Least Religious Countries & Statistics

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http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/23/least-religious-countries/

1. Sweden (up to 85% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
2. Vietnam
3. Denmark
4. Norway
5. Japan
6. Czech Republic
7. Finland
8. France
9. South Korea
10. Estonia (up to 49% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
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The survey concluded that "high levels of organic atheism are strongly correlated with high levels of societal health, such as low homicide rates, low poverty rates, low infant mortality rates, and low illiteracy rates, as well as high levels of educational attainment, per capita income, and gender equality.
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interesting, but correlation does not imply causation.Both could be the result of another factor.
 
yes, for example the higher levels of education would have a profound impact on the levels of crime and poverty, respectively.
 
W00t! 9th place!


Seriously, christians are hated here.



btw, North Korea should be on that list, what with religion being illegal and whatnot.
 
illegal if its not for the glorious leader
 
and atheists dance

so this means religion is da evil?
 
lol i bet vietnam is so peaceful..... ....
 
I don't think I trust this as fact.

It states Israel has more atheists than China?

Atheism does not mean lower crime, less murder, etc etc. There's a lot of factors to include. 62% of everyone in Utah is a Mormon. That's at least 62 percent of the entire state Christian, and that's not even including the other Christians. So it's likely around the 80's in percentage. Utah has a low crime rate, rates 2nd in the US on percentage of high school students that graduate, has a low drug use, has a higher percentage of people than the national average that attend college and graduate college, has a low number of reported diseases (diabetes, cancer, influenza, etc), low abortion rate, etc etc etc.

HOWEVER!

Can this be because most of the people here are Christian? We don't know!

There are soooo many many factors you must include. It's so hard to truly present statistics that represent the majority of people.

Here's my sources btw

1. U.S. Bureau of Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1985 (105th edition) Washington, D.C., 1984. (U.S. Statistical Abstract)

2. Statistical Review of Government in Utah, 1985 edition, compiled and published by Utah Foundation. (Utah Statistical Review)

3. National Institute on Drug Abuse: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Rockville, MD 1982, and State Division of Alcoholism &: Drugs: Incidence and Prevalence Survey, 1982-83, Salt Lake City, UT, 1984. (NIDA)

4. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Statistical Compendium on Alcohol and Health, Rockville, MD, 1981; State Division of Alcoholism & Drugs: Incidence and Prevalence Survey, 1982-83, Salt Lake City, UT, 1984; and Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System: U.S. Apparent Consumption for Calendar Year 1982; Washington, D.C., 1983. (NIAAA)

5. Albrecht, Stan L., "Alcohol Consumption and Abuse," Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. (Albrecht)

6. Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Health Statistics - November 1, 1985, revised 1890N. (Utah Dept. of Health, Statistics)

7. Report compiled by the Utah Department of Health -1985, Bureau of Epidemiology. (Utah Dept. of Health, Epidemiology)

8. U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 21, 1985. (U.S. News)

9. Princeton Religion Research Center, Emerging Trends, Vol. 6, No. 10, December 1984. (Princeton Religion Research Center)

10. Church Membership Survey, researched and compiled by Tim B. Heaton and Kristen L. Goodman (Provo, Utah: BYU Family and Demographic Research Institute, 1981). (BYU Research Institute)

11. Utah Economic and Business Review, Volume 45, Numbers 7 and 8, July, August 1985. (Utah Economic Review)
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I wouldn't call this a scholarly study, seems rather opinionated to me.
 
Interesting. Didn't realise we were only about 40% - but I suppose it makes sense. I live in hippy artsy Brighton but go alot to highly-religious Arran so I get a sort of spread of opinion.

The survey concluded that "high levels of organic atheism are strongly correlated with high levels of societal health, such as low homicide rates, low poverty rates, low infant mortality rates, and low illiteracy rates, as well as high levels of educational attainment, per capita income, and gender equality.
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I would say this means atheism has higher incidence in very healthy countries because it's the result of a more informed populace, rather than that atheism in itself has any particularly positive effect on civil society.
 
'Organic atheism'? Is that a new street name for cannabis?
 
stupid ****ing canada, only 30%?

"30% of Canadians do not believe in God or a higher power"
 
Sweden just jumped to my no.1 place to flee to once the chavs have taken over.
 
