>>715616
>Actually, religious societies are higher on crime rates that atheist one's.
Son, you're getting your arguments from Richard Dawkins and company circa 2001, which completely disregards other statistically significant factors such as race. Let's look at the atheist countries:
>some European countries
>China
>North Korea
Then the religious ones:
>USA
>various African shitholes
>India
>Latin countries
Beyond the religious, what do the countries of each group have in common with each other? You'll note that, at least as of the early 2000's, places like Sweden, China, and North Korea were ethnically homogeneous consisting of white and asian populations. The countries in the second list are either extremely heterogeneous or full of people of races known for lower IQ curves and higher aggressiveness. Then there's >>715696's point about the differences in laws and enforcement. It's very obvious that a Christian society will have tighter laws on things like adultery and blasphemy and enforce them more consistently than an atheist society would. That would certainly influence the absolute numbers.
>That aside how is 'not believing something' an ideology?
Atheists aren't defined by lack of belief, they're defined by a belief system that dictates the lack of gods and/or a supernatural realm. Saying that atheism is a "lack of belief" is like saying that Christianity is a lack of belief in the Tao, in Buddha, in the Greek Pantheon, etc. While that's technically true, it's not a very helpful description.