Women are rejecting marriage in Asia. The social implications are serious.

Re:Women are rejecting marriage in Asia. The social implicat... by icebraining on Saturday August 20, 2011 @08:35AM (#2906499)

>- Values: That's why religion works, it keeps values deep inside and transmit them from a generation to another.

More people have died on armed conflicts in the name of religion than for any other reason. National Socialism, for example, is a drop in the bucket compared to it.

In the 'States, non-religious people are much less likely to be in jail.

Religion is great at transmitting values, no doubt, but it's usually the wrong ones.

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Re:Women are rejecting marriage in Asia. The social implicat... by cosgroveb on Saturday August 20, 2011 @10:12AM (#2906663)

Let's not turn this into an atheism circle-jerk. I really don't come to Hacker News for this...

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Re:Women are rejecting marriage in Asia. The social implicat... by neutronicus on Saturday August 20, 2011 @10:47AM (#2906745)

You have no idea what the relevant numbers are. The estimated loss of life during the Crusades ranges from 3-10 million lives. Current estimates place the Russian loss of life alone from WWII at 19.5 million.

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Re:Women are rejecting marriage in Asia. The social implicat... by icebraining on Saturday August 20, 2011 @01:51PM (#2907204)

This[1] page puts the sum of deaths of religious wars at 800 million.

[1]: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstatz.htm

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