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| − | [[Conservative]] values are an excellent way to combat alcohol abuse. | + | [[Conservative]] values are an excellent way to combat alcohol abuse. |
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| | + | == Godlessness and alcohol abuse == |
| | + | [[File:04656 market in Sanok.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Alcoholism]] was a serious social problem in the former atheistic [[Soviet Union]].<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245818</ref> Between 1940 and 1980, the Soviet Union had the largest increase of the amount of alcohol usage in the developed world.<ref>[http://isw.sagepub.com/content/35/4/441.extract Alcoholism in the Soviet Union]</ref>]] |
| | + | ''See also:'' [[Atheism and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | [[Atheism|Atheists]] and atheistic cultures more frequently have problems with excess alcohol use (For more information please see: [[Atheism and alcoholism]]). |
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| | + | See also: |
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| | + | *[[Soviet Union and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Atheistic China and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Secular Europe and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Godless Britain and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Atheistic France and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Atheistic Germany and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Godless Australia and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Atheistic Denmark and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Atheistic Netherlands and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Atheistic Sweden and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | *[[Atheistic Japan and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | === Irreligion, excess alcohol drinking and the United States === |
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| | + | The [[Barna Group]] found that atheists and [[agnostics]] in America were more likely, than [[theist]]s in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: [[Illegal drugs|illegal drug use]]; '''excessive drinking;''' [[fornication|sexual relationships outside of marriage]]; [[abortion]]; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; [[Profanity|obscene language]]; [[gambling]]; [[pornography]] and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in [[homosexuality]]/[[bisexuality]].<ref>http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/58-practical-outcomes-replace-biblical-principles-as-the-moral-standard</ref> |
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| | + | === Irreligion, alcoholism and various generations in the United States === |
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| | + | *[[Irreligion, generations in the United States and alcoholism]] |
| | + | *[[Irreligion, baby boom generation and alcoholism]] |
| | + | *[[Irreligion, Generation X and alcoholism]] |
| | + | *[[Irreligion, millenials and alcoholism]] |
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| | + | === Soviet Union and alcoholism === |
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| | + | Alcoholism was a serious social problem in the former atheistic [[Soviet Union]].<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245818</ref> Between 1940 and 1980, the Soviet Union had the largest increase of the amount of alcohol usage in the developed world.<ref>[http://isw.sagepub.com/content/35/4/441.extract Alcoholism in the Soviet Union]</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |