Atheists on the rise in America

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Stefan.De.Machtige said:

Armads said:

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It's a shame since there are so many positive benefits of religion and being religious.

Benefits of religion:

-less likely to abuse alcohol or drugs

-charity

 

Cons of religion:

-higher homicide rate

-Higher poverty rate

-Higher infant mortality rate (who knows what's behind that one)

-Higher illiteracy rates

-higher divorce rates

-Lower levels of education

-Lower levels of gender equality

 

If you want to argue self-fulfillment then you're going to have to prove that no one can be happy while not believing in god, which isn't true. But other than what I listed can you give me some other benefits of being religious?

I hope part of the list is a joke.

Me too. I wasn't talking about self-fulfillment either.