I am looking for the most recent scientific findings concerning attitudes of religious groups towards frequent moral transgressions (stealing, cheating, bribing, etc.), possibly after 2015. Collecting material for a new textbook.
Your list should perhaps include sexual transgressions. Teenage pregnancy rates seem to be higher among religious conservatives (remember Palin's daughter). Also religion doesn't seem to be a deterrent to adultery.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sex/study-finds-teen-pregnancy-common-religious-states/story?id=8602283
https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/survey-reveals-faiths-unfaithful-article-1.1815733
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-white-evangelical-defenders-embody-slaveholder-christianity-ncna842406
The answer is not just being religious it is a relationship with Jesus Christ. Religion does not address the issues of the heart. until the heart is transformed by the power of the Gospel, there is no lasting change in the life of a person. it is not the amount of religious obligations that make a person changed but the change as a result of the work of the Holy Spirit in your heart.
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