Just before he was kicked off Fox TV Bill O’Reilly said that the worst effect of more and more Democrats and others having no belief in religion or God is that they have absolutely no self-restraint on their impulses to do evil to others. The good influence of religion such as in the 1950s is in steep decline today and crime and violence are on the upswing.
Not to mention that crime has been essentially decriminalized in some states, especially California.