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Originally Posted by GGG
I realize this is in response to the statement that said Christian Countries have better standards of living but isn't this assertion also incorrect.
To say that Countries are Poor because they have they are religous seems backwards. Isn't it more likely that as the worse off people are the more they need some promise (true or not) that their life (this one or the next one) will be better. They need some reason for their suffering. Following that people in rich countries no longer need to see the need to have a deity because they can aquire whatever they want on their own.
A better statement would be Poor people have greater use for religion whether or not there is a God.
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This isn't about "Christian" countries having a better standard of living, it's about the least-religious societies on earth having the best standard of living.
Is there a connection there? Well that's open to interpretation, but it doesn't change the facts.