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> A hunch would be that alcohol abstinence is strongly correlated with religious fundamentalism which is correlated with lower income and cognition. It seems y
by jajko 2y ago
> A hunch would be that alcohol abstinence is strongly correlated with religious fundamentalism which is correlated with lower income and cognition.
It seems you are pointing to second largest religion in the world - islam. It covers over 2 billions of people. They largely don't drink not because they are fundamentalists, they just follow basic premises of their religion. And my various travels to various countries with them being either majority or minority its extremely common, even when they resettle ie to Europe. There are also completely dry countries in North africa for example, they are not full of religious fundamentalists.
Please educate yourself about the world a bit before making such harsh and discriminating statements, they have no place on this forum.
- alephnerd 2y agoAnd not just Islam. The alcohol taboo is equally strong in mainstream Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism (depending on region). Also, in a lot of the developing world, prohibitionism is a fairly mainstream Feminist opinion, due to the sadly very common issue of domestic abuse. All this shows is that there are various confounding variables in this study, and that more studies are needed.