> I realised my sister would likely be in a much better place today if we lived in a more religious society. I'm really not so sure about that. For instance, t

> I realised my sister would likely be in a much better place today if we lived in a more religious society. I'm really not so sure about that. For instance, the top 10 states in terms of teenage pregnancy in the US is mostly dominated by religious states[0]. I'm not sure I've ever seen a stat like crime, drug use, etc, where the more religious states perform better than more secular states. Of course, other factors might influence these stats. But at the very least it seems that, even if religion isn't actively harmful, it doesn't seem to be helping all that much. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_pregnancy_in_the_United_States#By_region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_pregnancy_in_the_Unite... ; the data is from 2010 though