see if you were atheist you could be God too..Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! LMAO.. Japanese are some of the smartest people in the world and they are kicking Big 3 US auto makers azz like no one else, also have one the best educational systems in the world... and Scandinavian countries have some of the lowest crime rates in the world and a very high standard of life for every person your dogmatic quest of dissing atheism is getting really PATHETIC!
When you can link to something that has the slightest relationship to your bizarre assertion that Mao confessed his ideology had been built on Darwinian evolutionary theory, feel free. Until then, that was and is bullshit. The 19th Century Enlightenment? How many guesses do we get? What are you talking about?
religion teach us to be resilient and calm and be kind hearted to one another, that will benefit you a lot if you are doing business because customer will visit you more frequently if you are polite and kind-hearted person. politeness and fairness play an important role in your business environment, hence you definitely can generate more income. customer will never love to deal with you if you are bad manner or not fair in price and item. those without religion still can generate more income but bear in mind that you need to have politeness and fairness, you can learned it from your parents,friends or reading more positive articles in books or newspaper. there is a reason for this post. thanks feel free to see my post 'how life on earth started?" thanks
Doesn't change the fact that they are dying societies. How wonderful they/their lives are does not replace their population. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Sam, as usual you run about this half-cocked. If their population is declining, so what? It will rebound as other factors force themselves onto the Scandinavian consciousness. Only someone of your particular philosophical bent would take them to task for this. But tell me: what do you or your philosophy get out of declaring them "dying"?
Nothing, just the observation that a rise in atheism equals a decline in population. I think the social phenomena of atheism actually increases to reduce population and is the waning phase of a people. Those who survive it are the ones who keep reverting back to theism when it peaks.
Aaaand the proof of this is? Look, you still haven't illustrated how the study demonstrates this connection between prosociality and the establishment of society, and how such prosociality isn't simple reciprocal altruism. By the by: I reiterate that I hope your comment in the other thread wasn't a threat.
Of course. The better educated, richer, better off people have less children while the poor and uneducated have many. The less educated, poorer people/nations tend to be highly religious.
Birth rates tend to decline in better educated societies where woman's rights are appreciated. Many religions dictate certain "traditional" roles for women, that trend in the opposite direction.
Hmm. Found this article on Der Spiegel. It goes against Sam's thesis in these paragraphs: Yet it can hardly be said that Pakistan is unreligious. Are the conditions for "failed state and theism/religiosity" a bit more complex than the binary solution set Sam offers?
Yes, certainly. Although overall the US is an exception to the rule, you will find that the poorer, less educated states are more religious than other states. I've got a US religiosity by state graph around here somewhere, I'll try to dig it up.
Depends on who defines religious. By common US polls, I am generally classified as not religious. I find that hilarious. Apparently going to church is the only criteria for being religious.
If you're doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, get it in writing. His word isn't worth shit. Not with the good lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal. William S. Burroughs
what part of the phrase "heavily influenced" don't you understand? forget it it's obvious modern history is not your strong suit ... Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
What's with the drive to over-populate?! :shrug:Surely you can see there is extreme pressure on the earth's resources, and our own ability to feed ourselves is questionable. Over-breeding will only excacerbate it, regardless of creed. Is this desire to outbreed and overwhelm (other religions, nations, opposing ideologies) by sheer brainwashed numbers a feature of all religions? Is the associated decline in education and empowerment within these brainwashed hordes the unsaid aim? Easier to brainwash and manipulate God's army? "Look at those heathen/infidel/unGodly creatures, enjoying their education and social health system; see them enjoying their outrageous wealth while us down trodden dirt poor (who incidentally have God's blessing to life in the next world) have not chance...lets kill them etc etc" I would have thought a low birthrate, or even a negative one (which I don't necessarily see as a 'dying out'), is socially, environmentally and humanely responsible. It could be seen at best as setting an example, or at worst, a sacrifice.
