Any views on this ?

[gWaPito]

There is an argument to say that the poorer less educated societies cling to their religions much more so than the better educated wealthier societies. Also in a lot of poorer societies Religion or The Church seems to have quite an influential role in Government.
Whilst I don't necessarily agree with the statement atheists are more intelligent, I do feel that religion has had a detrimental affect on a lot of the poorer nations.

I don't think for one moment it's anything to do with the educational differences. In fact there's enough evidence we are in general the less well educated.

It's the suffering. .state of powerlessness...until you've had a dose of that you really don't know.

We haven't got a lot of that going on here. .we have the luxury to be the superior stuck up our backside types looking down on the less fortunate which how it looks here.

Who are we kidding. .we are the lost souls. .does the following passage ring a bell with anyone anyway, it goes something like this. A camel getting through the eye of a needle stands more chance of getting into heaven than a rich man''?

Terpe's post on percentages makes an interesting read. ..Atheism isn't takin over the world population after all. .I wonder what the stats are for atheists giving up their fashionable belief on their deathbed. ..no harm in edging your bets by getting Christened. ..Just in case ;-)