Poverty and Theism

[Brian37]

So this is something I was thinking about for quite some time. I grew up in a not-so-wealthy country, and as you guessed it, was pretty much forced into religion. Bottom line is, I have also noticed that wherever there is a higher poverty rate, there is also a chance for a heightened religious belief. Quite the interesting correlation isn't it? Here are some graphs I found of U.S. only.

Note: The religions graph is dated in 2010, whereas the poverty one is in 2008.






I am not saying this is one hundred percent the explanation for the tendency to resort to theism, but interesting nonetheless.
Leave your thoughts below, I'm interested to hear your thoughts..

Sources: 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...least.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U....verty_rate

You get exposed long enough to all the world's religions you will find motifs in them that DO sell ideas of charity and giving to the poor. Unfortunately though, this is is also a distraction that allows both more rich countries and poor countries to lose focus that our ability to be compassionate is not in either a religion or class, but in our species evolutionary empathy.

But on AVERAGE worldwide, the more poor, and more rural or isolated a nation is the more religious it is. North Korea is extremely religious, and isolated economically. It is a myth they don't have a religion, they have their own brand of religion.

The Christians and Muslims in Africa on average live in very poor nations and poverty breeds conflict and more violent competition for resources.