Re:Least Religious Countries 2021
by throw0101a on Sunday July 11, 2021 @01:30PM
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> Interesting: The least religious countries/territories have more economic, social, and political stability and are far wealthier and more technologically/scientifically advanced than the most religious ones.
And 8/10 are in Europe, with 1 being run by a European country for the last century when it became developed.† Which also correlates to a lack of corruption:
And 8/10 are in Europe, with 1 being run by a European country for the last century when it became developed.† Which also correlates to a lack of corruption:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
Which also seems to be inversely related to places where cousin marriage is prevalent:
* PDF: https://www.gwern.net/docs/sociology/2019-akbari.pdf
* DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.07.015
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage#Prevalence
There's also the fact that 7/10 the top democratic countries, many of which also appear on your list, are constitutional monarchies:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index
What happened in European history that could have perhaps led to all of these countries moving in the same developmental direction?
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Europe
† IIRC, Japan also explicitly modelled their system after the UK's during the Meiji Restoration.