tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237013510406351701.post1172897652806089447..comments2023-12-27T16:39:40.424+11:00Comments on Ecstathy: How to mislead others for the sake of a zippier storyEfriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526031804261484547noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237013510406351701.post-84604301821813996582009-12-30T11:55:03.117+11:002009-12-30T11:55:03.117+11:00Another hypothesis: the nonreligious view of cler...Another hypothesis: the nonreligious view of clergy bottomed out faster following all the sex abuse scandals and is inching up slightly as the outrage becomes less fresh.<br /><br />The religious, on the other hand, have been slower to accept the reality of just how extensive the abuse has been and, for them, its still falling.<br /><br />I agree though that your original hypothesis is the most likely one (not that any of these hypotheses are mutually exclusive---all three could be at work).David B. Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468191085576922813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237013510406351701.post-3281018652983744242009-12-29T10:30:10.439+11:002009-12-29T10:30:10.439+11:00Even if that's the case we are still left with...Even if that's the case we are still left with a mystery -<br /><br />For the overall "no religion" figure to have actually GONE UP, some subset of that group must have had a substantial increase while every other religious group and every age group show a decrease in approval for clergy.<br /><br />Let's assume it's spiritual-but-not-religious* people lifting the figure up. <br /><br />WHY would they have an increase in approval of clergy, against a solid downward trend elsewhere?<br /><br />*(but in fact these people usually do seem to identify a religion when asked for one in these surveys)<br /><br /><br />And the answer is the same as the one I gave before - in fact it's probably just sampling variation, there's likely nothing going on.Efriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526031804261484547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237013510406351701.post-24375210179184643282009-12-28T01:14:19.812+11:002009-12-28T01:14:19.812+11:00Another thing that needs to be pointed out is that...Another thing that needs to be pointed out is that "nonreligious" probably includes the New Age "spiritual but not religious" types as well as atheists and agnostics.<br /><br />One should expect odd looking results when lumping such divergent groups together.David B. Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468191085576922813noreply@blogger.com