Monday, May 16, 2011
Education, religion, and wealth
An interesting graphic from yesterday's New York Times Magazine. (X axis is percentage of college graduates, Y axis is percentage of households with annual income above $75,000, Pentecostals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Baptists at lower left, reform Jews and Hindus at upper right, secularists just above middle of the line.). Click on the graphic to enlarge it. :
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If members of a faith strove to apply the Bible in their lives, would that not, in itself, put them at the low end of the spectrum? Any number of passages advise living simply. For example, from 1 Tim:
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