drugs and prostituion,also citing figures based on number of violent crimes ( numerical),which would obviously be low given their small size. Per capita figures do not seem to be available,which would afford the only standard of comparison with a larger society. I ask because we have this Dutch man on board who keeps pushing the idea of a link between Christianity and crime. He also points to Holland as a model state when it’s a culturally non-fecund state with sky-high heroin addiction and juvenile prostitution. He tirelessly reiterates that most American prison inmates cite a religious denomination,therefore most criminals are Christian. His logic,not mine. i say,if that is so,then would not the fact that almost all crime in Holland is committed by atheists “prove’ a relationship between atheism and crime/ Opinions?
It is atheists who claim a correlation between religion or lack of it and crime,not I; I think the religious background or lack of one in a criminal population is merely a reflection of the religious character of the society. I note many atheists employing the old urban liberal stunt of using factoids – stats derived from an obviously biased web-site or “study” – their favorite justification for everything is “studies have shown…” Then you check out the source,and it’s some lobby-type org. By the way,how is legalizing crime like narcotics not artifically creating a seemingly lower crime rate? We have many drug dealers in our prisons which is exactly where they should be. It’s easy to have a “low crime rate” when you keep legalizing crime.