[Natural Law]

"This is an honest question about the Catholics...Is it or is it not true that where the Roman Catholics tend to become the dominant spiritual influence in a country (Mexico (89%), Venezuela (92%), Cuba (dominant) , Italy ‘Andreotti’ (87.8%), etc.) the country decays into a gangland controlled disaster?"

Shall we contrast that with localities that are predominantly Protestant like Atlanta, Newark, Compton, Oakland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington DC, New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit?

BTW - The crime rate in Italy is actually lower than in England and the Netherlands.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Shall we contrast that with localities that are predominantly Protestant like Atlanta, Newark, Compton, Oakland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington DC, New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit?

lol. What are you doing? Randomly thumbing through an atlas?

New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Chicago are NOT "predominantly Protestant;" they are heavily Roman Catholic.

[Dutchboy88]

"Shall we contrast that with localities that are predominantly Protestant like Atlanta, Newark, Compton, Oakland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington DC, New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit?

New Orleans primarily protestant? LOL.

But, you miss the point. These are problems, no question, even if they are predominantly Protestant. But, when the countries become heavily Catholic (Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Herznagovina, etc.) they just seem to decay into a gangland style pit. And, Andreotti was essentially a unconvicted mobster, was he not? And that ended how many years ago?