Sue Blackmoren artikkeli
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/dec/08/religion-society-gregory-paul
Uskonto ei luo korkeampaa moraalia. USA on uskonnollisempi kuin muut teolliset valtiot, koska ihmiset kärsivät stressistä ja ahdistuksesta tuloerojen, kilpailuyhteiskunnan ja yhteisen terveyshuollon puutteen takia.
»Contrary to Dan Dennett, Pascal Boyer and others, he [Gregory Paul] argues that religion is not a deep-seated or inherited tendency. It is a crutch to which people turn when they are under extreme stress, "a natural invention of human minds in response to a defective habitat". Americans, he says, suffer appalling stress and anxiety due to the lack of universal health care, the competitive economic environment, and huge income inequalities, and under these conditions belief in a supernatural creator and reliance on religious observance provides relief. By contrast, the middle class majorities of western Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan have secure enough lives not to seek help from a supernatural creator.»
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/dec/08/religion-society-gregory-paul
Uskonto ei luo korkeampaa moraalia. USA on uskonnollisempi kuin muut teolliset valtiot, koska ihmiset kärsivät stressistä ja ahdistuksesta tuloerojen, kilpailuyhteiskunnan ja yhteisen terveyshuollon puutteen takia.
»Contrary to Dan Dennett, Pascal Boyer and others, he [Gregory Paul] argues that religion is not a deep-seated or inherited tendency. It is a crutch to which people turn when they are under extreme stress, "a natural invention of human minds in response to a defective habitat". Americans, he says, suffer appalling stress and anxiety due to the lack of universal health care, the competitive economic environment, and huge income inequalities, and under these conditions belief in a supernatural creator and reliance on religious observance provides relief. By contrast, the middle class majorities of western Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan have secure enough lives not to seek help from a supernatural creator.»
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