[JohnyBoy]

> I often like to say, the root social problem is too few Christians per square mile.

Tons of Christians per square mile in the Philippines, sky high crime rates. Almost no Christians in Japan and crime is almost nonexistent. What Japan has and the Philippines does not is order. To establish order you have to brutal on those who refuse it which is what Rodrigo Duterte is doing to the Philippines right now.

[fr_freak]

Tons of Christians per square mile in the Philippines, sky high crime rates. Almost no Christians in Japan and crime is almost nonexistent.

Sure, but are the Christians in the Philippines doing the crimes? There are a lot of non-Christians there, including muslims. Perhaps a better way to state it would be that a low crime rate depends on the exclusivity of Christians per square mile. And Japan has demonstrated that there are other means of keeping people in line than just Christianity, but they have succeeded in doing that because their culture enforces something in common with one of the most powerful forces in Christianity: shame.