Update on the "Religion study"

Postive Liberty has some interesting commentary on that study claiming to link religion to societal problems. Now, that study was very weak. It did no numerical analysis of its data. The article at Positive Liberty details a better study, done by a Christian group, that found little or no significant difference in moral behavior between Christians and non-Christians in the U.S. Other studies have found worse behavior in Christians, based on before and after comparisons. Hmmm... I wonder if anyone has looked at the situations that tend to lead people to convert? If a person is under significant stress, that might lead both to a religious conversion and to a wider range of inappropriate behavior. So a study of former Christians and their behavior before and after might be useful, since life stressors might play a role there as well. Anyway, I'm rambling. So I'll stop.