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Ooh, I couldnt disagree with you more on these points. You dont appear to know that many religious people (Assumed. Apologies if I am wrong). From my experiences with people inside a close-knit religious community, it is the emotionally dependant that tend to gravitate towards religion to help sustain their emotional needs. I find that children in deeply religious families are _highly_ likely to "rebel" secretly by doing all kinds of drugs, excessive drinking, and yes, crime. They also tend to be very emotionally unstable (suicidal, depressed, etc), underneath their venear of religious zeal. And I speak from a broad experience, not just a few isolated events. Compare this to my relativly rowdy (), yet rather responsible, atheist friends, and I would have to reach the exact opposite conclusion to you.
To be religious and to call your self religous are diffent things.