Religion is bad for your health

From ATHEISTS AGNOSTICS SKEPTICS & HUMANISTS ON MYSPACE


According to the United Nations' Human Development Report (2005) countries like Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom (among the least religious societies on earth) show the highest levels of life expectancy, adult literacy, per capita income, educational attainment, gender equality as well as the lowest homicide rates and infant mortality. The 50 worst tend to also be the most religious. Meanwhile the U.S., (with its high level of religious adherents distinct from any western democracy) is also burdened with high rates of homicide, abortion, teen pregnancy, STD infection and infant mortality. (http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005//)(http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/pdf/2005-11.pdf)