Why Facebook Is Killing God

The gist of the argument is that religion helps people to cope with

anxieties related to hunger, disease, disasters, and other threats to

survival and is less in demand in societies where people expect to live

long healthy lives


Ironically people in developed countries are more anxious than ever before

but their unease is social rather than existential and religion has no

remedy for wounded narcissism.

religion serves as a sort of psychological security blanket that helps

people to deal with the pain of uncertainty.


That is why people who live in miserably poor countries where life is

dangerous and short are highly religious (1). This explanation is called

the existential security hypothesis.

some of the least religious countries, like Denmark, are also consistently

scoring as among the happiest in the world.

The main cause of rising anxiety in developed countries is concern over

what other people think about us rather than threats such as hunger,

disease, or violence.


Apart from anti-anxiety drugs the only answers for frustrated vanity are

good friends who support the ego, endless self-promotion, or old-fashioned

career striving.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201203/why-facebook-is-killing-god