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→Happiness and irreligious countries with Protestant cultural legacies
The principle source of European happiness is also the main reason for their unprecedented level of atheism. As detailed in an earlier post, when countries become more affluent, and their people acquire greater material security, their religious temperature nose dives.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201102/does-religion-make-people-happier Does religion make people happier?]</ref>}}
The principle source of European happiness is also the main reason for their unprecedented level of atheism. As detailed in an earlier post, when countries become more affluent, and their people acquire greater material security, their religious temperature nose dives.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201102/does-religion-make-people-happier Does religion make people happier?]</ref>}}
=== Flawed conclusions ===
When atheist apologists cite various favorable economic statistics of irreligious countries which formerly had a strong presence of Protestantism (typically in Northern Europe), they generally do not mention the issue of the effects of cultural legacies.
When atheist apologists cite various favorable economic statistics of irreligious countries which formerly had a strong presence of Protestantism (typically in Northern Europe), they generally do not mention the issue of the effects of cultural legacies.
Secondly, since there is a significant amount of data indicating that religiosity is positively correlated to physical and mental health (see: [[Atheism and health]]). there is the issue of comparing apples to apples and oranges to oranges. Namely, a legitimate question is how much happier are the religious within irreligious countries that have significant Protestant populations, than the irreligious in those same countries.
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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