Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> America is the most religious first-world country, and it also has the 
> highest rates of crime, poor health, etc.

  Ironically the USA is one of the few *secular* western governments.
(Well, at least on paper.)

  Still ironically, most European governments are by definition not secular
(because most of them have official state churches), yet the governments and
churches are usually kept very separate (at least in lawmaking and
political discourse). For example the Finnish constitution has no section
that states that the government must not endorse any religion, and Finland
has an official state church (which gets all kinds of governmental
privileges that no other denominations get). Yet Finland is extremely
secular, both politically and culturally (significantly more than the US).
The same is true for many other European countries.

  Many people have wondered if there's a causality link.

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                                                          - Warp

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