25 Countries With The Highest Rate of Atheism.
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- Are you a religious person? Do you believe In God, good car insurance, cheap real estate, or some other higher power?
In today's video, we look at the countries with the highest rate of residents that don’t believe In God or some other higher power.
This video Is not promoting any religious views. It Is just some Interesting numbers.
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Several years ago, I visited the Czech Republic; and you are right Prague is a
wonderful city. I asked our guide what the main religion was. He told me that the main religion was beer.
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That is plain insulting, profane, to say the least.
@@shaneschambach932 Dude - beer is real. I don't even drink, but I know it's real, whereas the "gods" are invented smoke and mirrors
@@zvipatent the gods were invented. The smoke and mirrors weren't. Not by people anyway.
@@shaneschambach932 At least you can see, touch and taste beer, so we know that is real.
I don't care what people believe, as long as they leave me alone. 🤣😆
Exactly 👍
@@jasonjason7823makes three of us.
Problem is, many religious people feel it's their duty to "Lord" it over you.
The problem is that Christianity is built on proselytizing. They won’t be satisfied until everyone is a Christian.
Believe what you will but leave me alone ☺️
Ireland was a bit surprising.
As for Sweden, we used to be very Christian but we are also a very progressive country (we started with a form of universal healthcare during the 1600s) so I guess that religion took a back seat. However, a lot of us believe in something (fate, universe, nature), we just don't know what it is or means. It still counts as atheism but it's not the classic "I believe in nothing".
thats agnostic atheism
Not all atheists are naturalists
Same here in the UK, alot of people i know, myself included, say we're not a particular religion and don't believe in God in the traditional sense. It's not like we don't believe in anything. We know there's something, just don't know.
Read Quran and u will see what u looking for
@@MrDAVIDGBJONES read Quran
I should also add that in Europe many people may follow some religious element due to cultural significance, not belief in the devine. I know of atheists for example that got married in a church because it was a beautiul setting or baptised their children due to it being an important family gathering. Most people aren't anti-religion but just completely indifferent to religion outside of the cultural and historical context.
Very much the situation in Canada.
Yes, that's it exactly. In Sweden we go to church for christenings, weddings and funerals and that's it. Usually the only one beliving in a higher being in these gatherings are the priest...
@@erikaeriksson9840 Here in Canada over the past few years and as a accelerating trend there are hundreds of churches being closed. Some of the clergy officiate at services in more than one church, and the attendees are reportedly few in number and trending to the elderly. Heja Sverige!
@@coldlakealta4043 same in the UK. I was brought up catholic but am now atheist. The priest at my old church oversees a few churches, not just one and I think attendance is very low
@@erikaeriksson9840 I will not be so positive about priests. They need to make a living too, you know.
I remember when I was in the Czech Republic the tour guide telling us that the country was mostly atheist and that all the churches are now used as music venues. If I remember correctly she said it has something to do with religious wars that after time just made people suspicious of religion and maybe it just wasn't a good thing if it caused so much anger.
Religion has been responsible for more hate and wars than any other single cause.
simplistic but true....
Actually while there atheistic thoughts appeared couple centuries earlier, the biggest blow was Soviet union. They forcibly raised two generations of atheists and those now continue to raise their children as atheists.
Well, the main reason was probably communism. Religion was frowned upon. We were taught it is all lies. But generally, a lot of Czechs nowaday believe that religion=church and that this is a bunch of bad people trying to rule others. People do not generally want to be part of that group. On the other hand, you have here quite a rising number of pagans, buddhists...
They had the same fun during communism (music venues) checks are lazy f..s and have no culture
As a Korean, I respect people of all religions, but many Koreans, as well as East Asians, are atheists, and religious people are a special case to me. Religion is free and we must respect each other, but in Korea, there are many cults and many people emphasize their own religion, so resistance to religion is growing. And because Koreans have somewhat realistic thinking, they decide that religious stories are nonsense. I think this is the main reason.
I agree .and in north Korea they aren't allowed to be religious they are brainwashed to believe Kim is their God smh it's so wrong what is being allowed there 💔
@@datstudjai4702north Korea is the most atheist country anyway
I am agnostic and I like Teachings of Lord Buddha but follow in a secular way. What attracted me to Buddhism is that Buddha rejected 'beliefs' and focused on practice.
Same here❤
same here
That's pretty cool. I've considered getting into Buddism as well. I like how it seems more about finding inner peace than adhering to dogma.
Definitely
No external saviour in Buddhism. No God. No prayers. Buddhism is a ' Do it yourself ' religion.
I was born a Muslim but luckily l was strong enough to push this religion away!
you were to weak to resist satan!
What was the reason u pushed Islam away
Are you an atheist ?
Good for u!
@@mlg1279 how is that good?
Like he mentioned, most people here in Denmark are members of the national church, but almost none of them are actually religious. It's mainly for the tradition. Personally I don't know a single person, who's openly religious.
That is not a recent thing, since existentialist Soren Kierkegaard complained to that even in XIX century. He was against "cultural Christianity"
I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people in Denmark do think there is a God in some form, however. Don't conflate atheism with "I think there's a God but I don't particularly believe in any religion".
That’s the case here in Norway too. I was baptised in the Lutheran church as a baby and confirmed as a teenager because of family tradition reasons instead of religious reasons and that’s the norm here. We go to confirmations, weddings and funerals in the church and we celebrate Christmas etc. but we don’t go to the church regularly or follow any religious rules or practices. I was never raised in the church. My mom has never been very religious and has the mindset that she’s open to the possibility, but she doesn’t fully believe unless there’s proof. My dad used to be less religious than my mom but since he married my stepmom he’s gotten more religious, my stepmom is probably the most religious person I know and even she only attends church occasionally so that says a lot about how religion works over here. I am probably the least religious of my family as my siblings have gotten a bit more religious as they’ve grown older while I’ve gone the opposite direction and gotten more atheist as I’ve grown older. I will probably be the one family member to not keep the family tradition of baptizing my future children as babies because I believe my kids deserve the right and freedom to choose wether or not they want to partake in religion when they’re old enough to make that decision for themselves.
@@silh3345
"We go to confirmations, weddings and funerals in the church and we celebrate Christmas etc. but we don’t go to the church regularly or follow any religious rules or practices."
THAT'S EVERYBODY IN THE WESTERN WORLD DUDE.
It doesn't make someone an atheist.
MANY of us who think there is a God out there are not "religious", don't go to Church, don't pray, etc!!!
"Not religious" is not automatically "atheist". That is a MAJOR leap from A to B!!
"atheist" is like 10% of the human race.
"non-religious but still thinks there is a God in one form or another" is probably at least 50-90 percent.
They are NOT the same.
You guys need to stop looking at reports that say "80% not affiliated" and say "ooh 80% of that country is atheist", that's STUPID!
@@neutrino78x I never once claimed that were all atheist. Everything you’ve just replied to me I already know. The majority of people I know personally are atheist or agnostic, I am atheist, but I didn’t say anything about everyone being atheist.
