Study Proves Atheists are No Good Cheaters?
A recent unbiased scientific study published in the International Psychology of Religion Quarterly Journal is believed by some academics to contain clear evidentiary proof of the long held belief that Atheists and those with viewpoints harnessed by “compassionate” humanist dogma are in fact no good cheaters.
The clinical study included a group of 67 participants; 31% classified as European Caucasians, 23% Northern Asian Orientals, 18% Southern Asians; 10% Hispanic and 18% classified as mixed other with Caucasian as a solute. Afro-saxons were excluded from the study due to arithmetic barriers and to ensure clean data for publication without racial perceptions being used to justify cheating by this minority group.
A God Scale was employed to measure the perception of the Creator using 50% humanist dogma traits (forgiving, loving, compassionate, gentle, kind, comforting, and good looking) and 50% Biblically correct traits (vengeful, harsh, judgmental, angry, punishing, jealous, and terrifying). Participants were asked to place a value for ‘accuracy’ for each trait on an ordinal scale (0-9) based on personal perception and scripture understanding.
The study used a simple test to add sets of 15 two digit, random numbers without the aid of a calculator or scrap paper. The participants were told to provide an answer to 20 of these arithmetic questions prior to pressing the space bar because of a “glitch” in the system that would provide the answer briefly on the screen. The “glitch” was communicated to all participants in order to provide equal, unfettered opportunity for everyone to cheat, while also instructing them not to use it. For those subjects choosing to cheat, part of the study design was to measure not only if the cheat was used, but the time between the questions appearing and when the space bar “short cut” was employed.
Each participant was timed for the tests. Study subjects were allotted one minute to provide an answer to each question before that question was determined incorrect and the next question would appear on the screen. A mild resistance electric charge was delivered via a truck battery placed under the seats and administered through electrodes firmly attached to the subject’s inner upper-thigh for incorrect responses to encourage and reinforce greater performance on the next question. No reward or reinforcement was provided for correct or “cheat” answers.
Redemption of Conventional Wisdom and an Interesting Surprise within the Results
In conformance with conventional wisdom and the American experience, a Bible based belief of a vengeful, harsh, judgmental, angry, punishing, jealous, and terrifying God proved to create a domino effect of honest, non cheating behaviors within the decision making construct for those European heritage Caucasians facing a cheat or not to cheat conundrum within the parameters of the study.
Results of the testing showed that those that incorrectly view God with strongly biased humanist traits (forgiving, loving, compassionate, gentle, kind, comforting, and good looking) cheated within 5 seconds of the question appearing on the screen for over 80% of the questions, received fewer electric encouragements and scored better on the overall exam in terms of correct answers. The makeup of this group was overwhelmingly Asian, which raises some interesting questions.
Asians have for some time been lauded as “better” or more disciplined in arithmetic exercises from an academic view. This begs the question, so why did the Asians cheat? Is it simply because the opportunity presented itself free of obligation or consequence? Or have Asians been cheating on math tests all along? These questions pose serious debate and warrant further research and study, although results are expected to be repeatable and redundant.
Applications and Limitations of the Results
While it would not be prudent to claim that all atheists and those that see God in humanist terms are cheaters or will cheat at every opportunity due to the limited p-values of the study sample, evidence does suggest that those that do possess a Bible based belief in consequences and a will to not anger a judgmental God are in fact more honest. All of which does suggest those with a less scriptural world view are cheaters and dishonest.
The methodology for constructing a lab handed “cheat” is problematic. Perceptions could arise that the docent leading the group through the instructive portion prior to testing and is goading or corroborating with the study subjects; thusly guiding them to cheat. Further inquiry is needed to develop a cheat that can be clearly communicated without such bias, such as a knowledgeable mole plant to secretly reveal the “glitch”.
Applications for the findings are varied with potential for use in employment determination for specific jobs that require honest decision making as well as those areas where decision making is limited and highly controlled. Does anyone care if the garbage man is an Atheist cheater?
Overall the study illuminates the barriers of making parallels to religious belief specifically but allows for more enlightened path through self subscribed viewpoints and situational responses.
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Author: Blanche Beecham
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11:40 am
Blanche, shouldn’t you be baking a pie or something? Get your bitch ass back to the kitchen, whore!
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1:40 pm
And you are here again. Are you in Middle School? Does this site have place to report violations? I am an athiest myself but if anyone needs help it is you.
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1:58 pm
You guys need to do a bit of research on this place; Blanche believes that women should NOT pursue careers, speak when spoken to, and act as nothing more than a caretaker and a trophy wife, yet she believes that she is exempt from her own rules. She wants a career, she thinks she can talk to others without them engaging her first, and she spends enough time on here that she’s slouching around at home.
If she’s going to tell women that they need to behave according to her rules, then she needs to follow her own rules as well, regardless of what other people say. To date she has yet to apologize or retract her statements about what a woman’s duty is supposed to be.
