janusz Kowalik, murders in the USA

Submitted by Infidel (Canada), Mar 24, 2008 at 16:00

Over 70 thousand citizens in the USA were murdered in 2007. Congratulation on your scientific theory that religion is responsible for these murders. Here are the top ten nations with the highest murder rates per thousand: #1Colombia, 0.617847; #2South Africa, 0.496008; #3Jamaica, 0.324196; #4Venezuela, 0.316138; #5Russia, 0.201534; #6Mexico, 0.130213; #7Estonia, 0.107277; #8Latvia, 0.10393; #9Lithuania, 0.102863; #10Belarus, 0.0983495.

Unfortunately for your great scientific theory, none of these nations are known to be of great religious faith. The USA is number 24, with a record of 0.042802 murders.

And those of religious faith are;
#61 Saudi Arabia: 0.00397456 per 1,000 people;
#62 Qatar: 0.00115868 per 1,000 people.

Hey janusz, you need a new theory!

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