Is faith good for us?

• Phaze

  13 Jul 07, 15:07

  Article by Phil Zuckerman
  
  http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=pzuckerman_26_5
  
  From the last paragraph:
  
  Belief in God may provide comfort to the individual believer, but, at the societal level, its results do not compare at all favorably with that of the more secular societies. When seeking a more civil, just, safe, humane, and healthy society, one is more likely to find it among those nations ranking low in religious faith-contrary to the preaching of religious folks.
  
  Edit: Removed the allegation of 'successful' states to address the lack of definition of success. The criteria of evaluation is discussed in the article.
• SturmDerSchatten

  13 Jul 07, 15:20

  Again, wrong topic name. It ought to be "Is faith good for a stable society?"
  
  And one thing, define "a successful country". It's too general to say that countries which are secular will be successful.
• Phaze

  13 Jul 07, 15:23

  Originally posted by SturmDerSchatten:

  Again, wrong topic name. It ought to be "Is faith good for a stable society?"
  
  And one thing, define "a successful country". It's too general to say that countries which are secular will be successful.

  I used the title of the article as the topic. I apologize that I didn't make that clear. I will try to put something like "Article: Is Faith Good For Us?" in the future.