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At the present moment, there is a lack of substantial evidence to prove that atheists or agnostics are more successful than the theistic population, but because atheists reject the notion of an afterlife and acknowledge that they only have one life before death, this MAY lead them to realistically think in goal oriented ways which would eventually motivate them to accomplish as much as they can in order to succeed and enjoy life to its fullest level before they die.

However there is a correlation that demonstrates that nations that are mostly atheistic or secular (such as Sweden, France, the Netherlands, and Japan) all have some of the highest standard of living ratings in the world. So it seems that more irreligious countries (or secular countries) all have increased wealth (higher GDP rates) and better qualities of life. It has also been empirically proven that atheists tend to be more educated and have higher IQs.

Also, more irreligious (secular) nations have lower prison populations, higher rates of education and lower crime rates on average compared to more religious nations-in which, antithetically, more pious nations are characterized by a profusion of cultural and scientific deterioration, retrogression and subordination of women.

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