Is the Argument for Religion Rejection a benefit?

[Goosebump]

That's a benefit or dis-benefit on a very narrow level. However even if you were in such a narrow community but voted for a senator. If you voted your morality would that not be a benefit if it was reflected largely in the population?

I think it's the same question: if I reflect the standards of my community, then I am likely to see the benefits of that association. If I vote for a particular candidate then the likelihood that he will succeed is dependent on whether a majority of my fellow voters share my support of him.

If I hold a minority view in my community, then the candidate that I support will probably lose the election. Being a minority would not benefit me. But I would still vote based on my support (or belief, if you will). I don't think that there is a reasonable or practical alternative.

Practical perhaps not. I'm not well educated in these things. But an alternative perhaps. You could vote the opposite our of spite, if your petty, or on principle that you want your vote counted but not in the affirmative on the cultural standing you disregard.

[pgrimes15]

Interesting question Goosebump. Are there any political, social or economic benefits to being an atheist ?
I think it depends on where you live. In a country like the UK, being overtly religious (e.g. invoking god, Jesus etc during parliamentary business or public discourse) would probably be disadvantagious to a political career. In the US no such disadvantage exists - if anything the reverse.
Socially, being a declared atheist could be disastrous in some communities, leading to ostracisation and alienation from friends and family, but in other places nobody would care.
Economically, I can only speak from my experience in the UK. The congregations of churches that I have been to seem to be no different in cross section from society in general (perhaps the average age is a little higher). Some are plumbers, some are surgeons. Based on that observation I conclude that religiosity is neutral in economic terms. I realize this is a bit unscientific but I am not aware of any studies have examined this question.

If you are a theist in a country or community where most other people are (the same kind of) theists - advantageous.
If you are an atheist in that community - disadvantageous
If you are a theist or atheist in a country or community where most people are atheist/agnostic - neutral.
If you are a theist or atheist in a country or community where most people are a different kind of theist - disadvantageous, possibly fatal.

Regards

Grimesy