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== Economic duress/instability ==
== Economic duress/instability ==
[[File:Niall Ferguson.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|The atheist and [[Harvard University]] historian [[Niall Ferguson]] declared: "Through a mixture of hard work and thrift the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] societies of the North and West Atlantic achieved the most rapid economic growth in history."<ref>[http://blog.tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China] By Hugh Whelchel on September 24, 2012</ref>]]
A Pew Forum study and other studies found an inverse relationship between societal wealth/stability and religiosity (Of course, if a country has a significant amount of religious freedom like the United States, it is certainly possible for a country to have significant societal wealth and religiosity).<ref>[http://www.pewglobal.org/2007/10/04/world-publics-welcome-global-trade-but-not-immigration/ Pew Forum - wealth and religiosity]</ref><ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/05/economics-and-darwinismatheism.html Economics and atheism/Darwinism]</ref>
A Pew Forum study and other studies found an inverse relationship between societal wealth/stability and religiosity (Of course, if a country has a significant amount of religious freedom like the United States, it is certainly possible for a country to have significant societal wealth and religiosity).<ref>[http://www.pewglobal.org/2007/10/04/world-publics-welcome-global-trade-but-not-immigration/ Pew Forum - wealth and religiosity]</ref><ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/05/economics-and-darwinismatheism.html Economics and atheism/Darwinism]</ref>