Reply #133: Empirical evidence would suggest that religion is primarily a choice.. [View All]

[Fumesucker]

If religion were not a choice then all cultures should have approximately the same percentages of religious and non religious people in them, this is clearly not the case.

There are cultures which are over 90% religious, I'm thinking specifically some Muslim societies, while Denmark is only around 15% religious and the other Scandinavian countries are also strongly irreligious.

These facts lead me to conclude that religiosity is primarily a cultural artifact. That being said I think there are some people who are simply compelled by their very nature to religion and I also think there are some people who are compelled to reject religion altogether, I fall into the latter category FWIW.