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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.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Thursday April 06 2017, @01:25PM (2 children)
Any form of rational thinking. Yes, the universe is full of unknowns, and on some occasions one must even accept theories as "correct" until proven otherwise in order to just get things done. But filling in the unknown with baseless fantasy is horribly, horribly incorrect.
2+2=?
Lets say you don't understand math, so you do not know the answer. Without understanding, the possible answers could be infinite.
So you say "2+2=happy magic sky fairy"
What makes that any more correct than any of the other possible incorrect answers? Because you want it to be that answer? Because the real answer is a harsh, cold fact? Because you can use your fake answer to manipulate others in unspeakable ways?
Unfortunately there is a natural tenancy for humans to anthropomorphize what they don't understand. Draw some tiny little happy mouth, happy little eyes, and happy little hands on it, and the unknown mystery dances around making them feel good. So that somehow must be correct, right?
(Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Friday April 07 2017, @03:25AM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @04:41PM
You presume not enough. The very word "faith" means sticking your head in the ground and not questioning anything. That is extremely naive and stupid.