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The [[Barna Group]] found that [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnostics]] in America were more likely, than [[theist]]s in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable:  illegal drug use; '''excessive drinking;''' sexual relationships outside of marriage; [[abortion]]; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; 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>
 
The [[Barna Group]] found that [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnostics]] in America were more likely, than [[theist]]s in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable:  illegal drug use; '''excessive drinking;''' sexual relationships outside of marriage; [[abortion]]; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; 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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== Atheism and alcoholism ==
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[[File:Europe pol 2004.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|According to the [[World Health Organization]]'s (WHO) regional office in [[Europe]], "The WHO European Region has the highest proportion in the world of total ill health and premature death due to alcohol.<ref>[http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/alcohol-use/data-and-statistics World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office in Europe - Alcohol usage of Europe]</ref>]]
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''See also:'' [[Atheism and alcoholism]]
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Atheists and atheistic cultures often have significant problems with excess alcohol usage (For more information please see: [[Atheism and alcoholism]]).
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=== Secular countries/regions and alcoholism ===
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'''Secular Europe:'''
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According to the [[World Health Organization]]'s (WHO) regional office in [[Europe]], "The WHO European Region has the highest proportion in the world of total ill health and premature death due to alcohol.<ref>[http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/alcohol-use/data-and-statistics World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office in Europe - Alcohol usage of Europe]</ref>
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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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*[[Atheistic Czech Republic and alcoholism]]
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*[[Atheistic Estonia and alcoholism]]
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*[[Godless Finland 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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'''Australia:'''
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An Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) report indicated that 20% of Australians drink at levels putting them at risk of lifetime harm.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-20/alcohol-to-blame-for-one-in-eight-deaths---report/5102594 One in eight deaths of young Australians attributable to alcohol: National Council on Drugs report] By Jane Mower, Updated 19 Nov 2013, 7:28pm</ref>
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For more information, please see: [[Godless Australia and alcoholism]]
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[[File:04656 market in Sanok.JPG|thumbnail|250px|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, this [[atheist state]] 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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'''Asian countries:'''
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*[[Atheistic China and alcoholism]]
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*[[Atheistic Japan and alcoholism]]
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*[[Atheistic Thailand and alcoholism]]
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*[[North Korea and alcoholism]]
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'''History of communism:'''
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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, this [[atheist state]] 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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*[[Soviet Union and alcoholism]]
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*[[Communist East Germany and alcoholism]]
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=== Atheism, alcoholism and anger ===
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[[Atheism, alcoholism and anger]]
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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]]
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Recent generations in the United States:
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*[[Irreligion, baby boom generation and alcoholism]]
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*[[Irreligion, Generation X and alcoholism]]
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*[[Irreligion, millenials and alcoholism]]
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=== Binge drinking and brain damage ===
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A 2012 study suggests that a habit of binge drink risks serious brain damage including increasing memory loss later in adulthood.<ref>http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/binge/a/aa000818a.htm</ref><ref>http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20121022/koob.html</ref>
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Currently, there is a downward trend in intelligence scores in secular countries (see:  [[Intelligence trends in religious countries and secular countries]]).
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=== Atheism, binge drinking and suicide ===
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Binge drinking is a potent risk factor for suicide.<ref>O'Connell, H; Lawlor, BA (October–December 2005). "Recent alcohol intake and suicidality--a neuropsychological perspective". Irish journal of medical science 174 (4): 51–4</ref> Atheists have a [[Atheism and suicide|higher suicide rate]] than the general population.
  
 
== See also ==
 
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Revision as of 03:33, February 9, 2015

According to Science Daily:

“ Young Swiss men who say that they believe in God are less likely to smoke cigarettes or pot or take ecstasy pills than Swiss men of the same age group who describe themselves as atheists. Belief is a protective factor against addictive behaviour. This is the conclusion reached by a study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Karl Marx said that religion was the opium of the people. New figures now suggest that religion plays a role in preventing substance misuse. A research team led by Gerhard Gmel from Lausanne University Hospital has shown in the journal Substance Use & Misuse that, in Switzerland, fewer religious young men consume addictive substances than men of their age group who are agnostics or atheists.

At the army recruitment centre For their study on substance use in Switzerland, Gmel and his colleagues interviewed almost twenty-year-old men at army recruitment centres in Lausanne, Windisch and Mels between August 2010 and November 2011. The researchers have now evaluated the 5387 questionnaires completed by the young men. Based on the responses, the scientists split the young men into five groups: the "religious" believe in God and attend church services, the "spiritual" believe in a higher power, but do not practice any religion, the "unsure" do not know what to believe about God, the "agnostics" assume that no-one can know whether there is a God or not, and the "atheists" do not believe in God.[1]

”

Barna Group study: Atheists and beliefs about illegal drug use and excess alcohol use

The Barna Group found that atheists and agnostics in America were more likely, than theists in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: illegal drug use; excessive drinking; sexual relationships outside of marriage; abortion; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; gambling; pornography and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in homosexuality/bisexuality.[2]

Atheism and alcoholism

According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office in Europe, "The WHO European Region has the highest proportion in the world of total ill health and premature death due to alcohol.[3]

See also: Atheism and alcoholism

Atheists and atheistic cultures often have significant problems with excess alcohol usage (For more information please see: Atheism and alcoholism).

Secular countries/regions and alcoholism

Secular Europe:

According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office in Europe, "The WHO European Region has the highest proportion in the world of total ill health and premature death due to alcohol.[4]


Australia:

An Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) report indicated that 20% of Australians drink at levels putting them at risk of lifetime harm.[5]

For more information, please see: Godless Australia and alcoholism


Alcoholism was a serious social problem in the former atheistic Soviet Union.[6] Between 1940 and 1980, this atheist state had the largest increase of the amount of alcohol usage in the developed world.[7]

Asian countries:


History of communism:

Alcoholism was a serious social problem in the former atheistic Soviet Union.[8] Between 1940 and 1980, this atheist state had the largest increase of the amount of alcohol usage in the developed world.[9]

Atheism, alcoholism and anger

Atheism, alcoholism and anger

Irreligion, alcoholism and various generations in the United States


Recent generations in the United States:

Binge drinking and brain damage

A 2012 study suggests that a habit of binge drink risks serious brain damage including increasing memory loss later in adulthood.[10][11]

Currently, there is a downward trend in intelligence scores in secular countries (see: Intelligence trends in religious countries and secular countries).

Atheism, binge drinking and suicide

Binge drinking is a potent risk factor for suicide.[12] Atheists have a higher suicide rate than the general population.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Believers consume fewer drugs than atheists, Science Daily, Date:October 3, 2013, Source: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Foerderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung]
  2. ↑ http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/58-practical-outcomes-replace-biblical-principles-as-the-moral-standard
  3. ↑ World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office in Europe - Alcohol usage of Europe
  4. ↑ World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office in Europe - Alcohol usage of Europe
  5. ↑ One in eight deaths of young Australians attributable to alcohol: National Council on Drugs report By Jane Mower, Updated 19 Nov 2013, 7:28pm
  6. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245818
  7. ↑ Alcoholism in the Soviet Union
  8. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245818
  9. ↑ Alcoholism in the Soviet Union
  10. ↑ http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/binge/a/aa000818a.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20121022/koob.html
  12. ↑ O'Connell, H; Lawlor, BA (October–December 2005). "Recent alcohol intake and suicidality--a neuropsychological perspective". Irish journal of medical science 174 (4): 51–4
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