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Among people I know from both camps, atheists and religious people, the biggest factor seems to be the environment they live in, mostly money but really child c
by barbazoo 4y ago
Among people I know from both camps, atheists and religious people, the biggest factor seems to be the environment they live in, mostly money but really child care. They simply cannot afford or would stretch their budget too much to have another child. Maybe there's a correlation between religiousness, especially ability to attend service every week and income possibly?
- YellOh 4y agoI would find this surprising... in much of the West, it seems to be the wealthy & highly educated who are more irreligious (ex. [0]). Churches, rather than something one is privileged to attend, tend to serve as a social safety net for those in poverty, and allow savings by eg. promoting those in the congregation to help each other with tasks like childcare. The ability to disconnect from religious communities and still be financially/socially healthy tends to be an indicator of higher personal wealth. Caveat that I'm mostly talking about generic Christianity, for numbers & personal experience reasons - Judaism, for instance, has a strong positive correlation with wealth. [0] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/11/how-income-varies-among-u-s-religious-groups/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/11/how-income-... EDIT: also, in my experience, "child care" isn't at all an limiting issue with attending services. At Catholic masses, even small infants are very welcomed.
- barbazoo 4y agoBy child care I didn't mean child care during church service but cost of child care being prohibitive to have children in the first place.