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Teeqoz on 22 August 2016
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Peh said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

I was referring to countries whose large majority are Christians in religion, even if tou take the 20 happiest countries of the world, 19/20 are Christian countries (ie. about 70% of the population are Christians in religion)

Happiest countries in the world - Business Insider
Happiest Countries in the World

eh... I wouldn't make such a bold statements. 

And after checking craighopkins List, it's not accurate. For example. He listed China as 7th place. Where as Christianity in China is only 2.3-4% of it's population. But it's not a happy country. At least of what that questionable source says.

Netherlands on the other hand with 23-44 % of christians is ranked as 7th. The rest of the countries are as about 70%.  But still, I don't think that this number has anything to do with why a country is being labeled as happy(?)  I presume that the reason for being happy are that those are mainly 1st world countries with a secular state. And that's the keynote here.

 

A recent study also revealed that only 37% of the norwegian population believe in a god, despite 70% being a member of the norwegian church. So I wouldn't say membership numbers for religious organisations accurately reflect the amount of religious people in a country.