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    The Most Economically Prosperous Countries on Earth are the Least Religious [OC]

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    2. Brighter_rocks on

      ppl look at this and instantly go “oh so religion = poor” or the other way around. feels like the real thing here is just… when a country finally gets its shit together – healthcare, safety nets, schools – ppl stop depending on religion for day-to-day survival, so the importance drops on its own.

      also lowkey think age screws this chart a bit. older countries (japan/europe) always show less religiosity, and surprise – they’re the rich ones too

    3. Kinesquared on

      the graph curves up at the end, the title is literally *not* what the data is saying. This feels like a post and title just to trigger r/atheism.

    5. Tleilaxu on

      The hypothesis generating question from this data is whether poverty leads people to seek out religion or other spiritual avenues to cope with hardships or if religious based institutions are more prone to corruption and reduced productivity and in turn lower GDP

    7. nemom on

      I don’t know if I’d include Ireland… It’s been a tax haven for years, pumping up their numbers.

    8. BenzoDopamine13 on

      I’m guessing something like the tech companies based in Ireland for tax purposes is what pushes it so high?

    10. Awesome_Lard on

      I feel like the bigger story in this data is how smattering it is, and how most humans value religion.

    13. Particular-Army-6967 on

      correlation ≠ causation

      wealthier countries also have more reported UFO sightings, whats the evidence this is not a spurious correlation?

    14. EquivalentCharge1240 on

      Hi friend you might consider that this could be a case of Simpsons paradox. For example, the richest districts in the US vote Democrat, but the richest people in those districts vote Republican. Depending on how you group you can change the conclusion

    21. VladimirLogos on

      Is Ireland really richer than Switzerland now or does sth in the numbers not quite add up?! What happened in recent times that led to that?

    22. thought_cream84 on

      The population of countries on the top left is high, and on the bottom right is low. That is one of the factors..to rethink

    30. mike626 on

      I saw Ireland at the top of the GDP scale, and I thought that couldn’t be right…

      “Ireland’s GDP per capita is inflated by multinational corporations using its low corporate tax rate to book profits, a practice that distorts the country’s economic figures. These companies, particularly in the tech and pharmaceutical sectors, shift intellectual property and book profits in Ireland for tax purposes, even though the actual economic activity and ownership are elsewhere. This practice, along with its role as a hub for aircraft leasing and other factors, causes Ireland’s GDP to be a misleading indicator of the actual income and wealth of its residents, as the government’s own modified GNI statistic provides a more accurate picture.”

    31. DJ_assface on

      Jesus’ own words corroborate this: “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and money.”