(h/t Andrew Sullivan)
Alex Tabarrok dug up some interesting data on the change in homicide rates in America and Europe over the centuries. There has been a fairly steady decline in both areas:
EUROPE:
AMERICA:
The decline seems to be relatively independent of religious belief because America is at least nominally much more religious than Europe:
Thursday, June 02, 2011
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