DANSURP, your theory is countered by evidence. Countries that have higher populations of atheists or non believers do not have any higher number of crimes or murders. It's in fact the opposite. And prison populations have been surveyed before in the U.K. and there is a disproportionately low number of Atheists in prison compared to the wider population of Britain. Now it can be argued that this dosen't show the full picture as a lot of people did not list a belief, Atheists or otherwise, but it certainly dosen't show your theory to be any truer.
Also, highly religious populations are generally from countries where education standards are lower. And people who are less well educated generally make up higher proportions of prison populations. Now, I'd say a more likely situation to the one you are suggesting is, as education standards increase, more people turn away from religion and to forms of Atheism, these people being more intelligent are less likely to commit crimes and work together for greater advancement and a more peaceful society.
Obviously we don't know how it will turn out for sure, but all the evidence and past trends certainly do not point towards a society that would be more violent just because of it's lack of belief in a made up magic sky daddy.
Also, highly religious populations are generally from countries where education standards are lower. And people who are less well educated generally make up higher proportions of prison populations. Now, I'd say a more likely situation to the one you are suggesting is, as education standards increase, more people turn away from religion and to forms of Atheism, these people being more intelligent are less likely to commit crimes and work together for greater advancement and a more peaceful society.
Obviously we don't know how it will turn out for sure, but all the evidence and past trends certainly do not point towards a society that would be more violent just because of it's lack of belief in a made up magic sky daddy.
