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Rising Incomes Make People Less Likely to Attend Religious Services

posted by on Thursday April 06 2017, @07:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the almighty-mammon dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

New research by the University of Manchester has found that people are less likely to attend religious services regularly if their income rises.

Dr Ingrid Storm analysed survey data on more than 20,000 people in Britain to compare their income and religious attendance.

Her research is the first of its kind to use data on the same people measured over time, from 1991 to 2012.

Dr Storm found that a rise in income of about £10,000 a year (£880 a month) meant that people were 6 percentage points less likely to attend services monthly.

But a fall in income had no effect on people's monthly attendance at churches, mosques and other places of worship, the research showed.

She said that a reason that people turned away from religious services when their income increased was that they had less need for the social support found in religious communities.

People who are busy have less time for extra-curricular activities.

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  • (Score: 0, Funny) by aristarchus on Thursday April 06 2017, @09:11AM (6 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday April 06 2017, @09:11AM (#489581) Journal

    Every time you mod me down, Jesus kills a kitten. I hope you are happy with yourself, since both you and the horribly killed kitten are going to end up in the same hell, with no debit cards! Who do you think is going to survive this scenario?

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by LoRdTAW on Thursday April 06 2017, @12:35PM (1 child)

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Thursday April 06 2017, @12:35PM (#489624) Journal

    Dude. Where do you get your drugs?

    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday April 06 2017, @06:44PM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday April 06 2017, @06:44PM (#489790) Journal

      Dude. Where do you get your drugs?

      Dude, from Earth! They grow right out of the ground. It's fantastic.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @12:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @12:57PM (#489632)

    Wait, so I get to spend eternity with a bunch of kittens and no debit cards?

    Sign me up!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @02:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @02:42PM (#489669)

    Don't care about the kittens.
    Don't care about Jesus.
    Don't care about your feelings.
    Don't give a damn about your feelings.
    Just back off, take your hands off of that little boy, pull your pants up, and surrender peacefully.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @02:44PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @02:44PM (#489671)

    Where is the -1 full retard mod when you need it?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @11:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @11:06PM (#489915)

      Everyone knows you never go full mod, you late Anonymous Coward!