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  • dodgejon, on 06/13/2008, -31/+135almost 170 million atheists.
    • TheAssuager, on 06/13/2008, -10/+87hell must be packed...
      • mummbleswers, on 06/13/2008, -6/+23I'll send you a post card
        • eviljolly, on 06/13/2008, -0/+14a post card...FROM HELL!!

          oh wait... I guess that's not actually funny in this situation...
        • bugsy187, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3I'll send jesus a postcard with a dinosaur on it.
      • RemovesTime, on 06/13/2008, -5/+6..the company is better in hell.....heaven is boring..nothing to do...you can't die,etc.
        • scotishstriker, on 06/13/2008, -2/+6all the sluts go to hell, and you cant drink in heaven
        • uhhNo, on 06/13/2008, -0/+7Dude... heaven is sweet... It has BEER VOLCANOES AND A STRIPPER FACTORY!!!
          hell could be sweet too as long as you like stale beer and you don't mind getting VD from the strippers
      • vagyok, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4If there's a true religion and it's one where those who don't believe go to Hell, the other over 80% of believers who adhere to wrong religions will be there. So, yes, billions...
    • debuggercll, on 06/13/2008, -4/+26Heaven is for climate, Hell is for company.
    • fathermarlow, on 06/13/2008, -10/+3Thank God for that fact!!
    • CrazedLeper, on 06/13/2008, -28/+19Atheists believe they came from nowhere and have nowhere to go. I don't see why they have such strong feelings about it.
      • Nin10dude, on 06/13/2008, -12/+39If you're behind your religion because of what it promises you, you're in it for the wrong reason.
      • charm803, on 06/13/2008, -11/+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.
        • SabrinaHeaven, on 06/13/2008, -9/+2God made AIDS.
        • Willtheway, on 06/13/2008, -9/+1He doesn't want someone to live in sin and thus be damned, so your analogy doesn't work and also it is a sin to compare God with some noodly abomination. So I pray that you will one day see the error in your logic and come to enjoy the grace of Jesus Christ.
        • charm803, on 06/13/2008, -2/+7Willtheway:
          Back in biblical terms, abomination meant "not common."

          I'm assuming since you follow the word of the Bible, you also don't eat lobster, don't wear cotton blend clothing, don't own a credit card, and don't wear gold jewelry, right?

          Also, you might want to condemn all those that work on the sabbath, and if you are a true believer, you feel that stoning them to death is acceptable in the name of God.
        • xander, on 06/13/2008, -5/+2".....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."

          I'd rather have people doing nice things, even if just because of the fear of going to hell.
        • uhhNo, on 06/13/2008, -2/+8Step 1: Find some crazy nut to make up some supernatural being
          Step 2: Find another crazy nut to write a gospel or several gospels
          Step 3: Live your life based on those gospels
          Step 4: ???
          Step 5: Profit!!!
        • SabrinaHeaven, on 06/14/2008, -8/+1Leviticus also condemns sex with animals and sex with your own mother. Since we're dismissing all of Leviticus as ridiculous, on the level of eating shellfish, I guess you should go have sex with some animals, you ignorant mother *****.
        • charm803, on 06/14/2008, -1/+6SabrinaHeaven:
          Whoa! Is that how Christians talk to non-believers?
          "Ignorant mother *****?"
        • SabrinaHeaven, on 06/14/2008, -7/+1Who said I'm a Christian? You? I'm not a Christian. I just hate ignorant people who talk ***** out of their mouths with no knowledge to back it up.

          So you like gays. Good for you. Now shut the ***** up. You don't know ***** about the Bible, and your lies aren't convincing anyone who has any knowledge. You're only spreading ignorance through the ignorant, which in my opinion is a sin punishable by death. ("Do not put a stumbling block before the blind.")

          For the record, I don't have anything against gay people either. I just hate ***** "gay rights" activists (or emo, metrosexual, liberal assholes) who go around promoting the International Gay Conspiracy as if their life depended on it.

          If you care about facts, you know that the Bible condemns gays. The Bible is probably the most anti-gay document on this planet. Stop lying about it. If you want to OPPOSE the Bible, go for it; I don't believe in the Bible; I think it's all fairy tales. What I do know, though, is that the Bible has ***** WORDS in it, and those words contradict everything you assholes are saying.
        • ixid, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6willtheway: if God doesn't want us to be damned then why was he so busy 'testing our faith' by filling the world with evidence that disproves the bible? He's damning logical thinkers to hell, that's sure loving of him. Dinosaurs were such a funny jape!
        • charm803, on 06/14/2008, -2/+5SabrianHell:
          You probably missed the part where I don't believe in the Bible, but you sound a little bitchy, so why don't you get off digg and go get laid.
        • SabrinaHeaven, on 06/14/2008, -7/+1charm803:

          You probably missed the part where I don't believe in the Bible either. In fact, you probably lack all reading comprehension at this point, due to pre-existing cognitive biases.

          Go ***** yourself. (Just to add to your load.)

