In response to the statistics about prison inmates, I feel that I have
something to contribute. The Snow Leopard collective decided to let these
conversations take their own course because the general annoyance we were
creating. I would like only to emphasize that a qualifying clause of the
Blue Pill theorem was "if belief has equal benefits to disbelief…" and that
studies have shown that hospital patients that pray, are prayed for or go
through any sort of religious anything experience positive psychosomatic
effects.
Anyway, my brother was in one of the prisons you mentioned, as well as 3
others in the Upstate New York area. Do you want to know why 5-% of inmates
are Catholic? I can help. Tony was always a rebellious boy, didn't believe
in God, wanted to live his life to the fullest, here and now. It broke my
mom's heart. He was imprisoned on drug charges. With nothing else to do,
he spent time on his artwork, and on letters home, a few classes
This isn't to say, of course, that no one in prison has a life- changing experience or gets more permanent convictions. Often, the prison experience is shocking enough to make someone re-evaluate their attitudes, and look for a moral system, and find it attached to religion.