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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 Mar 2014

    The poorer the citizenry, the more they think morality requires God. The USA, as usual, is an outlier.http://goo.gl/i7DfLn 

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      2. Frances Hinde‏ @franceshinde 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker @TheMainstand Agree -"the opiate of the people" He was right.

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      1. Lisi‏ @LiisssiW 25 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker @incomplet_me

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      1. Yaser Helmy‏ @yaserhelmy 25 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker also, Indonesia is much wealthier than Pakistan, so is Malaysia. Causation aside, this is far from even being a strong correlation

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      1. Yaser Helmy‏ @yaserhelmy 25 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker the data is not representative if u ask me. From the middle east, they excluded all the oil states for example - all outliers?

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      1. Colonel Popcorn‏ @JustinSchroder 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Most Americans believe money comes from God which is why so many keep asking him for more of it.

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      1. Shrikant Kalegaonkar‏ @shrikale 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Is it really an outlier in the context of stagnant wages + rising cost of living + high debt? @stevenstrogatz

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      1. Avery Andrews‏ @AveryAndrews 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Maybe true for people living on the edge? We moral atheists are all absurdly wealthy and secure by world/historical standards.

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      1. Drunk Gershwin‏ @DrunkGershwin 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker The poorer I am, the closer I draw to God as well. And vice versa.

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      1. sup‏ @aandeelmaster 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker implying america is not a shithole

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      1. Red Velvet Kween‏ @LadyPhilomele 24 Mar 2014
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        “@sapinker: The poorer the citizenry, the more they think morality requires God. The USA, as usual, is an outlier. http://goo.gl/i7DfLn ”

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      1. Wayne Colvin‏ @waynecolvin 24 Mar 2014
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        RT @sapinker While questions remain concerning social surveys it might be persecution increases faith for a people. http://goo.gl/i7DfLn 

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      1. duane m briggs‏ @duaneb78 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker can I start a conspiracy theory about the fundamentalists in our government who want to shrink social programs?

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      1. Ibraheem M.‏ @IbraSergeant 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker This is explicitly stated in many religious texts as a pattern of human behavior. Richer often = more deluded about self. Old news

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      1. Joost Sneller‏Verified account @Sneller 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker nice!

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      1. Eduardo Alvarez‏ @EdAlvarezB 24 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Sadly: The West is rapidly depleting the social capital accumulated for centuries

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      1. Javier Ortiz Zulueta‏ @OrtizZulueta 24 Mar 2014
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        “@sapinker: The poorer the citizenry, the more they think morality requires God. The USA, as usual, is an outlier. http://goo.gl/i7DfLn ”ok

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