Marx once said that “religion is the opiate of the masses”. If one is to believe this graph:
it would seem to suggest that the poorer you are, the more inclined you are to be religious. Perhaps it’s not so odd that most religious television programs are constantly begging for money. However, they may do better by making their pleas for money to the aetheists instead of ‘preaching to the [poor] choir’ as it were.
Most interesting are the outliers on this graph. The US is more religious than its overall wealth would suggest, so perhaps George Bush does indeed hear the voice of God. Also note Kuwait which is highly religious and relatively prosperous compared to countries with similar levels of religiousity.
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