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This oft-cited paper¹ shows that almost all measures of societal health are negatively correlated with religiosity, across the world. Of course that doesn’t pro
by leephillips 5y ago
This oft-cited paper¹ shows that almost all measures of societal health are negatively correlated with religiosity, across the world. Of course that doesn’t prove that faith causes such things as teenage pregnancy, crime, and drug abuse, but it’s provocative.
[1] http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.pdf http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.pdf
- diego_moita 5y agoYou can infer the same from the map provided by the link, right? The map clearly shows that the most religious regions are precisely the most dysfunctional: Africa, Latin America and Southern Asia. > doesn’t prove that faith causes such things as teenage pregnancy, crime, and drug abuse, but it’s provocative. As a Latin American I suspect it is the other way around: a society that doesn't solve problems makes people despaired for any solution, even the ones that don't solve anything, like religion. Whe you can't get a remedy then at least you want a placebo.
- mistermann 5y ago> even the ones that don't solve anything, like religion Is this a fact supported by peer reviewed science?