Religion is Bad for Society

An old post I never finished.

"“The United States is almost always the most dysfunctional of the developing democracies, sometimes spectacularly so.”

Here is an article about a study proving that religion is bad for society.

I'm not sure what to make of the article, as it doesn't go in depth to the actual correlation between religion and the degradation of society. But I think I have an idea.

It's the same reason why people who live under stifling religious conditions tend to rebel the most. It's why a rock concert in Salt Lake City or the Bible Belt tend to evoke an intense response from the crowd, especially one for a band that is stridently anti-religious. It's why the preacher's daughter is usually more prone to become a bad girl.

Because people often do what they are told not to.

Religion has been telling people what to do with their lives since the beginning of civilization.