I see, it's a bit of a difference when you reverse that correlation. 
Anyway, would be interesting to see how that map looked 50 years ago.
Anyway, would be interesting to see how that map looked 50 years ago.
nogster wrote:swervedriver wrote:So you're saying religious people are poor, stupid, uneducated and oppressed? Wow.
no im not saying that.
look at the facts.
barring the U.S. the most developed, most educated nations in the world are generally the least religious.
im saying that those that are poor, oppressed and uneducated are more inclined to be religious as it gives them hope.
most people that are religious, are by default. they were born into a family that practiced said religion and thus, were raised to believe in it.
most people i know of that are religious, have never really questioned why they believe.
obviously there are exceptions to every rule.
thats fine though. . as long as these beliefs are not enforced onto me and my family, each to their own
Each to their own indeed.
Though I fail to see how a persons education or financial/material wealth can influence their belief in religion.
I've struck up friendships in the past with a couple of American families who are hardcore Catholics, and I mean hardcore. They're financially stable and have a decent home and social life. But they weren't brought up as Catholics. They weren't brought up or conditioned to follow any religion at all. Simply just found their path I guess. I can see the point you're getting at here, but I think you're generalising far too much, plus there's no proven demographic to back that up.
Again, the local vicar in my town originally claimed asylum here from South Africa. In the local newspaper, Rev. Mudmulla has a regular column where he often recounts his childhood living just outside of Johannesburg, making matchsticks for the equivalent of 4p per day. And he 'found' religion in his late twenties after previously being a devout atheist.
Who knows. That's just my two cents regarding my personal experiences. Religion is rife everywhere, a person doesn't need to fit a certain category in order to believe in whatever as long as they're of free will and choice, they can think for themselves, surely?
If you are 'poor', destitute or generally having a shit time of it, why would you be more inclined to believe in a God who lets that happen to you?
And on the flipside, if you're wealthy and have all you could ever hope for in life...Why bother believing in a God anyway if you've got all you need/want?
This whole point is gonna keep going round in circles and will probably end up in a pointless argument, I'm out.
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