Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'

Article from Times Online (empahsis my own)

Excerpt :

"RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.

According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.

The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society. "

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Please note that the conclusions from the study only asserts that worship of God is unneccessary for a healthy society. It hypothesize that worship of God may contribute to social problems.

Disclaimer: Just in case anyone wanna point out that i said i was not gonna talk about religion anymore (atleast until the elections are over for some time), i did not say anything about religion. I merely linked to an article (Which i will continue to do so).