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- duckyinc, on 06/13/2008, -4/+200Mirror!!!!!!
http://i25.tinypic.com/8xo5ud.gif
And just about 2% of the world population is atheist? - Synge, on 06/13/2008, -7/+192Where are all the Jedi?
- bagelmaster, on 06/13/2008, -1/+161For a minute I thought Japan was dominated by Jews, but it turns out I fail at color recognition.
- dodgejon, on 06/13/2008, -30/+136almost 170 million atheists.
- mrinsanity, on 06/13/2008, -21/+107LOL @ Mormons
- TheAssuager, on 06/13/2008, -10/+86hell must be packed...
- judicar, on 06/13/2008, -5/+74I'm going to go out on a limb and say yeah a map of religions will probably underrepresent things that aren't religions.
- JanYpe, on 06/13/2008, -0/+59In their basements?
- Schnelly, on 06/13/2008, -39/+98I'm fairly certain Atheism (although not a religion) is very underrepresented in that picture.
- rivalius13, on 06/13/2008, -0/+54Don't you mean their moms basements?
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -16/+70flying spaghetti monster is overtaking the world!
- purpleviolin, on 06/13/2008, -0/+42"You might want to shut off comments for this entry. Digg hates religion."
From a comment on the page.
:) - Kinnkster, on 06/13/2008, -13/+47Wait wait wait... Source: World Christian Trends.
- xkingADROCKx, on 06/13/2008, -7/+38Oh I do, regularly.
- Commonwealth, on 06/13/2008, -5/+33It's too bad most of them are going to Hell. Maybe those sunsabitches should've picked somewhere else to be born!
- Nin10dude, on 06/13/2008, -11/+39If you're behind your religion because of what it promises you, you're in it for the wrong reason.
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -6/+33But...but...religion isn't predeterminate.
/sarcasm - walkea1, on 06/13/2008, -0/+277 percent of all men are colorblind... its kind of like being x-men but instead of superpowers you just get super inconvenienced.
- zomgwaffles, on 06/13/2008, -4/+30shouldn't hollywood have a big dot for the jews?
- thebza451, on 06/13/2008, -2/+27shouldn't new york be that bright mint green color?
- Kinnkster, on 06/13/2008, -0/+25Well they aren't going to just leave people off the map...
- debuggercll, on 06/13/2008, -4/+27Heaven is for climate, Hell is for company.
- Magicmasta, on 06/13/2008, -0/+22it says encyclopedia Britannica. The projection is from the World Christan trends.
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -8/+30who the ***** cares about the colorblind?
- dyslexicsUNTIED, on 06/13/2008, -1/+23Damn i'm colorblind and I can't tell the difference between the Jewish and Muslim countries, that may be a problem.
- shawngreg, on 06/13/2008, -12/+33That's really great! Thanks for sharing. I found it very interesting.
Here is the direct link... I kept getting routed to the site's homepage.
http://www.rayfowler.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/m ... - mehagian, on 06/13/2008, -1/+21Sharom.
Bury me deep. - charm803, on 06/13/2008, -10/+29.....and if you only do nice things for others because you fear going to hell, instead of because of the goodness of your heart, you are also in it for the wrong reasons.
Love thy neighbor, but condemn your gay neighbor doesn't sound like a loving god to me.
May His noodly appendage guide you!
Ramen. - c0ncept, on 06/14/2008, -1/+20Because if they left Atheism off the chart we would complain about that too.
- tallguyg, on 06/13/2008, -2/+19no actually, what is more likely is that atheism is overrepresented on the internet, so WE feel the number should be higher. however, worldwide, atheists make up a very small percentage of the population. 2.4% sounds about right.
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -6/+23I'll send you a post card
- cynicalcheeto, on 06/13/2008, -2/+17Obviously, whatever that fraction is, you're not in it.
- ancientshoes, on 06/13/2008, -5/+20how ironic all the atheists are in some of the most oppressive countries in the world
- eviljolly, on 06/13/2008, -0/+14a post card...FROM HELL!!
oh wait... I guess that's not actually funny in this situation... - supermanly, on 06/13/2008, -1/+15@painperdu: They believe in the possibility of God. Their beliefs are not specific enough to be considered a religion and each agnostic's views are diferent. It's not specific enough to be called a religion
- NathanCH, on 06/13/2008, -5/+19I like how it goes from "Christians" to "Protestants" right at the western Canadian boarder.
- Barackalypse, on 06/13/2008, -8/+21Same map, on a server that works: http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,775969,00.gif
- brassrocket, on 06/13/2008, -1/+14Wikipedia states that 65.3% of the population of Jamaica is actually Christian, with Rastafari as a minority, if that's what you're asking
- MrWally, on 06/13/2008, -0/+13Umm.. except that the source is Encyclopedia Britannica. Last time I checked they weren't a religious organization.
- JohnP, on 06/13/2008, -1/+14Thats the whole issue, do you chose to represent a country by the majority beliefs of a minority (most EU states are believed to be 50% non religious), or collate real data that accounts for non religious people?
I could take a poll of BNP members, finding that most of them would prefer non whites to be executed, not deported. I wouldnt then present data with the title "English politicians would prefer execution of non whites" would i? - Isileth, on 06/13/2008, -4/+17hmm seems a little off to me, for the UK at least.
Less than 50% of people say they believe in a God according to the 2001 census and its dropped a fair bit since then as well.
There is also a big portion of the "religious" group who don't actually practice any religion, in fact according to most polls here its about 30-40% who actually practice it, the rest say they call themselves religious due to social reasons.
So it definitely doesn't show an accurate representation of active or practicing religious followers.
quick edit to throw this in
"With over 170 distinct religions counted in the 2001 Census, the religious make-up of the UK is diverse, complex, multicultural and surprising. Less than half of the British people believe in a God, yet about 72% told the 2001 census that they were Christian, and 66% of the population have no actual connection to any religion or church, despite what they tend to write down on official forms. Between 1979 and 2005, half of all Christians stopped going to church on a Sunday. Religion in Britain has suffered an immense decline since the 1950s, and all indicators show a continued secularisation of British society in line with other European countries such as France." - ZenMojo, on 06/13/2008, -0/+12170 million Russian and Chinese Atheists. Uh, duh, Stalinism and its offshoot Maoism spent decades in the middle of the 20th century stamping out religion as state policy and replacing it with nationalism.
- Johnagain, on 06/13/2008, -0/+12It's easy - Just remember, Canadians have the flip top heads.
- salmonmoose, on 06/13/2008, -2/+14Let's be clear - anyone who understands science, can NOT disagree with the existence of god. At best, we can claim that, given the evidence we see it as highly unlikely. Unless you scour the entire universe, you can't prove something doesn't exist.
It's easiest to accept the label of 'atheist' although in actuality to be true to science, agnostic is a better term. - See Russell's Teapot - eviljolly, on 06/13/2008, -0/+12I am too, but don't worry, a majority of people who aren't still can't tell anyway...
- ch4os1337, on 06/13/2008, -9/+20Why do they classify Atheism as a religion?
- smrekar, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1257.5% of all statistics are made up.
- skydharma, on 06/13/2008, -2/+12I hope you don't need a map to tell you that Canadians are neither Muslims nor Indian religions.
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