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2:11 pm
I just did, I clicked on her username and I just perused her old articles. I see a traditional religious woman writing on traditional religious pieces. I may not agree with her, but I see that you and this Claire (same person?) both calling her far worse than anything she is saying. Do you really think calling someone “Bitch” makes the world a better place or does it just make you look stupid?
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2:17 pm
There’s a difference between ‘traditional religious pieces’ and tyrannical propaganda. She wholly believes that information should be withheld from the people and that people need to buy their rights and freedoms, while also instituting other rules that she doesn’t want to follow. If you’re going to tell people that they need to do something, or not do something, yet you’re not doing what you’re saying, then why should anyone take you seriously? She thinks women have no place in society unless it’s a caretaker, yet she will push forward her own views and demand respect for such things, which is the complete opposite of what she wants from others.
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2:28 pm
So you call her “bitch”? Did she hurt you in some way? There are 7 billion people on this planet, no two agree on everything. If you can’t see that you will live a shallow hate filled life until your last breath. I’m still researching (per your recommendation). And I only see a history of you attacking her personally, not her ideas. If anything, you are driving me to her point of view. If you are a troll with that intent well… good job. If otherwise, then you should re-evaluate your rhetoric.
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2:09 pm
Spell Atheist* correctly.
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2:30 pm
Oh, it this one of those sites? I before e except after c…
And Microsoft word recognizes “atheist” as a correct spelling. So complain to them.
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4:21 pm
Yeah, but you spelled it “athiest”. Go back and look.
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4:19 pm
“And you are here again.”
Yeah, I’ve been a regular on this site since 2008. Who are you?
Me and L.N are not the same person, and we treat Blanche in that fashion because she is a hypocrite. She thinks that working women are the bane of society, yet does not practice what the preaches. We’re simply telling her off.
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5:01 pm
Ok so this one of those “I was here first” children?
And even if being here first meant anything at all, it still gives no one the right to call someone bitch or whore.
You make the author look like Mother Teresa in comparison to you.
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5:35 pm
“And even if being here first meant anything at all, it still gives no one the right to call someone bitch or whore.”
If Blanche can put women down in the way that she does I reserve the right to call her whatever I please.
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6:15 pm
Claire,
As a lesbian atheist myself, I find your logic very flawed. I find it very disturbing that you feel you have the right to say what you want to even if it is offensive and degrading to women as a whole. If anything you have the right not to read what’s written here and no more.
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6:27 pm
By that very logic it applies to you as well. You aren’t forced to read this, so why care about she has to say about Blanche or anyone else here?
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6:35 pm
I am not calling anyone bitch or whore. Claire and you are not the author, only a poster.
I expect this site to be about what it is about; I don’t expect juvenile sexist attacking language in the comments. And by looking around, others agree with me.
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6:44 pm
Again, think of it this way: what drove you to comment and call Claire out? You could just as easily ignore her comments, and this site altogether, but you felt a need to call her out. Why?
This is a legitimate question to, I want to know the reasoning of why you felt the need to call Claire out, especially after your comment about how she could just easily ignore it.
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7:21 pm
You want to know?
Ok, I find bitch and whore to be offensive and uncalled for unless this Blanche person killed someone you love.
I have not called her/you (same person?) anything. And why single me out here? Lots of people seem to be saying worse? Do you have a problem with lesbians?
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7:31 pm
No, but you brought up the point of why Claire says anything if she could easily ignore it.
As for your reason why, the root of it is that you have a problem with what Claire said. Can that reason not hold up for her as well? She comes here and sees so many vile things, completely undeserving of any respect, and calls these people out on it. You can argue with her methods, but you can’t really argue with her motivation.
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7:41 pm
Ok, I go see a bad movie. Someone behind me (Claire) boos through the entire movie because they don’t like it.
So by your logic it’s her right to do so and I should ignore her.
My logic is she knows the movie is bad and should shut up or leave.
You dont come to this site for 2 years by accident.
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7:57 pm
You’re still running with the idea of ‘if it’s bad, ignore it’, even though you didn’t ignore her comments either. She’s calling these people out on their lies. You’re calling her out on why she comes here using logic that could just as easily apply to you as it does her.
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8:07 pm
Wow, are you being ignorant on purpose?
I am just reading the articles, Claire and you are the nonsensical spouters of offensive language. Bitch is NOT ok EVER!
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1:44 pm
I saw this on Reddit and was very offended! However, you Claire are far more offensive than the article.
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2:14 pm
Agreed, this “Claire” is way more ignorant than this article.
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2:36 pm
Yes! Regardless of what we feel about the article, language such as bitch is just uneducated and makes the authors point about us being “cheaters”.
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6:08 pm
I’ve been saying this to sad little Claire, too. But she doesn’t care. Her impulse control seems to be missing.
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11:41 am
I hope some people will read before commenting.