There are some places that people are afraid to say they are atheist because of the backlash that they receive from their relatives and coworkers and friends. Especially in very religious places.
I happen to be an Episcopalian. You would not believe the number of times I have been "witnessed to" and told I'm "not the RIGHT KIND of Christian" by fundagelical Christians.
@@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net I am ashamed by that……I am so sorry and apologize for the bad christians
@@patmartens4751 I do appreciate that, and I accept the gesture in the spirit in which it was given -- but I'll bet you're not one of the people who would say that kind of thing (probably to anyone).
It IS kind of funny, though: upon entering our house, the first thing one is going to see on the dining room wall are icons of St. Matthew, St. Luke, St. Francis of Assisi and St. David of Wales, a fairly large icon of the Virgin of Guadalupe (culturally, the Virgin of Guadalupe is REAL important if you live in the southern half of Texas!), a large Celtic cross at the top, and an array of candles below the icons.
I dare say most atheists wouldn't do something like that... ;-)
The USA is definitely one of those places, especially in rural areas and southern states.
In Finland, it is just the opposite. That is, it is harder to say that you are in the faith or even just interested because it started big backlash, for example, people say "fairy tales should be forgotten," "spirituality is a sign of mental illness," and "religions are the worst misinformation." That is why there is an unwritten rule in Finland that religions are a topic that should never be talked about because that topic actually makes people very angry.
I am a Bangladeshi atheist. Religion has a lot of influence in South Asia including our country. Here people love religion more than life. It is very worrying that religion has unlimited influence in a state like medieval times.

In Bangladesh, they also have a super religion, they believe in great floods. After all, your country is the defacto delta of the Ganges.
yeah i have a friend there who hides his atheism
I am also atheist. How many atheists and agnostics in Bangladesh are any information out there.
Top 25 safest countries in the world:
True the countries abandoning the violent Abrahmic cult beliefs are the safest 💞
K if you say so?
I know! Because they don't have a race problem!
@@roshnipatel4393 cow lover
A lot of the super religious people historically left Sweden and went to America, since it used to be illegal to preach if you weren't a priest in the national church.
Yep… the Untied States Founders invented modern day religious freedom and democracy. As long as the idiots, and failing-policy Liberals with the ObOzO’s 🤡 Communist clan doesn’t lie, cheat, and defraud the Constitution and Declaration of Independence into oblivion.
No wonder the US has so many nut jobs 😄
American evangelicals are utterly insane. They just preach hatred for anyone different and think something that hasn’t even been born is human. Once they’re born they couldn’t care less either. The American right are utterly bananas
Moved to the land of self proclaimed experts, selling their bullshit. We have a lot of those in Canada too.
The flags in certain European countries appear to have Crosses. Like Sweden, Denmark
I am a true believer. In science and reason.
Correct
Sciemce is Magic Superstition and Old Mistakes
You must be muslim then
@Kiwigeo
Like Christianity to the Christian illiterate?
@@eddieboggs8306 or islam to the islam illiterate?
@@eddieboggs8306 like judaism to the jewish illiterate
I DON'T CARE ABOUT RELIGION IF YOU ARE A DECENT PERSON I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT MATTER'S... FROM SCOTLAND 🏴.
What is decent tho? How do you get to that and how did that idea evolve from what or why?
@@BlessedgreenlightBOLT JOG ON.
Did you have to yell?
@@JohnSmith-rk6jy
Scotland is part of UK not indipendent
A little correction for the numbers in Israel- The number of atheists in Israel is 25% (including agnostics). I think the confusion comes from the cultural difference and language barrier since the 60% that was referred to in that video are secular people, not atheists. In Israel a person who considers themselves secular can still believe in god, practice their religion etc, but not be too strict about it. For example, I believe in god, keep kosher, celebrate the holidays, and fast on fasting days but I would still be considered secular. It's a bit of a weird concept for non Israelis but Israel is a pretty religious country as a whole.
Interesting
Correct. This guy needs to start using Wikipedia! Thank you!
yeah i am a bit confused on where he got his numbers from, since I'm from the UK and it was quite big news here only this year that Christians have "become a minority" in that we've only just become less than 50% of the population, so i can't imagine we're anywhere near 70%+ atheist and definitely not a year ago when this video was released
I agree with you. I think that the author of this video is incorrectly classifying all secular people as atheists.
Question, why do you consider yourself secular? Sure, you can believe in a Creator and still live your life on laws and subjective opinions of your own or somebody elses, but if something is from the Creator and it has empirical data backing it, why ignore it, that would be an objective source? In some religions that would be looked upon as hypocritical. Just curious, to me secular and religion doesn't go together, the definition of secular is basically not having a strong religious belief, so even if someone still believes that there is a God or something there whilst being secular, is that really a true believer and follower of a specific religion? Should that then count in these lists? I would call these "secular believers" more like cultural believers, you go to the holy buildings because of your culture and upbringing, you remember holidays and stories through culture and family, but because the religion isn't the main part of your life and something that you establish your world view on, I don't think that that person is religious.
The country on this list that surprised me was Azerbaijan, as they are a predominantly Muslim country and I never heard of them being particularly atheistic. Two countries that I’m surprised were not on the list were Netherlands and New Zealand.
I agree
Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union where for 70 years religion was banned,.
@@scottsimon1 - And Azerbaijan has _not_ been part of the Soviet Union for the past 30 years. Anyway, and in spite of Briggs’ video, I _don’t_ believe that 65% of Azeris are atheist, as 97% of them are Muslim, mainly Shias. My educated guess is that two thirds of Azeris regard religion as of only slight to moderate importance but they are still Muslims and therefore believe in Allah/God.
@@outbackigloo6489 I agree with you on that.💯
@@outbackigloo6489 Another possibility is that publicly they have to confess Islam or else there'll be trouble with the family. - or worse But in a private survey they're free to speak their minds?
I’m Norwegian and is so happy to live in a country where religion and male religious leaders don’t have any control or power over us. Education, family, and nature is our religion…..
I'm Irish and some of the older generations remember when the Catholic Church was a stifling influence around the country. It's good to see the world throwing off It's superstitious nonsense.
The ironic thing is, although the Chinese are Atheist, most are still highly superstitious in other areas.
same here in Denmark! Couldn't be happier living in our beloved Scandinavia.
Religous people believe in family
Non religous people believe humanity is worthless.
@REAL HERO who asked you to reply ?
Whether you agree or not, God of Abraham lives! That is a fact!
I happen to be a vegan atheist. I usually don't go in too deep about my world views when they come up but I'm always ready to have rational discussions. That's how we grow and change.
Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Knowledge [throne] extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Quran 2. 255 please study Islam .....
Very interesting
Surprised by some
good job !
As an Australian, I was surprised to see that my neighbouring country, New Zealand, wasn’t on the list. I might be wrong, but I think I read somewhere that said that more than half of New Zealand’s population is atheist.
