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May 28 4 tweets 2 min read
Here's where you can lead disingenuous partisans like Ted Cruz when they insist declining church attendance causes gun deaths. Sad fact is gun deaths RISE w/the % of state who attends weekly & they FALL as the % of a state who seldom/never attends increases. Strong correlations.
But why stop there? Here we see gun deaths also rise with the percent of a state's adult population who is Evangelical Protestant. A VERY strong correlation, in fact. (Religion data taken from Pew Religious Landscape Study, btw)
And one more. Here we see gun deaths FALL as the percent of a state's adult population who is religiously unaffiliated increases. Not as strong a correlation ("unaffiliated" is a problematic catch-all). But definitely DOES NOT show declining connection to religion ➡️ gun deaths.
And I just couldn't help myself. Had to satisfy my curiosity about #Atheism. As you might expect given what I've shown thus far, gun deaths FALL as the % of a state who is atheist increases. Standard disclaimer about correlation/causation, but clearly atheism doesn't = gun death.

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May 23
So let's follow up w/some more data related to #sbcreport. All publicly available @PRRIpoll data. In 2017, we see across groups, white evangelical Baptist men were disproportionately more likely to say recent reports of workplace assault/harassment were "isolated incidents." 1/5
In a 2018 @PRRIpoll survey, we see that across groups, white evangelical Baptist men were most likely to agree that "most sexual harassment claims are just the result of misunderstanding between women and men." In other words, not REALLY sexual harassment. Just a whoops. 2/5
Other surveys can't get us to #SBC folks, but we do see patterns among evangelicals vs. others. In 2018 @PRRIpoll data, evangelicals were the MOST likely to say the #MeToo movement led to unfair treatment of men & LEAST likely to say it helped address sexual assault. Also... 3/5
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May 12
Not a dunk. Sam's a smart guy. But here's quick 🧵 suggesting this claim ("it is the Republican party that has grown less white over the last several years") may be overblown. In absolute terms, yes. But alone? Nope. Or more than Dems? Nope. 1/4
First, thanks to @ryanburge for being a baller crunching quick numbers.

In terms of party ID, the % of white Democrats & Republicans dropped *identically* since 2015 (-4%). Democrats grew way more diverse since 2010. And it's Independents who REALLY got less white recently. 2/4
But what about actual voters?

Between 2016 & 2020 election, the % of folks who voted GOP who are white dropped 3%, Democrats by 2%. But look at the % difference between 2012 & 2020. White Dem voters dropped 10% to white Republican voters dropping 5%.

What this suggests... 3/4
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Apr 14
“We want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country.”—Gov. Stitt

OK may now be the most anti-abortion state in the country. But it is far from the “most pro-life state in the country.”

OK is 1st in execution rate & 1st in killings by police.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/04/12…
Here is the source on OK in police killings:
amp.usatoday.com/amp/5922021001
Here is the source on OK execution rate:
deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/state-…
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Feb 26
Folks seriously need to learn the difference between nationalism and patriotism. Here's George Orwell for your reminder: "Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power."
Please don't applaud or promote "nationalism" when you're actually looking at "patriotism." Nationalism is the aggressor here. Patriotism is what's standing against it.
Here's a similar distinction that political philosopher Steven Smith draws in his book Reclaiming Patriotism.
amazon.com/Reclaiming-Pat…
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Feb 13
Let's clear this up. Unlikely John meant to convey Jesus beat humans w/a whip. The Greek is ambivalent. Some translations (e.g. NIV, GNB) clarify it's only animals. Contexts makes it clearer humans weren't whipped.

But authoritarians like Walsh LOVE a Jesus who hurts people. 1/4
The whip passage is John 2:13-16. The Greek in vs. 15 is ambivalent & some translations indicate that Jesus drove out everyone ALONG WITH animals. NIV here indicates only sheep & cows got the whip. Why? Because context, that's why. Look at vs 16. If Jesus already expelled... 2/4
...ALL THE HUMANS w/a whip, why are the dove sellers still in the temple w/their doves?

Cuz John's not telling us Jesus whipped all the humans out. Jesus drove out livestock w/the tool one would use (a whip), tossed coins/tables, & told dove sellers to get out w/their goods. 3/4
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Dec 28, 2021
🧵 For 6 years I've taught online soc of religion courses to ~90 total students over winter & summer break. Shocking to me, even within that short time frame, how the proportion of "nones" in the class has grown. Now a majority. Combo of formerly-religious & never-religious. 1/4
I ask students in discussion posts to talk about their religious background & current religious involvement (to the extent they're comfortable). Haven't formally coded these, but the "leavers" often note hypocrisy, judgment, sexual ethic, & getting plugged in elsewhere. But...2/4
It's interesting that I almost never hear statements about national politics or political leaders. It's almost always negative personal encounters w/religious folks or church, combined w/finding some other group to plug into. Rarely an event, though. More often a drift. Now...3/4
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