I'm inclined tosuspect (with some evidence, although it may be simplistic to drawconclusions from it) that there are very few atheists in prisons. I amnot necessarily claiming that atheism increases morality, althoughhumanism - the ethical system that often goes with atheism -probably does. Another good possibility is that atheism iscorrelated with some third factor, such as higher education,intelligence or reflectiveness, which might counteract criminalimpulses.

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