They do have a city named Christchurch.
@@scottsimon1 Yes, a small portion of the population is Christian.
@@scottsimon1 Christchurch was named more than a hundred years ago.
@@jmseipp its just a name. By the way Christianity is a new religion
Odin has made great strides in New Zealand.
People often confuse religiousness with spirituality, they are not the same.
Point👍👍
Exactly, spirituality is more profound then this piece of entertainment. There should have been three multiple choice questions to his survey: Are you religious, atheist or spiritual.
Spot on! I believe in God but am also pretty anti religious.
Spiritual means pagan. A force, an energy, nature, light all are Creations.
It's all the same silliness
Jesu ssid 'those who travel with him will travel the narrow road'... Im going with him
Your presentation skills are amazing.... keep it up 👏
I was surprised that my country (Norway) only have 70% atheists. I know very few people who believe in God, and not a single one of them attends service apart from special occations, and certainly not weekly.
Kan ikke si meg enig i det, og jeg syns tallet er for høyt. I følge tidligere undersøkelser er mellom 40-50% av befolkningen kristne. Jeg går selv ofte i kirken, på bedehuset og var med i kristne klubber. Bedehusene og misjonshusene her jeg bor er fulle av folk, og de kristne ungdomsklubbene og barne-aktivitetene er de mest populære.
@@ludviklaurendzjensen7879 Pisspreik og bullshit. Jeg lurer på hvor i huleste du bor, fordi omtrent INGEN steder i Norge har lengre BÅDE kristne (ungdoms-)klubber OG bedehus lengre. Til og med EN av delene er sjeldne i disse dager. Og "misjonshus"? Hvor i svarte har disse eksistert etter 1800-tallet?
Du må bo på et sted som er fullstendig UNIKT in Norge. Nei, jeg står ved hva jeg sa - det er nesten ingen kristne igjen i Norge, bortsett fra de som "praktiserer" sin religion ved å møte opp i kirken på julaften og lignende. Og sånne er ikke "troende", de gjør det pga tradisjon.
Og fulle hus? Du kan ta en prat med kirkekontorene rundt omkring i landet - det er så godt som ALDRI fulle hus ved gudstjenester og lignende. Pisspreik atter en gang.
Nei, nordmenn har faktisk lært å tenke sjøl. Denne "allmektige makten" dere tullinger tror på - nesten ingen nordmenn kjøper pisspreiket deres lengre. Og bra er det.
@@ludviklaurendzjensen7879 ich komme aus den USA und Ich denke, europäische Christen verstehen nicht, wie unreligiös Christen in Europa sind. Ich bin Atheist und mein Staat. 70 % der Menschen gehen jeden Sonntag in die Kirche und 30 % der Bevölkerung gehen in die Kirche jeden Sonntag und Mittwoch. Denken Sie daran, dass nur 80 % von Alabama christlich sind, also gehen 95 % der Christen jeden Sonntag und 50 % jeden Sonntag und Mittwoch in die Kirche
As a life long American Atheist, the only way you could get me in a church was for a wedding or a funeral. Now with covid, you won't get me in a church for either.
The times I was in a church, I was more interested in the architecture and the stained glass windows...
Very sad. Nordic countries have a beautiful, Roman Catholic history.
These numbers seem to be very dubious. I've just done some calculation for the UK based on the 2011 Census (the data from the 2021 Census are not available yet). For under-25-year-olds, 47% ticked the "No Religion" box whereas for over-60-year-olds, only 24% ticked "No Religion". I would expect the 2021 numbers to be higher but nowhere near 75%. I think the problem is that many people self-report as Christian but don't actually go to church or believe in any of the tenets. The source of the data in the video is probably based on an inference that somebody who doesn't go to church is not a Christian, but I'm not sure that that is a fair inference or that it has been applied consistently across the different countries. Most people in Japan say they are not religious at all but they still go to the neighbourhood temple at least once a year, bow their heads in reverence to the god(s), make a donation to the monks etc.
WAY back when I was in college, in the mid 1970's, there was a telephone poll regarding people's church attendance. The polling company did a random selection of people who said they attended church every Sunday and called them back on Sunday morning. Half of them were home ....Where I used to live there was a fuss about not putting up a nativity scene on the City Hall property at Christmas, and a neighbor circulated a petition in protest. I noted that their car never left the driveway on Sunday morning .....
Give it time globally. People know in their hearts that they are responsible for others. When things get out of whack, they go back to Truth because they know they have to.
@@gofishglobal7919 I agree that people need to be responsible for and to other people. Shedding superstition and religious baggage will be essential for this realization.
@@nbartlett6538 in other words: religion.
@@gofishglobal7919 What is truth? Which truth?
Atheism is more powerful is future
Wonderful :) Thank you so much :)
I think the case with Europe in general is, that people might claim to be Catholic, Protestant, or perhaps Orthodox for some cultural or traditional reasons, but the total majority in most countries isn’t actually religious. Most people don’t pray, don’t believe in any Biblical stories or mythical lore, and only go to church when its Christmas or Easter or there’s a wedding or a funeral and that sort of stuff. Churches are just usually used as pretty old cultural heritage places that tourists can visit and that can be used for nice concerts or eventually art exhibitions.
If Europeans are atheist and do not believe in Christianity then how do these countries send crores of dollers to countries like India for religious conversion. Crores of money pour in here from European countries for converting our people to Christianity. How is that possible if they are not bothered about religion
The people who are still religous give a lot of money and if all European countries put together it's a high amount of money.
@@ruth6883 That and Europeans are really effing rich compared to the rest of the world
@@rkrishnan3660 Those are mostly some communities, church form communities and clubs and support other communities and churches around the world. Mostly to repair sfuff, get medical things etc. But these communities make up like 0,0001% population. Its just the conversion in india-eu is big. 1 euro in Europe will not even buy you a small meal, but in india it might get you a big lunch, dinner and snack. So if 100 people each gives 10 euros (which is one lunch meal here), they send 1k euros to India and that is worth there muuuch more than here
@@rkrishnan3660 It's just a business. A numbers game. Christians are supposed to tithe. The more you convert, the better chance you'll get paid. That's why the no birth control law in Catholicism - must bring forth those potential payers.
"Ugh, so many different kinds of atheism." Really? Like what, agnostic atheists? Spiritual atheists? Meanwhile, there are over 40,000 sects of Christianity.
can you name them?
@@Indianchristian19876 you want me to list all the sects of Christianity? Or do you want me to have them memorized so that I could name them if I wanted to? Either request is absurd when THE INTERNET exists.
@@nullpreference yes I want you to mention 40 thousand sects names
As far as I'm concerned, atheism as a single term covers it. It's pretty final.
Agnostic Theists believe in some higher power, just not in any specific or organized religions.
Thanks for this information.
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! Jeremy Taylor . Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.
- Blaise Pascal
Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.
