Religions and Development

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This paper considers the belief that countries where religion has a major influence in governance, tend to develop slower than those where religious beliefs are not a main influence or consideration. The role that each of the four major monotheistic religions play in impeding the development of a country is examined and several third world countries are used as examples to support this claim.

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"The four major monotheistic religions in the world all tend to bar changes in one's life. Their faith or lifestyle does not involve material acquisition and is even hostile to it. They are bound to the wiles and stated will and preferences of an unseen Deity. Their happiness consists precisely in denying their own progress and contentment, the furthering of their blessings and potential. India is a supreme example of this. But this blind adherence to brutal fate and faith is also taken advantage by some opportunists, such as in the case of terrorists and dictators."

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