Aethism and Agnosticism in the world.

Penitent Tangent · Post by **Penitent Tangent** » 2006-04-02 11:20pm

Hello everyone this is my first post so i hope I dont screw up and sound like an idiot. Anyway I know that religion is a big topic here so I found some numbers you might find useful in the future.

Link

Top 50 countries with the highest proportion of atheists and agnostics.

P.S. please delete if this has been posted before.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2006-04-02 11:24pm

24! Aus rules.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-04-02 11:33pm

Wrong forum.

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2006-04-02 11:34pm

Hmm. #28. Oh, well, could be worse, could be better. Look at the figures for Sweden.

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Oh, and Darth Revan: there is a "Lord Revan" on the board.

Though be careful as you only get one name-change.

Penitent Tangent · Post by **Penitent Tangent** » 2006-04-02 11:43pm

Vympel wrote:Wrong forum.

What was the right forum?

Lord Zentei wrote:Hmm. #28. Oh, well, could be worse, could be better. Look at the figures for Sweden. Surprised.

Oh, and Darth Revan: there is a "Lord Revan" on the board. Razz

Though be careful as you only get one name-change. Wink

Woops in that case I'm gonna change the name if he has a problem with mine.

Well the figures are interesting. I couldnt believer theres a wopping 83% agnostic population in Sweden. The US is almost last but no surprises there.

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2006-04-02 11:50pm

Darth Revan wrote:What was the right forum?

SLAM (science, logic and morality)

Darth Revan wrote:Woops in that case I'm gonna change the name if he has a problem with mine.

I don't know whether he has a problem with it, though others might get confused, they might think you are a sockpuppet or something.

Be sure to pick carefully if you do change it, and explain your reasons for the change (just PM an admin, the staff listing is in the Announceents forum - "Dalton" aka "the Wookie" is usually quick to respond on such things).

Darth Revan wrote:Well the figures are interesting. I couldnt believer theres a wopping 83% agnostic population in Sweden. The US is almost last but no surprises there.

Well, forty-odd to eighty, at any rate. Knowing the Swedes, I'm not really that surprised.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2006-04-02 11:54pm

Holy shit. I knew I wanted to move to Europe!

Zadius · Post by **Zadius** » 2006-04-02 11:56pm

It's the axis of logic, y'know.

Penitent Tangent · Post by **Penitent Tangent** » 2006-04-03 12:11am

Lord Zentei wrote:SLAM (science, logic and morality)

I'll be more careful next time. For now i hope no one else notices

Lord Zentei wrote:I don't know whether he has a problem with it, though others might get confused, they might think you are a sockpuppet or something.

Be sure to pick carefully if you do change it, and explain your reasons for the change (just PM an admin, the staff listing is in the Announceents forum - "Dalton" aka "the Wookie" is usually quick to respond on such things).

Ok I'll change it tommorow but I'll need some time to figure out what I'm gonna change it to.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-04-03 12:12am

I don't know whether he has a problem with it, though others might get confused, they might think you are a sockpuppet or something.

Be sure to pick carefully if you do change it, and explain your reasons for the change (just PM an admin, the staff listing is in the Announceents forum - "Dalton" aka "the Wookie" is usually quick to respond on such things).

Might I suggest "Darth Malak"?

As to the OP, I get depressed whenever I see the US's place on lists like that.

I'm glad Middle Earth made the cut though.

Penitent Tangent · Post by **Penitent Tangent** » 2006-04-03 12:25am

Might I suggest "Darth Malak"?

As to the OP, I get depressed whenever I see the US's place on lists like that.

I'm glad Middle Earth made the cut though.

I was thinking more of Master Chief.

As for Americas place on the list yeah 3-9% seemes a little low but that's 3-9% more than there were 50 years ago. That number can only go up.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-04-03 12:25am

I wonder, what counts as an athiest? The Japanese, for instance, are primarily Buddhists and Shintoists (or both, more than likely). So while they aren't into God, they are still aren't really athiests.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-04-03 12:26am

19th place: Israel, with 15-37%. Very suprising.

