The statistics that come from prisons are not understood properly. They do not represent what those in prison believe. Prisoners usually choose their religion in proson according to gang affiliation or special privileges it has nothing to do with religion. I was in corrections for 15 years.

Bullshit

Barr should be executed by crucifixion.

And he would know becuz drumpy sets such a good example of this!??!

This statement should disqualify him from any public office. Our founders are turning over in their graves at this blatant disregard for the Constitution.

Barr is a piece of shit and ought to be disbarred, as well as imprisoned for
all his violations of the Constitution.

Which god?

Women are more religious but they're pragmatic enough to only do it when it doesn't matter.

well that's men for ya!

For Barr to cite his non-existent God when it comes to men obeying rules shows that he is delusional.

AG William Barr is a pig faced sack of shit not unlike his boss and not unlike his boss nothing he says is worth listening to because it will be a lie.

No wonder Trump chose him, he's a subservient version of himself.

Riiiiiight, that's why God had to destroy the world and DROWN EVERYONE!!!! WHat a bloody jackass.

are atheists under-repped in prisons? got a ref for that? ty

...therefore, Man is God. That is the illogical inference made in the statement, "Men are Far Likelier to Obey Rules that Come from God. Actually, "Men Are God" is the logical conclusion to the statement. The whole thing is just wrong. Allow me to state it this way: Men are likelier to obey rules that come from God; therefore, Men are God. I can't make sense out of nonsense. Can you?

Apparently Donald Trump is his God's chosen, so I can see how this toxic ideologically stunted little fat man would feel this way.. IMHO

Ah but you forget... imprisonment is a consequence that atheists would rather avoid. Christians, on the other hand, don't really have to obey God's rules. They just have to ask forgiveness.

The hard part is figuring out which God's rules we choose to obey.

Well! Isn't it the case that the rules that men tell us come from god seem to be much to the disadvantage of women.

Really? Who would be more likely to obey rules that came from the Holy Goat? We forget that Barr claims he is religious. Maybe he thinks Donald is the Chosen One. That idea didn't work out too well for Jesus. As for Donald, it could not happen to a nicer man.

These studies tend to look at general populations as they can get ethics approval easier for gen pop. They would not sample from prisons, unless it was a criminal based study. So these results can be true with the exception of prisoners.

It hasn't been true of Mr. Barr's boss. Barr is so steeped in his own religious confirmation bias that he can't even detect corruption when it smacks him the face every day of his life. Of course, it smacked him in the face and he jumped right on board and participated in the corruption himself. So, I guess Barr's behavior itself refutes his statement and belief.

I think it was Mark Twain that said " Religion is what keeps the poor people from killing the rich people". In feudal times the pope worked with the monarchy to keep the masses in line. The religious are sheep that need a Shepard.

So basically, Barr thinks men can not be decent human beings with out a magic sky daddy supervising them ... men are "psychopaths on a leash" at best .... is that what he's saying??

Barr, I've read, comes from a deeply theistic perspective, belongs to some scary religious groups.