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1:21 pm
Well, since Asian’s belief is in some made up deity instead of Our Lord, cheating is second nature to them. Secular Humanists are also believers in a lie, so it’s no surprise that people sharing similar “beliefs” would be rotten, cheating scoundrels.
I say we use a truck battery on said vermin until they correct their thinking.
Good thing they left out the blacks and the gays. They did leave the gays out right? I mean God has repeatedly let them know they aren’t welcome at his table anyways, so why wouldn’t they cheat?
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1:29 pm
Unbiased my ass, it’s religion. Only religious people trust anything said by a religious organization of any sort, so who’s to say that it ISN’T biased?
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1:39 pm
Clearly you are some kind of crazed Atheist nutjob. Surely you realize that Divine Intercession precludes ANY mistakes by Christian Researchers.
Please, read some scripture and then come back and make an INFORMED post.
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2:01 pm
I would like to pose a question, why do you feel the need to insult and degrade anyone who doesn’t share your beliefs? what ever happened to “love thy neighbour” or turning the other cheek? why not just let those you deem as “sinners” wallow in their own makings, all you’re doing with this sort of media is riling people up, if you truthfully believe in your rreligion then surely you should be trying compasionate methods to convert and save those who do not believe, instead of insulting and belittling them?
remember it is God’s job to judge people, not yours.
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3:20 pm
Fuck, the worst people I’ve seen are Christians. It is because their “god” will always forgive them. So, what if you fist fuck your neighbors wife, just say “I’m sorry”. And it is forgiven!
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6:11 pm
That Asians cheat is no surprise to me. 30 years when I was in college the “Asians are smarter than US Americans” myth started. I noticed over and over again in tests that Asians were blatantly cheating. I even mentioned this to the professors a few times, without naming names.
If you cheat in school, you are only cheating yourself out of an education. If you cheat on the job, you will end up with a country like China that can only produce 2nd rate knock offs and life lives of godless misery.
Only Jesus teaches us to take the hard road and become better people. That is why this Christain nation is the greatest the world has ever seen.
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6:26 pm
Then why do Christians feel that they are superior to people without any real claims?
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6:26 pm
I read this article because of a tweet from my professor and after reading I was going to give a piece of my mind to the author. But now, after reading the comments, my disappointment in the study has been replaced by rage at this Claire person. You are a true ignorant fool. My apologies if you are handicapped, if that is the case, keep reaching for the stars buddy!
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7:23 pm
Good point about this Claire person being special. I saw some other posts on this site and she really seems to have special needs.
To Claire: Way to go using a computer buddy! Watch out for those bad words though.
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7:28 pm
I am beginning to think that the Claire, popinator, and L.N are the same person.
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7:30 pm
Definitely!
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7:49 pm
Yeah, well we’re not.
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7:50 pm
What’s up with you and the previous poster calling me “buddy”? “Buddy” is usually reserved for males, which I am not. Are you both the kind of idiots who aren’t aware that Claire is a girl’s name?
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7:57 pm
Just ignorant then or special?
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8:00 pm
I concur; I was drawn here by the mistakes in the scientific process used in the study. But now I am incredibly upset at the ignorance of this “Claire L.N” person. Please get help soon.
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8:41 pm
Me and L.N are not the same person.
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8:54 pm
Just both equally ignorant I guess.
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9:06 pm
I have a feeling that Twistedlogic, Really?, Science is not a lie, shortbus?, ClaireChangedMyMind, sillyrabbittrixareforkids, Athiest72′, FONTAc, and Projecting Much? are all the same person.
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9:20 pm
Nope!
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8:02 pm
Really Claire?
Really? You have been coming here two years and you are still angry? You are obvious a troll just trying to disturb their church. There is something called freedom of religion. You have the freedom not to visit this place.
Really?
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8:29 pm
Im an Atheist and i dont Cheat.
Ban ur study is busted.
good one guys.
Also, Beechman your just an asshole.
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8:37 pm
Atheist cheat because they are dumb. Their precious science has also proven that Christians have a higher IQ than atheists (i believe that they are closet satanists).
Only an Idiot would deny the existence of God.
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8:56 pm
This article was hilarious and on point. The original study proves nothing and really did have a rather high ratio of Asians. Blanche nailed the hypocrisy of the study and how it has been used in the media.
As far as some of these comments with “whore” and “bitch” – well I hope someday you can grow up to the point you have a sense of humor and maybe some intelligence. Your stupidity makes all of us look bad.
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9:10 pm
When I worked in engineering before I retired, all the Asians were great in the office. Slamming on their abacuses getting the book work done fast and clean. But once we had to leave the office and head out to the field they were a mess. Not only could they not assemble a transit, but half of them would get lost or crash their vehicles on the way to the jobsite.
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10:52 am
Please don’t make fun of handicapped people. It is clear that this Claire person needs special help, but do not make fun of her.
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