- C.S. Lewis
You mean, 25 countries I should consider moving to? I'm in the middle of a religious hellscape...pun intended😭
What country?
@@True-South Almost anything on the list lol
@@pamelagileno5483 No, I mean the country you are in.
@@True-South the US, sadly
@@pamelagileno5483 Same. I feel you bro.
“I am a citizen of the world and my religion is to do good.” Thomas Paine, one of America’s most important Founding Father’s.
What Good.🍓
There will be an Epochal eclipse a CROSS the US on April 8th 2024, when more shall be revealed to those with "eyes and ears." The rest will see only an eclipse. Matthew 16: 4 Jonah 3: 4-5, 8 Jonah 4: 11.
Final judgement for the devil and dragon is 10/12/26. Daniel 7: 9-14. Don't expect to "SEE" anything. Men and women never "SEE" anything, except for an elect few. It has always been this way.
Over 93% of men and women are nearly deaf and blind spiritually. That's NORMAL. It has always been this way.
Great Re-Set on 09/23/26. All the people will CRY OUT, "No more war. Forgive our debts. Save us from OMEGA (the killer variant). We will do Anything!"
That's when we unveil our NEON GAUD. In GAUD we Trust -- men and women are liars, cheats, thieves, and murderers. How can we be trusted to govern ourselves.
And so ends our 250-year experiment in SELF government. EPIC FAIL.
Are secret societies on your radar? All is being revealed right now.
Might as well Atheist.
If you do good, you are actually doing God's work which actually means you are associated with The Godly nature.
that's why they had slaves.
Buddhism is a weird one, certain sects adopted a god or gods but Theravada Buddhism (the original Buddhism) has nothing to do with a god. It's more analogous to Stoicism than a theological religion. I consider myself both Buddhist and atheist.
I totally agree. I have been active in my local buddhist community for about 15 years. Enilightenment comes from following and learning from other people, primarily the Shakyamuni buddah but other humans as well, not a supernatural being. Religion requires the belief of the supernatural .
Buddha also known as Siddhattha Gotama or Siddhārtha Gautama or Shakyamuni is not a GOD. Buddhists do not believe in any kind of deity or god and defefinately not in the traditional creator of the world, big fella upstairs kind of way. Although there are supernatural figures who can help or hinder people on the path towards enlightenment.
Do you read the quran 25) And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
(26) And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.
(27) They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.
(28) He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.
(29) And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him"- that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
(30) Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
(31) And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.
(32) And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.
(33) And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
(34) And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
(35) Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
Westerners don't practice buddhism but secular Protestantism, that's just Christian values without a god, and call it buddhism.
Buddhism also has stories about "gods" but they do not consider them to be omnipotent or creative beings like other religions. "Gods" in Buddhism are simply those who have more blessings than ordinary people, and these "gods" lie in samsara, when all their blessings are used up, these "gods" will fall to other species of beings.
All the modern atheist nations are so peaceful and developed!
Coincidence?
That their race is playing a role
Making progress!
We're going in the right direction.
Come on 100%.
Come on 100%!
I'm from Spain and I've been to China to study the language. Though they are not religious thinking of a God it's not that they "don't believe in anything" they strongly believe in principles and moral law, that's what gives rulers and high profile people legitimacy. They are also very superstitious.
And that's why such people are perfect for a communist ruling Party. Unfortunately the Western world is heading the same direction.
Chinese people's morality comes from the ancient books of Confucius and Lao Tzu 。The Confucian culture of China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam contains morality
@@sosoable I believe such cultures are ripe for authoritarian government. That's why if you look at countries where East Asia culture dominates, they are either communist or some sort of mild dictatorship, like Singapore for example. It's a shame that the West now is abandoning individual liberty and subscribe to woke dictatorship. That is far WORSE than the east. In Singapore, you get caned for littering, but you understand why. In the US, you are incarcerated and tortured for protesting an election fraud. Middle school students were charged with sexual harrasmment for not referring to a classmate by his/her/their/whatever "prefered pronouns". Notice it's in plural form because that pronoun can change on the fly. The West is crumbling fast.
@@tomsd8656 Extreme liberalism is not suitable for this era. This is the choice of the times. The West does not represent the world. Welcome to the new world.
Believing in things like "luck" is different then assigning control to a higher power controlling you.
As long as you have rules, to influence your luck yourself, people still feel self-controled.
In India religion is major factor used for elections by political parties
@Mido 2 got that right👍
Hinduism allows atheism
@@mr.awesome9192 In Czechia the more atheistic/non caring about religion the party is, the more chance to be elected it has :D
we even broke the country in the basis of religion
That's why india still 100 yrs behind developed countries...
I would not say "losing" religion. I would say people tend to grow up and no longer believe in imaginary friends.
couldn't have said it better myself
Best of luck with that. Wait for the time you are almost about to die and see if your opinion changes.
you are an idiot piece of trash
Exactly
And the younger generation understand that religion isn't the answer to how the world works. Religion was only come up with to explain to people in the times where we didn't have the advanced science we do today as to why something is the way it is. In the digital age, younger people can just Google why something is how it is and get a solid scientific answer.
I read that people from different ethnic groups and with different religious beliefs are having more tensions rather than becoming more united. For foreign affairs, still having tensions with many countries with different civilizations, and even instigating conflicts between the countries in the same region with similar civilization.
I live in Brazil and I'm an atheist for as long as I remember because, though I was raised as catholic, the whole religion thing never really got a hold on me. Funny thing is, for a time, in my twenties (I'm 54 now), I really tried to believe in something and I decided to study the subject. Paradoxically, that's what made me a full-fledged atheist so to speak because I discovered so many absurds and inconsistencies that the whole thing started to make even less sense. As a massively Christian country, religion is huge here and though my opinion is mainly respected, I get a few weird looks from time to time and people questioning me in some absurd ways like "how can you have morals without a religion?". In any case, I tend not to discuss religion.
Absurd is an understatement, cheers.
I'm a Chilean fellow atheist. When I visited Brazil, nobody gave me weird looks for that (save a couple of friendly discussions). But when I told them I don't follow any soccer team... man, suddenly I was the weirdest creature in the world.
Yeah, i used to tolarete the catholics here in Brazil but now with the whole mixing religion and politics i started to hate them a bit...
I used to be an atheist cuz a lot of people and priests cannot explain anything properly about Christianity. But after someone made sense of the Bible, it really, and i do mean REALLY shifted my whole worldview of God, how He operates, how He moves tiny things in my life to make me happy or sad depending on how much of a rebel i wanna be. Needless to say, a lot of people used to lie about Bible, you need an actual dude who can make actual sense of what even God is, or isn't. Check this book by Watchman Nee, it's 10 pages, called Sit, Walk, Stand. That guy can explain and make more sense than 100 people did my entire life.
Only those called can come to God.
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day". John 6:44 NIV
I think at least in the case of East Asian countries, there's some confusion over what's "religious." For example, can Shintoism be regarded as a religion? Some people categorize it as a "belief system" because it contains more than one God.