Atheism is as much a product of the environment as anything else... it's not responsible for low crime rates or low illiteracy or low infant death rates, it's a product of a well-run society where people are taken care of and have the time to really sort themselves out mentally and think rationally.

Not sure what the point of this thread is?
 
The fact they include agnosticism in the poll kind of worries me. You can word the question in so many different ways to make someone appear agnostic.

Besides, as everyone has said, so many constraints, including religion, can effect the variables in the example.

Look at North Korea; their "Higher Power" is technically alive and they're all crazy!
 
order of most peacful countries any relation??

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# 1.3571Norway
# 1.3632New Zealand
# 1.3773Denmark
# 1.3964Ireland
# 1.4135Japan
# 1.4476Finland
# 1.4787Sweden
# 1.4818Canada
# 1.4819Portugal
# 1.48310Austria
# 1.49311Belgium
# 1.52312Germany
# 1.524
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hmm go sweden, apparently its a really great place to live, social benefits etc
 
15357 said:
W00t! 9th place!


Seriously, christians are hated here.



btw, North Korea should be on that list, what with religion being illegal and whatnot.
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This is about organic atheism, where people are atheist by their own choice, not forced atheism. Forced atheism is just as harmful as forced religion.

Atomic_Piggy said:
I lol'd that they included agnostism. Aw well. To Sweden!
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An agnostic is an atheist by definition.

Ennui said:
Atheism is as much a product of the environment as anything else... it's not responsible for low crime rates or low illiteracy or low infant death rates, it's a product of a well-run society where people are taken care of and have the time to really sort themselves out mentally and think rationally.

Not sure what the point of this thread is?
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Well, the quote says it's a correlation, not causation.
 
6th place! Great. One of thing that I like in my country...
 
sea said:
What? That can't be right. I thought it was something closer to 50%. :|
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No, 50 percent of canadian's support gay marriage( which means 20 percent of us are hypocrites) 30 percent is about right, not too bad. I expect that figure to raise exponentially in the next generation or two.


I havn't heard a bad thing about Sweden yet...
 
Sweden is great. Come here. :naughty::naughty::naughty::naughty::naughty:
 
Atomic_Piggy said:
Take me please! I'll do anything for you. Anything
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*Insert sexual favour*

Seriously though, it's a pain in the arse to pay 70 ****ing % of your pay to government. I think I'll move to Monaco.

Our chicks are the best in the world, though, no contest. (Except, perhaps for Norway and Iceland.)
 
I'm moving to Sweden!

I hate the US. Too much religion, shitty politicians, corruption and pointless wars.

There isn't much room for Atheists like me.
 
Joest said:
I'm moving to Sweden!

I hate the US. Too much religion, shitty politicians, corruption and pointless wars.

There isn't much room for Atheists like me.
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If you feel that way, then please leave.

If you don't like where you live, the people, the laws and government, then what is keeping you here? No one is forcing you to be here.

I love my Nation, I feel honored to be here.
 
Uriel said:
If you feel that way, then please leave.

If you don't like where you live, the people, the laws and government, then what is keeping you here? No one is forcing you to be here.

I love my Nation, I feel honored to be here.
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Shut the **** up and go to the Politics section.
 
Uriel said:
If you feel that way, then please leave.

If you don't like where you live, the people, the laws and government, then what is keeping you here? No one is forcing you to be here.

I love my Nation, I feel honored to be here.
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America, Land of the Free*.

*Excepting those who are not white and religious.
 
Where I went in the USA, the people were nice and welcoming. Of course I didn't mention my religious convictions, nor do I live there, but it didn't seem to be the hellhole people make it out to be.
 
Finland(where from) and Estonia(where at) on the list....nice.
 
Atomic_Piggy said:
but it didn't seem to be the hellhole people make it out to be.
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Far from it. Some of the places i've visited in the US have been very welcoming and full of friendly people. I still firmly believe that any country could be a happier, more productive and educated place to live in without religion, though.

Just imagine how different a world populated by people who weren't arbitrarily indoctrinated into a certain religion at birth could be. A place where reason and logic replaced blind faith and scientific and moral progress wasn't hindered by petty squabbles and needless conflict over which god (i.e. where you happened to be born) someone believes in.

I still can't get my head around the thought that religion is taught as fact in some first world countries. I mean seriously, wtff?!
 
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