you know they call it obvious when it needs no explanation .. (although .. first generation heredity stress is pretty interesting .. it seeeks to explain how the adaptation of life moves so quickly..)
Of course those aren't opinions. However when you don't provide any data it is an opinion when you say atheism is the cause of these facts.
"Of course those aren't opinions." Yes, they are data points... "However when you don't provide any data it is an opinion when you say atheism is the cause of these facts." The rise in scientific atheism leads and has lead to increase of the 7 deadly sins, which are on the rise concurrent with the rise of scientific atheism...this was also seen in Rome as they fell away from their previous moral center which was based in the concept of God and gods... Atheists don't believe in sin or punishment thereof, so what is there to keep their hedonistic self centered impulses in check? Nothing, the data confirms that... You can deny the obvious all you like, or you could actually try to make a counter argument...
Almost all historians consider the moral decay argument to be too simplistic. Constantine legalized Christianity in the fourth century and the empire fell in the fifth century... Besides that there was overexpansion and inflation, secret Germanic mercenaries in Roman legions, entrustment in barbarian mercenaries and an economy that depended on the looting of other territories. What legitimate firms/organizations have come out with evidence that atheism has lead to an increase in the seven deadly sins? What legitimate firms/organizations have come out with evidence that atheists are more hedonistic than theists?
want to make a point? Traumatize chickens .... thank you for that bit of ridiculousness (In need of a federal grant?! you got it .. traumatize chckens... your road to riches, and deep understanding)
Morality? Crime is lower now than in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. We're less moral now than a hundred years ago? Ever read The Jungle? Corruption? You think corruption in Washington and on Wall St. is worse now than in the 1920s? Divorce, declining wages? All kinds of reasons for these - none of which have anything to do with an increase or decrease in religiosity. Take divorce: rising incomes and improvements in health care means women have 1-2 kids in their lifetimes instead of 8-10, which means they get jobs and do things besides raise children, which means divorce goes up. 70% of people in the Netherlands and Denmark do not believe in God. Are you saying the Netherlands and Denmark are dysfunctional societies?