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1. If there is a loving god up there he hasn’t done a lot for mankind recently, has he?

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2. I can’t comment on this article without sounding sexist, but anyway here goes:
   Men are less likely than women to engage in wishful thinking.
   Men are less likely to believe in something because they want to, whereas women tend to believe in whatever they perceive as the most just outcome, regardless of the likelihood of that actually being the case.
   Men are less ‘spiritual’ than women; spirituality and religion are not the same but they are closely linked.
   Women tend to conform to society more than men, as society penalises women who are different; this is why early socialist movements were overwhelmingly male.
   Similarly, men are more likely to be rebellious and individualistic. It is why most of our greatest politicians and heroes have been men, but also most of our villains.
   Women are easier to indoctrinate than men; they are more likely to believe what you tell them because they are more trusting. Although there are many exceptions to this, the general rule remains.
   Women are naturally skeptical of change, including changing the establish religious/moral order. This is why much of the opposition to feminism has come from women.
   In the case of modern Britain, the reason why women are more religious than men is because women have it tougher. They need to believe in something ‘more’ to get them through everyday life. This is why the poor are more religious than the rich, the uneducated more religious than the educated, and the old more religious than the young (they need something to confront death with.) All of these groups, to an extent, have it tougher, and cannot confront the idea of this life being the only thing that is real.

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