No lo digo yo (bueno, sí lo digo) sino un estudio con nombre rimbombante: Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies. Extractos de la noticia en The Times (la negrilla, como siempre, mía):
RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society.
Vaya, todo en negrilla. Otro intento:
He said that most Western nations would become more religious only if the theory of evolution could be overturned and the existence of God scientifically proven. Likewise, the theory of evolution would not enjoy majority support in the US unless there was a marked decline in religious belief, Mr Paul said.
“The non-religious, proevolution democracies contradict the dictum that a society cannot enjoy good conditions unless most citizens ardently believe in a moral creator.
Ojo, que el estudio investiga la correlación, y correlación no es causa. Pero es un paso.
Y el autor de Matanza Cofrade en la calle. Señor, señor…
¿Correlación? Por la misma regla de tres podría decir que el consumo de patatas fritas produce comportamientos sociopáticos.
Correlando…