More on the Sin Curve

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As I thought about the Sin Curve I wondered whether psychologists had ever studied it. I have never heard of such a study, but I have heard of a related study where psychologists tested individuals who were pressured to inflict pain on strangers. The study was obviously not a 'pure sin study' in that it involved the effects of coersion, and now that I think about it such a Sin Study would be difficult to design. In fact, coersion would need to be an integral part of such a study.

Nevertheless: it is clear to me from my encounters with various people during my long life that we are all whores at bottom and that what separates us from one another is price.

My last note refers to Pat Robertson's call today for an Israeli pre-emptive strike against Iran in response to the recent rhetoric by the newly elected president there to the effect that Israel is a blot on the Islamic Middle East and should be destroyed.

Pat's logic for this pre-emptive strike was that Iran will inevitably develop nuclear weapons and that Iran will inevitably launch those weapons against Israel, wiping that nation out.