As a Chinese, I can tell that most people are not "strictly religious" but definitely not 100% atheist. For instance, most elders go to buddhist and taoist temples praying for good fortune for the family. Young people can also visit temple praying for their study/work/etc. Can those practices be counted as religious? So, I think if focusing on the major religions, Japan and China can top the list, but if we take those local practices (some may regard them as religious while others not), the results may be more complicated.
Not agree with you, most people go to these temples just because they have rich history and are famous and people just want to see something like that, and I seldom see someone who has true belief in any kind of supernatural things.
Thats mahayana buddhism ,in theravadhi praying to buddha is useless buddha himself said that dont worship me worship my sayings.and as all buddhists know buddha already had enlightenment so his soul is no longer in the universe. Only his philosophy DARMA ,still lives
I really thought that you're not allowed to practice religion under comunist party. I know ppl had to hide celebrating christmas or easter when we were under comunism. And they were closing churches. I dont remeber it cause it was like 30 yrs ago but still... now nobody cares anymore about that stuff. Isnt it funny how people always want whats forbiden?
@@pizzapadinton8868 agreed theravada Buddhism is like that.
Buddhists are theologically supposed to be atheists, I e. no belief in a supreme deity or deities. But Buddhism as it evolved started to incorporate all kinds of deities. Buddha himself got deified by many branches of Buddhism, even though everyone is technically able to become a Buddha. So it depends on how you define atheism. Is a Buddha a deity? Or is he just an "Enlightened being" who has escaped the cycle of rebirths?
Where did you get your numbers from? I've been looking at religious belief statistics for a while, and the numbers I am seeing are all over the place.
Very good video. And any information about Italy? I am very interested in the center of Roman Catholicism, how things stand.
In the times of Noah only eight people believed in God
*For rational spiritual knowledge Read* *1.* *Bhagvat Gita spoken by God.*
*2.* *Bhagvat Mahapuran Scripture par excellence.*
And we think of those unbelievers every time we fill our cars up with gas
@@kimkennedy6456 Joe Biden has us down to 1 oil producing unbeliever
@@kimkennedy6456 fossil fuels weren’t formed from dead humans.
Then they incested the population.
Interesting subject.
I wasn’t at all surprised about the atheism in Japan, China and the Scandinavian countries. I WAS surprised that both Isreal and Ireland were on this list!
Yeah, a lot of Jewish people are atheist. A long time ago I heard a Jew make a joke about how you know if a Jew is atheist. i forgot the punchline but it was something silly and simple like "He says he's Jewish".
I was surprised that Israel was on the list, WOW 😲
@Joscha Wexler who cares
THIS VIDEO IS FAKE
@Joscha Wexler That deserves a meme flashed up over your shoulder and a lot of talking with the hands. 🌄🤷♂️
I still remember when I said I was an Atheist in my Catholic School days 😂😂Some friends suggested an Exorcism and I was like “ It must be fun to believe in all that stuff “😂😂😂
Rude not that I am a Christian
Yea, until they tie you down and leave you to starve.... until they are convinced you are a catholic again
Hahaha.@@amaansaeed9413
Let's Go Team Atheist ✊⚛ 🇯🇵🇨🇳🇸🇪 There Is Nothing Good About Getting Involved With Religious Groups That Believe In All Sorts Of Strange Things.
Iran also is Atheist Majority Country
Only Government is Islamic
I'm not sure how accurate this is, but in Norway, we where told in school that the majority of the early settlers of Iceland was driven there because they didn't want to become christians when King Olav, later St. Olav used brute force to replace norse religion with christianity in mainland Norway. The became "fredløse" in Norway, and had to go somewhere else to be a member of society. Sweden was already dealing with similar issues, so going to Iceland was a viable option. So... I guess it's not very weird that they have a high amount of non-christians for a nordic country.
These people are digging their own grave, very fast other religion people entered will rule them , original natives may become slaves under their rule in Europe countries
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means 'my ignorance is equal to your knowledge' " -Isaac Asimov
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Ignorance and the topic of the video are mutually exclusive. One can be incredibly knowledgeable as an atheist (excluding the knowledge of God, which makes that person less knowledgeable than an otherwise equally knowledgeable person of faith) as well as as a religious person.
Well schools get more money by keeping students in the classroom; students are not taught to think for themselves, they are just spoon-fed from books that don't tell all of the truth in history. If a person is intelligent they find books that tell the whole truth! My family can exist without knowing things or questioning things. High schools don't teach Henry David Thoreau's essay on Being A Conscientious Objector because America needs people to sign up for the military and the authorities don't want anyone asking questions . . .of course I could go on but it would take forever to describe the level of stupidity students leave school in America. And not to mention the breakdown in America due to the opioid epidemic that was lovingly initiated by the Obama administration so insurance companies would pay for the Sackler pharma to collect huge sums of money from prescription opioids. Our country was handing that stuff out like candy at Christmas! Stupid stupid stupid!
@@gofishglobal7919 knowledge is no faith that is what Americans never will understand. Knowledge is based on facts and science , and faith is based on believing in fairy tales when it comes to christianity or other religions.
"USA is the intellectual cesspool of the western world"
I'm from Azerbaijan, a non-believer, now live in Poland 😋
Poland still has a lot of belief and cultural value. You should feel lucky to live in such a land. They probably don't feel the same about you.
At the outset, your foreward was perfect.
Many people just argue for anything and everything. They just can't digest anyone contributing to the world.
I'm surprised New Zealand wasn't included in the list. I would have expected very similar numbers to Australia. We travel to and from both countries freely and while we might argue about some things, on the world stage we are best mates.
From the 2018 census: "Almost half (48.6 percent) of New Zealanders stated they had no religion and 6.7 percent made no declaration. However, Christianity remains the most common religion; 37.3 percent of the population at the 2018 census identified as Christian, with Anglicanism being the largest denomination."
I'm likewise surprised the amount stating they had no religion wasn't higher too.
My theory is that it's about the Maori population and the original influence of missionaries. For example, Hawaii is a religious state due to missionaries. We have no lottery and have been slow to legalize weed ... even tho infamous for Maui Wowie and weed grown in Hawaii it netted vastly more than the sugarcane. The Hawaiian and Polynesian people tend to be very Christian ... even when those looney missionaries banned their language and dance. Anyway, the Maori people suffered the same fate culturally at the hands of the missionaries but compliance with Christianity remains strong. The Maori people comprise 17% of the NZ population. Aboriginal people are only 3.3% of Australia. The Hawaiians are 10% of Hawaii, but it is also diverse with Shinto, Buddhism and then any woo woo wack-a-mo Guru who comes to town.
Netherlands too.
New Zealand was responsible for mild world revival m8!
I think we are more than best mates, we're family!
