Do religious people take more risks?
It is rarely said that religious types live dangerously, but it seems they do when it comes to crossing roads. A new study in Israel suggests devout Orthodox Jews are three times as likely to be risk-taking pedestrians as their neighbours in secular communities.Could it be 'because they are more fatalistic and have less fear of death'? I wouldn't bet on that. But they evidently haven't read Topsy and Tim. (Hat tip: Chris Shannon.)