>>510178972>religiosity and fertility in the middle eastniger, afghanistan, and somalia's TFR exceeds 6 children per woman, among the highest globally
iran (1.7) and tunisia (1.8) are sub replacement level right now (again, we're in a GLOBAL fertility crisis) but they're still much higher than japan (1.3) or germany (1.5)
https://overpopulation-project.com/fertility-levels-in-global-regions-and-countries-what-is-the-role-of-religion/
>on grounds for meaningChristianity, for instance, offers a narrative of being created with divine purpose, part of a larger plan (Jeremiah 29:11), contrasting with atheism, which leaves meaning to individual construction, which is arbitrary and fragile.
without a transcendent framework, meaning is subjective and collapsees under existential pressures (camus' absurdism)
studies like those from pew (2019) show religious people report higher life satisfaction and purpose, especially in high-religiosity regions like the middle east.
>on offering a grounding for moral realismChristianity, for instance, posits morality as rooted in God's nature, unchanging across contexts.
doesn't really need more explanation.
>hopein atheist materialism, we're all just clumps of cells and life has no inherent meaning or purpose, when we die nothing we'd done in life will have actually mattered because nothing ultimately matters.
religions that posit a purpose to existence would at least allow one to feel satisfied that they'd lived "right" in accordance to what is actually right, not to mention the obvious carrot of paradise.