People in East Asia regions still adhere to certain traditional practices like ancestral worship and also visit temples or spiritual masters for consultation when necessary. Adherents of Chinese folk religion do not necessary classified themselves as Taoists or Buddhists, it is similar among Japanese and Korean communities.
No wonder these countries are have many backward thinking people, and always in unrest with one another.
Tan, you are correct. This video has many lies in it.
Strictly speaking, even Buddhists are atheists. Not all religions are theistic.
@@sunway1374 Sunway, Some flavors of Buddhism, like in Japan, definitely are not Atheistic.
In Japan most people will visit shrines and temples and even leave donations and say short prayers. If you ask why they do it the usual answer is "tradition" and "culture", but you won't hear the words "belief" and "religion". In other words, what they do and what they believe are two separate things, and the people otherwise live completely secular lives. However, the number of atheists in Japan is exaggerated. I've seen polls stating 70% to 85% atheism in Japan, but even though the majority don't believe in a god or gods, a substantial portion of the population do believe in spirits and other supernatural phenomena, and therefore do not qualify as fully atheistic.
A big hug to all my atheist sisters and brothers.
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And here is one in return
You dont believe in god but yet you still believe there are ghosts exist. How funny yall
@@arkadata470 who ever said they believe in ghosts and don’t judge other based on purely beliefs it makes you look all the more foolish
There is direct correlation between the level of education and religiousness. This obviously not being the only factor contributing to ones religiousness. But the ability to think critically clearly limits ones eagerness towards magical thinking and believing in things not based on evidence.
I love how you list them like a story, I don’t know how to describe but it feels more like you’re telling a story instead of just reading a list and I love it
As a Christian I am clearly aware of the gospel of Luke 18:8 when he asked, “ But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on Earth?”
the number of people of faith will keep declining unfortunately. i like the saying “dying and discovering that God and the afterlife are real is far worse than dying and discovering they’re not real”
I just posted the fact that this video is incorrect - most recent poll in US (2022) is 19% are atheists - not 45% - Norway for example - 30% are atheists - not over 70%. This video is misleading. I'm sure my post is buried but I posted it on 8/20/22.
@@druth7969 yep I watched again to see how I missed the survey or surveys this list comes from. There is no reference whatsoever.
He will find faith mostly in Africa and South America!
@@za1d80 Believing without evidence is gullibility. Somehow I don't believe gullibility would be a virtue if there actually was a creator.
I Proud To Be An Atheist, ⚛⚛⚛🇺🇲🌏🇯🇵🇨🇳🇸🇪✊😡🚫 And Do Not Believe In aAny Types Of Religions, Nor Do I Believe In Non-existent Supernatural Beings Such As The Devil, Hell, Karma, Sins, Etc. That's A Bunch Of Baloney. I Also Believe In Compassion, Kindness, Love, Logic, Science, Scientific, Knowledge, Equally, Empathy, Myself, Integrity, honesty, and more. Yes, it's true that All Humans Make Mistakes. We Are Not Perfect Human Beings. We All Make Mistakes, Struggle, And Even Regret Things From The Past. But You're Not At Fault, And You're Not The One Struggling. And You Are Here Now With The Power To Shape Your Day And Your Future. I Really Agree With Brian Griffin.
Oh so you dont exist ok cool
U.s.a and Sweden is not athiest kid
U.S.A = 68% Christian
Sweden = 59% Christian
Note how China and America are Communist shitholes tho
We had 'Hong Kong Fuey' (number one super guy) in the UK too...I'm glad the UK is up there in the top 5
You’re wrong about Australia- the largest religion in Australia is Australian Rules Football - average crowds 40-60,000 - but three top clubs get 80,000
Unfortunately so true. As an Australian it makes me sick to my stomach.
It certainly is a moronic obsession. So many people without mature hobbies and interests.
@@NoTaboos Not everyone can be a Nerd.
@@felatiome331 I rest my case.
Douglas, don't forget cricket; as a Brit, it's a passion I share.
Happy and thankful for this video. This made me feel i am not alone.
Great video
I could not find the survey used in this video. Please cite your sources so we can take a look.
Ireland does seem suprising, but when you think about how they've been fighting for hundreds of years over which religion is the "true religion" (catholic or protestant) it kinda makes sense that as generations have gone by, more and more people are simply walking away from both of them.
Those were my same thoughts about Ireland too.
It's just logical to move away from both, when both religions are fighting toe to toe on who God favors.
@@howellwong11 no argument from me, I walked away from catholicism decades ago.
"the fool says in his heart there is no God" Psalm 14
@@56pjr no, I say it with my mouth, or in this case my fingers, there is no god
It all depends on how to make a quiz, in other studies I've read that more than 70% of the Chinese population believes in folk religion (Ancestors, Fengshui, etc).
Atheism doesn’t correlate with religion
@@yugalsuhang5319 you didnt have to cuuuut me off
A person can be atheist while not being irreligious. There a re a ton of religions out there that don't imply gods.
feng shui is religion? i don't think it is, it is more a believe sense of luck how nature precieve.
@@AKDHFR
If it's based on some set of beliefs that's well documented and subscribed to them Yes.
I am a born Hindu. I was slowly becoming an atheist in my life, then something happened, and I started to respect all of the religions equally. The thing is that religion is a personal connection of every individual to the creator. Hence when I started to respect the values of people I started to respect their religion. And yes, I respect all of the atheist too if that is your religious identity.
Beginning and end & creation and destruction only take place in the ignorant mind.
That's complete batshit
Means you are not an atheist any more
Atheist ..... this is not any kind of religion
According to i-slam, non-mu-slims are the "worst of created beings" and will "burn eternally in he-llfire"
Does this ideology deserve respect? Don't think so
Read Quran
Atheism is the default setting of every human. Something *ALL* religions have in common is that they *MUST* be taught.
No human is ever born knowing a religion. So people aren't "becoming" atheist, they're just resetting to default settings.
Im surprised you thought most of Europe was still religious until finding out the facts. Religion hasn’t really been a big part of many lives since 1960s
If you've been to the UK and Europe you are aware that here is no correlation between the number of churches in a given place and the number of people inside them.
yeah but that doesn't make them atheist.
If you simply asked the question "do you think there is a spiritual higher power in one form or another" probably 80% would say yes.
Hungarians are still very religious to this day. So much that they are stuck in the 15th century...
@@fransthefox9682 "religious" and "thinks there is a God in one form or another" are very different.
You could have zero percent who is part of an organized religion but "think there is a God" would still be 80+ percent.
You will find that in many developed nations, religion does not really play a big role anymore.
Love this channel, always learn something new. Thanks for all the research you do to get these out.
If you want to learn something it should be accurate
“Hello how are you doing hope you’re fine”
I remember when they tried to cure black plauge with chants and prayers lmao.
This was an interesting video because the numbers in this study seem so much more accurate than what I have seen in encyclopedia entries. But one inaccuracy in this video was that Buddhism was described as a form of theism when Buddhism is a faith that features a spiritual world but no god or gods. There are Buddhists who think they are Buddhists and think that the saints or prophet are gods but Buddhism was started as a faith that does not include a god or gods.
