Being a deluded moron has no family status requirement, it is a condition open to all willing to embrace it.

I'm childless. It wasn't really a plan.

I would say the opposite. choosing to be childfree goes against the grain of society. It typically means that someone is comfortable with it at least a small amount of nonconformity. Religious people are almost commanded to have babies.

I asked the question because I have several friends who are childless and are also religious or at least very spiritual. I immediately wondered whether the fact that they do not have family to carry on their stories affected their need for a hereafter.

No data. I doubt childlessness drives many to religion, though it certainly drives many to pet ownership. But on the other hand, I would have thought that it could well be the other way round, since none religious people are often more environmentally aware, and many religions quite openly preach irresponsible reproduction.

I dunno' about that.

There's all this "Oh, oh..oh my God... God yes!..

And then 40 weeks later there are kids.

No they are more likely to be infertile

"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." (Genesis 1:28)

Only if they have been praying for the female to get pregnant. These are the "planned people." Most of us just happened.

Duh....that defines the Shakers who lived in celibacy towards their self extinction....child free women I know are all Feminist Atheists....as for the boys who don't want to pay child support their minds are behind their zippers bibles AND gawdlessness....what ever floats their sexist womanizing boats

Who cares?

Beats me

I would say the other way around. Many people with children feel incapable of teaching their kids how to interact, or feeling a great need for outside support turn to religion. Especially if they themselves grew up in that setting. Or they feel the need at some point to give the church the job of teaching morality which perhaps they themselves don’t feel qualified to do. Or perhaps the kids are coming home from public school with behavior the parent finds distasteful, so they hope a church environment will help undo that. In my son’s case, it was a marital issue that drove him to use the church to help get his family back. With no kids, it’s much easier to find other solutions or feel there is less to lose I think.

Why do you ask? Look it up.

I don't think so. However the one positive thing religion provides for people is a sense of belonging and community. Because pf that, it is possible that lonely people may be more likely to become religious.

I doubt there is any link between the two.

IDK I'm childless agnostic atheist. Though I married a woman with 2 children, and just celebrated my 35th anniversary.

I cannot understand why you ask this question, which I believe is unanswerable. Is it relevant ?