The fact remains that wars have nothing to do with atheism. Wars are fought to gain ownership and control of resources. Ideologies generally provide the purported motivation. Most commonly in history--religious ideologies--but also fascist and communist ideologies.
"So you're not in prison, eh?"
No. I am not. Most atheists are not. We are way under-represented in the prison population. Clearly this suggests that rational people are more sociable, law-abiding, and community oriented than superstitious people.
The facts are plain: If all were atheists, we would require very few prisons.
"In "The New Criminology", Max D. Schlapp and Edward E. Smith say that two
generations of statisticians found that the ratio of convicts without
religious training is about 1/10 of 1%. W. T. Root, professor of
psychology at the Univ. of Pittsburgh, examined 1,916 prisoners and said
"Indifference to religion, due to thought, strengthens character," adding
that Unitarians, Agnostics, Atheists and Free-Thinkers are absent from
penitentiariers or nearly so.
During 10 years in Sing-Sing, those executed for murder were 65% Catholics,
26% Protestants, 6% Hebrew, 2% Pagan, and less than 1/3 of 1% non-religious."
In 2011, 24% of Canadians were "irreligious"
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