Sounds like a philosophy rather than religion. Neil Bohrs, quantum physics, and energy based on sound is not faith but science establishing an accepted value even if it is a negative one or as Aryabhata clarified for Ptolemy, the number 0.
Zero was a problem for the Roman Catholics as a figure cannot represent nothing. But, I think he told them he was not cutting in on their scam, and his placeholder 0 was only for math, calculus, and science, not a spiritual ponzi scheme. Roman Numerals had no zero. X, L, and V were pissed at 0 and claimed it looked like O.
I flew to Delhi once and Indian school kids knew of Aryabhata since their 1st satellite was named for him and the importance of of a placeholder, aka zero or nothing. American kids don't know nothing. (but they worship nothing on Sundays)
Saying these countries are "losing" their religion implies loss. "Dispensing with" is a much better term to use.
You can't value somthing you never had
@@neilbush9873 They didn't ever need it. Neither do you.
@@featherknife4786 said Satan 😉 ... let's be honest. If Satan exists, he absolutely wants you to think he's a fiction story.... easy road to hell... no need to question anything. No need to question evil or where it comes from... it's just a figment of your imagination.
@@featherknife4786 at one point they definitely needed it, Europe as we know it today is a result of religious cohesion/war
@@featherknife4786 says the guy with no objective moral compass
Seeing Ireland on the list is actually shocking to me based on my family growing up. Granted, we live in the US so I’ve never actually been there or looked up their cultural changes over the past few generations, but I feel most people with Irish heritage would never guess that.
well most people who say they’re irish hardly have any heritage or connection to the actual country. as someone with relatives in ireland, i can tell you they believe in god just as much as they believe in leprechauns
That’s since during the time most Irish immigrated to other countries like the U.S. , religion was still a huge thing in Europe, but after that religion just started falling out in most of western and central Europe, a lot of Eastern Europe is still considered very religious though.
As a young person from Ireland.. I dont know a single person my age who is religious... Obviously there is still religious people but they are becoming rarer..
Totally agree with you!
I agree. But, I live where a lot of them migrated to in Boston and it seems like they are more religious here.
Happy New Year! Really hope this is the year that we all begin respecting Atheists.
What is there to respect?
Why shoudl we respect nothing?
@@Idontlikemuslimsshush
Iran is Fastest Atheist Growing Country in the world
the rest of the followers of the Shah Iran
Definitely would love one on the US states if that hasn't been done yet.
Most of New England will be on the list with Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Connecticut in the top 5 spots.
@@devincampbell5007 California is rather atheist as well...
I don’t know much about America but I’d say the states furthest from the Bible Belt…..? 🤷♀️
@@kimsaunders3990 Eh, idk.. I grew up down south and I think folks mark that on the census and say they’re Christian but they’re never at church or praying. Maybe east of New Orleans but TX and LA religious means wearing a cross tbh 😂
@@Zenas521 I wish the south were a little more atheist and stop knocking on my door at 9am on Saturday mornings asking me if I have a church.
The reason China isn’t that religious is because (idk if it’s true) but I think communism bans or limits religion in some sort of way
They are more concerned about eating than praying.
You make an excellent point. I'd be willing to bet these numbers are skewed by the fact that religion is frowned upon.
communists crush anything they perceive as a threat - government is god - you are property of the state - protest and you'll disappear
@@kreed445 just like capitalists
@@phillrockman Not just religion, all scams are frowned upon, including religion.
I also left hinduism and it was the best decision in my life.
Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Knowledge [throne] extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Quran 2. 255 please study Islam .....
@@littlefab5389 Kuran 4:140 says dont clear religious doubts of disbelievers and run like a sissy girl
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Weird, that the countries that are the least religious have the best education. I wonder if there's a connection? 🤔
We're working on it 43% is not that far from 50.
Having degrees and being educated are not the same.
Greece (11 million people) publishes far more books per year than 22 Arab countries (320 million people)
Also highest quality of life
You probably meant the least amount of poverty. Religion is typically synonymous with education but not typically the kind that gets you out of poverty
After becoming an athiest since 4 years now I feel a stressless and good life.
Religion only divides people. And modern day ancient religion concepts aren't required I think.
@Tiki Taka Looking forward to it. If that even exists lol
@Tiki Taka There is no realistic evidence for judgement day. Only it mentioned in holy Quran and holy Bible. So nobody have practical idea after death life where will we go or whatever.
@Tiki Taka Which Test..? Is there any proven historical evidence of Adam - Eve story accept mentioning in holy quran and holy bible..? No.. So this Test is just imigination and used to use for the society in incient time.
Is there anything mentioned in the religious holy books regarding modern technology, internal, motor vehicle or nuclear wepons..? You won't.. bcoz religion preachers never thought world would become like today... even they never imagine. You can find..horse, elephant or Camel in the religion book but won't find motor vehicle, air aplane etc... you can find sowrd... but won't find arms or AK47 or neuclear bomb or hydrogen bomb. Bcoz they had no idea of those future invention..
@Tiki Taka Present day way of life how you can avoid the technology, sports etc... so funny..!
What mentioned in the holy books those involving on that eras... not of today.
In cyclones, floods, pendamic, earthquake so many innocent peoples, children die... why creator never safe them..! why need to pray to god to save survival people..!!?
Its too funny..
@Tiki Taka Even for the Adam -Eve story no solid and no reliable evidence revealed by any neutral person or history research organnization.
Here in my adopted country of Finland the situation is similar to other Nordic countries. Most people are officially members of the Lutheran church, and most attend a service once or twice a year. Of course there also the "true believers" who attend church regularly, but they aren't that common here. Many want to get married in the church, it seems, and that seems to be a main reason for belonging to the church. There's even a church tax here, and many pay it even though they actually go to church once in a blue moon.
Lutheranism in these Scandinavian countries has managed to make Christianity dull and even boring. Add to that the close association these churches have with the state and you get indifferent churches with indifferent clergy and unbelieving seminary professors.
Luterans are not Christians,Nordic people WERE NEVER Christian
The interesting part is those non believing countries at generally happier than countries that have a large percentage of believes.
It's rather like less happier people believe in God because they are unhappy in their life. If you are happy you don't need to address your sadness to any God🤨
@@nzieminska I've been told I'm pretty happy for an atheist
@@nzieminska good point since my stroke I realize more now I tell people happiness is a choice I make every day I've been paralyzed on my left for four and a half years. I'm still smiling even though I get angry through frustration it's not every day all day I'm still the loving father my kids know my wife understands when I get angry over needing help.
I agree with Japan's. Less and less people are taking part in religious things even if its just having a ceremony for those who passed away. However, although it's not really a religion, more people have been becoming interested in Shintoism.
As for me I'm not religious, however we do have a family altar to serve food and goodies to the ancestors.