Grand Moff Yenchin · Post by **Grand Moff Yenchin** » 2006-04-03 12:54am

Taiwan #26, with 24%? Sounds hardly believable considering the amount of people in folk religion.

However since folk religion is vaguely defined, it's probably near accurate.

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2006-04-03 03:07am

Yep, that's true. Sweden is one of the most secular countries in the world where only 5 % of the population goes to service with some regularity (according to the government agency Statistics Sweden).

Zero · Post by **Zero** » 2006-04-03 03:20am

Damn 3%-9%. Dumbasses here on the homefront still occasionally call me ignorant for being an atheist. A careful explanation of why their religion is bullshit doesn't help, either.

Go America!

haard · Post by **haard** » 2006-04-03 03:39am

Bah, the problem with Sweden is that while people don't really believe, most don't really not believe either. (did that make sense?)

I think most Swedes have some vague belif in something, just not the Christian God, or this God, or that God. Makes it hard to get into a good argument until you run into "Livets Ord".

Gustav32Vasa · Post by **Gustav32Vasa** » 2006-04-03 05:01am

Yay for Sweden.

Entire Norden looks good, wonder why?

haard wrote:Bah, the problem with Sweden is that while people don't really believe, most don't really not believe either. (did that make sense?)

I think most Swedes have some vague belif in something, just not the Christian God, or this God, or that God. Makes it hard to get into a good argument until you run into "Livets Ord".

Sound like my mother. Dont belive on God but there must be something. When I ask why there must be something she doesnt know.

haard · Post by **haard** » 2006-04-03 05:13am

Gustav32Vasa wrote:<snip>
haard wrote:Bah, the problem with Sweden is that while people don't really believe, most don't really not believe either. (did that make sense?)

I think most Swedes have some vague belif in something, just not the Christian God, or this God, or that God. Makes it hard to get into a good argument until you run into "Livets Ord".
Sound like my mother. Dont belive on God but there must be something. When I ask why there must be something she doesnt know.

Aye, it's the curse of swedish blandness. I think it is mostly doe to the fact that 'we' are too damned afraid to make any kind of stand where we can possibly be proven wrong.

haard · Post by **haard** » 2006-04-03 05:15am

Eiditythingy, since I did not preview and stop to think (*gasp*)

Not to mention, if you have strong belifs, you might upset someone! The horror!

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2006-04-03 06:35am

haard wrote:I think it is mostly doe to the fact that 'we' are too damned afraid to make any kind of stand where we can possibly be proven wrong.

Well I know that most of the strong believers that I've met takes some kind of pride in that they can't possibly be proven wrong (in their world, that makes them right, of course).

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2006-04-03 06:57am

I smell bullshit....

North Korea only 15% atheists? If they really went out and surveyed NKoreans, they should have gotten 99% atheist if only because they would be pre-programmed to say so.

Or perhaps they define Kim-fellating as being a religion?

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2006-04-03 07:15am

kheegan wrote:I smell bullshit....

North Korea only 15% atheists? If they really went out and surveyed NKoreans, they should have gotten 99% atheist if only because they would be pre-programmed to say so.

Or perhaps they define Kim-fellating as being a religion?

Small print at the bottom about data from North Korea and some other states being unreliable.

Metatwaddle · Post by **Metatwaddle** » 2006-04-03 08:41am

*dyes hair blonde and moves to Sweden*

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2006-04-03 11:07am

Dooey Jo wrote:
haard wrote:I think it is mostly doe to the fact that 'we' are too damned afraid to make any kind of stand where we can possibly be proven wrong.
Well I know that most of the strong believers that I've met takes some kind of pride in that they can't possibly be proven wrong (in their world, that makes them right, of course).

You should introduce them to Sagan's dragon.

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