% of people who believe in God in US/world - explains a lot about politics

[packman]

https://www.boredpanda.com/interesting-maps-of-the-world/?curator=upstract.com

[shrike3]

1. Little more complicated than that.

Europe, for example, has a much better healthcare set-up than we do. OTOH, Costa Rica, which is heavily Roman Catholic, has one of the better healthcare systems in its hemisphere.

[LakeArenal]

2. Reportedly, Costa Rica is heavily Roman Catholic.

Living here, I don’t find it that heavily religious.

Yes Catholicism is the major organized religion, and many say they are Catholic. However, in reality, most people don’t go to Church and work on Sundays at grocery stores, gas stations and grocery stores. Large cities especially.

Just like Catholics in US.

Which incidentally is in Northern Hemisphere just like US.

[shrike3]

3. Doesn't sound like it's a hotbed of secularism, either.

An expert on terrorism once said to me, "People want simple solutions for complex problems." Which is understandable: we hope if we do one thing, the bad stuff will go away. A lot of problems are due to a small group of people who want everything for themselves, and I'd be willing to bet that most, if not all, are not religious.

[LakeArenal]

6. Secular or not, there's not a lot of church involved in its healthcare system.

[shrike3]

8. Cool. They must have a good government. You make Costa Rica look very attractive.

I'll have to check it out one of these days.

I'm a firm believer in the separation of church and state. It would not be good to have religion involved in what is basically a national healthcare system (that's how I understand Costa Rica's system.)

I was just thinking, I am in a red area, and I am the only person I know who goes to church regularly. (Because this parish's community is so wonderful. Soup kitchen, food pantry, community support.) I know very conservative people who sound like liberals in the way they talk about organized religion. It's all a racket, they're in it for the money, they're all pedophiles. And these same people are racist, homophobic, misogynistic. They love guns. They hate immigrants. It's weird. Every now and then I try and puzzle it out, and I can't.

[shrike3]

4. around here, we have something called "Poinsettia and lilies Catholics."

Go to mass on Easter and Christmas. Very common. Nominal religiousness hasn't made for a better society around here, either, I live in a red state.

[Act_of_Reparation]

7. Costa Rica has a state religion.

Which may explain why people still identify as Catholic without being particularly devout.

[shrike3]

9. Wow, I didn't know that. Interesting.

The physical act of going to church has fallen by the wayside in many countries, including ours. I know very "devout" people who never go to church. And plenty of dyed-in-the-wool conservatives who think religion is a rip-off. (I live in a ruby red state.)

[Wednesdays]

5. All former slave states.

Except Oklahoma, which is chiefly populated by descendants of slave states.

[Karadeniz]

10. I wish they'd asked who believes in soul.

[ReluctanceTango]

11. Why?

Do you think those who think it's a nonsense concept are evil?

When the evidence demonstrates, many times over, that those who believe in it are no more moral than anyone else--and are often a good deal less moral than the average atheist?