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I am not religious or superstitious living here in Japan. I don't have a Shinto alter but I would worship Ruby Rose 78.
@@philipoconnor4263 wtf tharki
The fact that The Netherlands (with 66% atheists according to Win-Gallup 2015) is not in this list is a big mystery to me……
Exactly
It's even higher now
@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536 Well, no country is perfect I guess. Despite this shallowness weakness, there is much to admire in the Netherlands (as long as we don't mention Indonesian history).
@@topologyrob no
@@pandawillishelthostage2985 uh, yeah, sorry mate.
Luke: 8:13 ... Hebrews 10: 35 - 39 Now faith is the assurance of things hope for, the conviction of things not seen '' ..
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Not losing anything. Gaining freedom and enlightenement :p
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Infidelity, substance abuse, addictions, euthanasia, abortions, pedophilia, crime, murders, wars…
@@Tova-Barin 99% of American inmates are Christians despite Christians only being about 65% of the total population, explain why that is the case before calling us criminals
I think that in Western Europe -- in the West as a whole -- there was a massive break from religion from the 1960s on. So, I wasn't surprised to hear that many Western countries aren't religious. In fact, they often ridicule the US for its purported religiosity. In Ireland, that change came a bit later, but was also massive. In the former Soviet bloc, I believe that decades of enforced atheism took their toll. I think that the only religious country left is Poland.
In Putin's Russia the Orthodox Christian Church is promoted because nationalism.
What happened in 60s though?
That is why Poland is best European country. When the West lost religion, it lost its soul and became a husk that worships meaningless sin. The West is in decline because of this lack of faith, but soon religious societies in Latin America, Africa, and Asia (excluding China, Korea, and Japan their birth rates are horrendous) will become the next leaders of world civilization and a new religious age will begin.
@@JackDSquat exactly.
Australia mirrors western Europe, since the 60s many have turned their backs on religion. Funny you should mention Poland. In the early 1990s I met a family who had just immigrated here from Poland. At first they were very religious going to church every week. But as time passed they became more Australian and church wasn't number 1 in their lives. IMO it's was more a cultural experience, back home everyone attended catholic Church. In fact I was asked by them if other Christians (protestant etc) had a different bible!
Smart countries do not ALLOW religion to get in the way of their lives. Separation of church and state is imperative
Why is separation of church and state imperative? Some of these irreligious countries don't have separation of church and state. USA has separation of church and state but is quite religious. Separation of church and state has nothing to do with it.
@@chesterdonnelly1212 these countries separated church from state but amalgamated church or religion with politics. They use hate against Muslims to gain political edge, like Trump.
@@chesterdonnelly1212 The USA has separation of church and state in theory, but in practice it has allowed its leaders to do the exact opposite.
On how many US government buildings is ‘In god we trust’ displayed. It’s even printed on the money!!
@@Skiddins which church?
@@chesterdonnelly1212 Take your pick
I would really question the report on some of these stats.
This gives me hope for the world
Hope for what?
Lgbtq and genders is rising in this countries not development and commonsense
This broke my heart
@@robmichael8136 Religion is a virus.
@@Nekotaku_TVAtheism/ Communism is a Virus
"Haaretz" is pronounce Ha-Aretz. Each A is pronounced individually. Also, Australians are too busy trying not to get killed by nature to attend religious services. I love your videos, don't get me wrong, but non-religious or unaffiliated doesn't necessarily mean atheism. There are those who have their own spiritual beliefs, and even among non-believers, you have different labels.
Could you do a top ten worst military bases in the US list? I know you were Army, but you can ask Marines, Sailors, and Airmen for their opinions. For instance, and Marine I talked to says they hated 29 Palms and any Airman I talked to hated Minot.
Thanks
"Australians being to busy trying not to be killed by nature' is a pure myth. In fact the creature that kills the most people on this planet is the mosquito which kills millions in Africa
Indeed. That is a myth. The animal that kills the most Australians per year is... wait for it...
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the horse...
Australians are actually too busy socialising and enjoying their weekends to bother with religions. That's the fact.
There is a lot of Satanic Ritual Abuse.
the problem in these rankings is how the percentages of believers and non-believers are calculated, affiliation to a religion is often a choice of parents for children that does not correspond to their actual number, because many of those children have become atheists over time but they continue to be calculated among believers.
For example in my country, Italy, society is highly secularized and many people define themselves as Christians more for a cultural question than for a real religious faith, Italians behave in this as they usually do, there are rules but they accept only the part of the rule that is useful to them, they do not care about everything else and go on their way, the importance of religion in Italy is one of the greatest mystifications of this country.
That's not a problem, that is a good thing! Because religions divide and collide people. God is NOT in religions! God is in your hearts! So believe NOT in religions, but in your hearts!
Do you read the quran 25) And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
(26) And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.
(27) They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.
(28) He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.
(29) And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him"- that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
(30) Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
(31) And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.
(32) And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.
(33) And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
(34) And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
(35) Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
@@Uroki_ANGLIYSKOGO_s_Nulya_ hmm
This list was based on self identification, not membership in a life stance organization.
In Norway for instance the state church *used* to automatically add anyone born in the country that wasn't opted out in some way to their membership lists at birth.
So atheist would have to actively leave the church even if their parents where atheists too and never actively joined the church.
No notification or anything.
It was actually a scandal when I grew up and our population was made aware of the practice.
@@Luredreier Same here in Sweden until 2000. I was born in 1971, so I had to actually apply for leaving, although it was pretty easy.
In fact, every survey data I could find was not even close. Which survey was this, please?
hey, the comment section seems unusually calm for a touchy subject
Yeah, that fact is even more surprising that the Israel statistic.
I don't care what people believe as long as they keep it to themselves. Keep religion out of politics and public affairs.
Don't harass people, or think less of them, because they do not share your beliefs, or worldview.
What you said about Denmark goes for Finland too: a lot of those belonging to a congregation or other religious group do so out of habit, not so much due to belief
It applies in some degree to England too, when Henry the 8th abolished Catholicism he founded the Church of England, and to this day quite a few people will claim to be members but never attend services barring weddings and funerals.
Odin and Thor deserve some prayers......
@@ateoforever7434 Bless 'em.. They always get left out don't they? It's just not fair..
@@fluentpiffle Yes, but my favorite is the goddess Khali, who can massage me with those 8 arms at once....
As I say witchcraft is on the rise, hospitals are busy because of it.
🆘️👉 No protection as I have seen Holy Angels protect me.✔
I have seen demons who hurt people because witches have sent them to harm a person they hate. But wait to you die, you will wish you new HOLY GOD. Fact!
For those wondering about folk religion. It is a tradition practices that the descendants worship their ancestor. We believe that our ancestors will blessing us from somewhere. For more information, it kind of similar to Day of the dead of Mexico, but we don't have a particular day, the day our ancestors pass away will be remember by all the direct relatives.
I think this was a reference to the R.E.M. song called losing my religion 😅