Originally Posted by stekim

Sorry Herk. You didn't say anything about that. Let's recap. Your hypothesis is that the problems you listed are caused by a lack of religion. Hence, it logically follows that a very religious country, like America, should not have the problems you listed, while a majority agnostic/atheistic country, like Japan, should be teeming with said problems. Yet the facts are in total opposition to your hypothesis. That is pretty strong evidence that said hypothesis is not accurate. You never mentioned anything about multi-cultural in your hypothesis. But let's move on to the Netherlands. They are quite multi-cultural there. Not quite like America, but far more than Japan. They are also high on the agnostic/athiest scale. Yet they do not have the problems you listed. It sounds like you need a new hypothesis.