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Originally Posted by demonrail666

I've always been interested in why certain people who live in countries that have a large and accepted secular community (like the UK and, to an admittedly lesser degree, the US) remain faithfull to Christianity.

Check this out demonrail (it is because they are less intelligent):
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0224132655.htm

Similarly, religion is a byproduct of humans' tendency to perceive agency and intention as causes of events, to see "the hands of God" at work behind otherwise natural phenomena. "Humans are evolutionarily designed to be paranoid, and they believe in God because they are paranoid," says Kanazawa. This innate bias toward paranoia served humans well when self-preservation and protection of their families and clans depended on extreme vigilance to all potential dangers. "So, more intelligent children are more likely to grow up to go against their natural evolutionary tendency to believe in God, and they become atheists."

Young adults who identify themselves as "not at all religious" have an average IQ of 103 during adolescence, while those who identify themselves as "very religious" have an average IQ of 97 during adolescence.