Mummelmann said:
Actually, there are plenty of countries that are mostly non-religious. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Russia, France and plenty others. The problem is that when doing statistics, people count everyone who is a member of a church, for instance anyone who is baptised, as religious. This is false, of course. In Norway for instance, roughly 75% of the population are members of the state church with the rest being divided between other religions (predominantly Islam), humanitarian societies and plain lack of membership. Does that mean that 75% (plus devout muslims) are religious? No, the actual number today is between 10-12%, including muslims and other faiths. When people say there are two billion christians in the world, that simply means there are two billion people living in countries that christianity as the state religion, the actual number of believers can probably be shaved down to one fifth or so. |
By the orderd you mentioned them
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Sweden#Religion_in_Sweden_today
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Denmark#Overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Iceland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Finland#Currently
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Germany#Christianity_2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Italy Seriously, what the hell were you thinking saying Italy isnt religious ???? Its the heart of catholic church
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Greece Once again, WTF??? Greece, one of the most religious countries in the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Spain#Attitudes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#Religion Close, but still majority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Portugal once again, waaaay off.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_France#Statistics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_russia#Adherents Again, you are waaay off. Seriously, how can you call Russia atheist country? Where the hell do you get your data from????