tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3572256668521729405..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Does Lutheranism contribute to happiness?Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-48912113815055759752014-03-12T02:29:51.180-05:002014-03-12T02:29:51.180-05:00Wisconsin is conspicuously absent...Wisconsin is conspicuously absent...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-6388827995102541392014-03-09T14:42:22.882-05:002014-03-09T14:42:22.882-05:00Post hoc ergo propter hoc much? I call major logi...Post hoc ergo propter hoc much? I call major logical fallacy.<br /><br />Coincidence, nothing more.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038508116670615703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-74926582428089089892014-03-09T14:36:48.061-05:002014-03-09T14:36:48.061-05:00Dear Pastor Peters,
I think you're reaching a...Dear Pastor Peters,<br /><br />I think you're reaching a bit here. The entire spread in that table, 70.4 all the way down to 68.2 is hardly significant. The difference between the "Lutheran" Dakotas, Nebraska, and Minnesota versus "atheist" Vermont, Hawaii, and Washington states is extremely small.<br /><br />Based purely on this data set, I would be inclined to conclude that being Lutheran makes no difference at all on the so-called Well-Being Index.the data suggest to me that something else is the key factor, such as, perhaps, economic prosperity.<br /><br />Fr.D+<br />Anglican PriestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com