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Originally Posted by HarryT
The assertion that well-educated people are less prone to superstitious beliefs seems a reasonable one to me. Education teaches people to seek rational explanations for the world around them, rather than believe in "invisible supernatural beings".
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It could also be related to affluence. A large part of the world's population live in grinding poverty, with very little hope of improving their living standards.
For them, religion can be a genuine source of hope.
As an atheist, living a very privileged life in comparison (merely through an accident of birth), it seems to me a bit heartless to deny them even that consolation. Time enough to lecture them on their 'delusions' when they have something meaningful to replace them with.
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I imagine this will generate the 'but religion makes thing worse' comeback - but I am powerless to prevent that. 
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