Reply #54: Where's the rampant anti-Semitism?

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Although I've shown in http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1480974&mesg_id=1483268">post #74 that this study actually shows that atheist doctors are less likely to care for the poor than religious ones, it hasn't stemmed the tide — nor elicited any retractions — of posts like http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1480974&mesg_id=1481405">this one.

sad and predictable

Why actually do good deeds, when having faith is so much easier?

Clearly, there is a stereotype that people with "spiritual values" are hypocrites. This stereotype is unfair, yet even in the face of a study that refutes the stereotype, so-called "liberals" continue to flog it.

So, I wondered... are there any stereotypes that are supported by http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/content/full/5/4/353/T2">this data? Well, there's a stereotype that Jews are greedy and don't care about anyone by themselves. Below is the data that is (inaccurately) being used to support the hypothesis that atheists are more likely to work for the poor.

Religious affiliation
    None (110)           35   1.0 (referent)
    Catholic (236)       26   0.7
    Jewish (173)         16   0.3
    Other religion (135) 28   1.0
    Protestant (418)     28   0.7

According the the Bayesian odds ratio, self-identified Catholics and Protestants are 30% less likely to do charity work than those with "religion: none". Through the magic of multivariate statistics, "religion: other" is just as likely. But the self-identified Jews? Only one third as likely.

So as long as we're heaping scorn on broad groups of people based on unfounded stereotypes, why don't we take this data and getting into some good old fashioned anti-Semitism? :sarcasm: