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

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: 4, Informative) by Grishnakh on Thursday April 06 2017, @05:52PM (2 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Thursday April 06 2017, @05:52PM (#489755)

    Religion is a lot about sharing with the less fortunate.

    Oh bullshit. Here in America, at least, this just isn't true. Prosperity Doctrine is the most popular theology here, and it teaches that God will make you rich if he loves you, so rich people are better people. Our churches here are full of big SUV-driving pompous jerks sipping Starbucks while listening to preachers tell them about God will make them richer if they believe and tithe enough, so the church can build ever-grander facilities.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @06:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @06:49PM (#489795)

    Yeah. When I saw the title of the page, my mind immediately went to the Prosperity Gospel lot.

    ISTM that their scripture has ripped out The Beatitudes. [gotquestions.org]

    They have removed Matthew 25:31-46 [gotquestions.org]
    "For I was hungry and you gave me food [...] as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me" and replaced that with several of The Seven Deadly Sins [gotquestions.org]--now cast in a positive light.

    If The Nazarean encountered them, he wouldn't recognize them as his disciples.

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

  • (Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Friday April 07 2017, @03:51AM

    by jimtheowl (5929) on Friday April 07 2017, @03:51AM (#490053)
    May I recommend traveling outside America then? There is much to learn.