Atheism : More Happiness, Less Crime

The pious like to claim that atheists must be unhappy and that in an atheist world crime would run rampant. The pious like to claim many silly and foolish things.

So the typical Dane or Swede doesn't believe all that much in God. And simultaneously, they don't commit much murder. But aren't they a dour, depressed lot, all the same? Not according to Ruut Veenhoven, professor emeritus of social conditions for human happiness at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Veenhoven is a leading authority on worldwide levels of happiness from country to country. He recently ranked 91 nations on an international happiness scale, basing his research on cumulative scores from numerous worldwide surveys. According to his calculations, the country that leads the globe — ranking No. 1 in terms of its residents' overall level of happiness — is little, peaceful, and relatively godless Denmark.

And you are much less likely to be murdered or raped than in a God-fearing nation like America.

The least religious nations are also the most healthy and successful