Top 10 Godless Countries (data from 2007)
Sadly Siftopia is not recognized as a country just yet, so here are the other 10:
10. Estonia (up to 49% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
9. South Korea
8. France
7. Finland
6. Czech Republic
5. Japan
4. Norway
3. Denmark (that's me, baby)
2. Vietnam
1. Sweden (up to 85% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
Source: http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/23/least-religious-countries
Yay for godlessness.
"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. Most nations characterized by high degrees of individual and societal security have the highest rates of organic atheism, and conversely, nations characterized by low degrees of individual and societal security have the lowest rates of organic atheism."
10. Estonia (up to 49% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
9. South Korea
8. France
7. Finland
6. Czech Republic
5. Japan
4. Norway
3. Denmark (that's me, baby)
2. Vietnam
1. Sweden (up to 85% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
Source: http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/23/least-religious-countries
Yay for godlessness.
"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. Most nations characterized by high degrees of individual and societal security have the highest rates of organic atheism, and conversely, nations characterized by low degrees of individual and societal security have the lowest rates of organic atheism."
14 Comments
EdeotInteresting foil to QM's usual argument that no atheistic society has ever survived.
OrnthoronDamn, you bested me just so, gwiz! Now you'll get all the girls in the lounge instead of me!
finch451I need to get out of this country and move over to Europe. Shame I want to move to Liverpool, and the English are probably more full of religion than the US.
spoco2I call this *quality facts and figures
siftbotAwarding gwiz665 with one star point for this contribution to Sift Talk - declared quality by spoco2.
jacobreckerI've said it before and I'll say it again:
Does Sweden ever do anything poorly?
gorillamanSweden is pretty great.
ShakaUVMHuzzah, let's all move to Vietnam!
ponceleonHmmm, blond, blue-eyed chicks who DON'T believe in Jeebus? I think I'm heading to Sweden!
tsquire1 says...hmmm. i thought vietnam had plenty of problems left over from the war including lack of infrastructure, disease, poverty, etc.
wiki says:
Vietnam is still a relatively poor country with an annual GDP of US$280.2 billion at purchasing power parity (2006 estimate).[24] This translates to a purchasing power of about US$3,300 per capita (or US$726 per capita at the market exchange rate). Deep poverty, defined as a percent of the population living under $1 per day, has declined significantly and is now smaller than that of China, India, and the Philippines.[25]
k so they are poor but not *as* poor. interesante....
ThrobbinI'm wondering why this isn't getting any media play in North America - not even in the smart part (Canada).
lavollanother reason for norway and sweden to go back into union
BraxtonMcCoyWas anyone else surprised to see Czech Republic on this list? I guess I just assumed all of central Europe was downtrodden and religion infested.
Blackbr3Sweden also has the lowest eternity rate too! Eternity has much more to offer than this world. Christ was always about love. The USA is full of half hearted followers. If we all learned to love as Christ did we wouldn't be having this conversation, we would want others to have what we do! Go and love your neighbors.
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