          Read this when you're sober: You don't have to "believe in" Huck Finn to hold a rational discussion about the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, as written by Mark Twain. The same is true of the Bible. Your inability to discuss Biblical issues rationally only reflects poorly upon your own sense of self.
        • ixid, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3What does it say about your sense of self, Sabrina, that you pretend to be a woman?
        • JesusHimself, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3Hey, willtheway, when yo act like an ignorant *****, my "grace" isn't so graceful, ignorant *****.
        • AnonyMohawk, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0You Go Girl!
        • SabrinaHeaven, on 06/14/2008, -3/+1Uh-huh. Everyone you dislike on the Internet is a white male living in his parents' basement. Why don't you dig a LITTLE deeper in the bag of insults?
        • CrazedLeper, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1Wow. You know me pretty well for someone who doesn't know me at all. /sarcasm
      • homercles337, on 06/13/2008, -7/+11We have strong feelings about it because you guys are constantly trying to force your ill founded beliefs upon us.
      • omikun, on 06/13/2008, -2/+6I would have strong feelings for afairism too if people tried to convince me there are fairies through out high school.
      • BillMoocho, on 06/13/2008, -3/+10"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."

        -Stephen Roberts
      • Tenzy, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3Because its better to make up your own mind than believe what you're told
      • WoundedTownsmen, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4You can't say what atheists believe because by definition you only know what they don't.
    • Koushiro, on 06/13/2008, -13/+6That number isn't as high as it should be. Come on people, stop being afraid of the bogey man and focus on the here and now please!
      • Synyk, on 06/13/2008, -6/+10Atheism might be just as blind as any other religion my friend.

        Agnotism, now there's a wise approach. Accept the fact that you don't know jack ***** about the universe and move on.
        • uhhNo, on 06/13/2008, -3/+1Nobody is 100% atheist because you can never be 100% certain that something doesn't exist. All atheists are technically agnostic, but they round up that 99.9999999% that god doesn't exist to 100% and call themselves atheist, which seems reasonable to me.
        • Ramble, on 06/14/2008, -4/+4You clearly know jack ***** about logic because believe it or not it is illogical to believe in or accept the possibility of something which has no evidence for it's existance.
        • ixid, on 06/14/2008, -2/+2*****. I am certain that goblins don't exist, gods are no different.

          Take any defence of the existence of a god and replace the word god with goblin and the sheer stupidity of religion is readily apparent.

          What if goblins are beyond our understanding? They are immaterial goblins that really love each and every one of us while moving in mysterious ways.
        • Synyk, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1Ramble said. "You clearly know jack ***** about logic because believe it or not it is illogical to believe in or accept the possibility of something which has no evidence for it's existance."

          Nothing has evidence for it's existence. We're all in Plato's cave.
        • otros, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1@Synyk:
          well, the shadows are evidence that something exists.
          Also, the being that see anything in the cave exists.
          I could go on, but I'm comfortable calling your BS
      • PirateEyes, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2Synyk,

        Admit that you don't know jack ***** about spelling and move on.

    • flogistan, on 06/13/2008, -1/+9Russians are athiests? They're russian orthodox. Anyone doing a raspberry noise with their mouths? No jewish majorities anywhere in america? Anyone?
      • CoreOverride, on 06/13/2008, -3/+5I am Russian and an atheist. Every other Russian person I know who is younger than 45 is an atheist.

        • trueshadow21, on 06/13/2008, -0/+6Every Russian I know (I live in Alaska, they are a lot of them here) is Russian Orthodox, and would probably attack me if I told them I was an atheist... Maybe it has something to do with the area I live in, there seems to be way too much religion for my liking.
        • gnotDigger, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3no wonder your country is recovering
    • ancalagon73, on 06/13/2008, -2/+6170 million atheists!!! I don't believe it.
      • krd1979, on 06/13/2008, -1/+5Have a little faith and you shall believe.
      • aptanalogy, on 06/14/2008, -1/+8That's over, let's say, 9000.
    • 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.
      • dafunkmonster, on 06/13/2008, -0/+10170 million isn't much when you're talking about china.
      • Charnoble, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Thank you for knowing that.
    • Haecceity, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5Buddhism's a non-theistic religion, so arguably you could lump them in with the atheists to boost the numbers.
    • madmatter23, on 06/14/2008, -4/+3I think it's silly to claim that anyone knows that there is or isn't a God. Isn't the most logical answer that we just don't know? I don't think that we can know. Does that belief have a category?

      "I can believe in God. I just can't believe in man's ability to define it."

      • ixid, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8No, with no evidence it is logical to assume there are no gods.
        • D14BL0, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5His logic is that you cannot confirm or deny something's existence without evidence. Evidence IS required.

          To quote a certain jackass: The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Sure, that phrase was used to let the American people allow us to search for so-called WMDs, but it also applies to religion.

          However, separating atheists and agnostics is asinine. Essentially, an atheist believes that there is no god. An agnostic believes that there can possibly be one, but does not accept that there is at that moment.

          The only difference (as far as the terminology is concerned) between them is that one positively denies, while another admits unsureness.

          I consider myself an atheist. I believe there is no god. I do not believe that there CAN be a god. However, should evidence appear that would confirm otherwise, I would simply be a fool to deny it. Most atheists would probably also admit this in the face of true evidence, as well.
        • ixid, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5What is negative evidence? An inverted bigfoot footprint? A complete lack of positive evidence is strong negative evidence. If I accuse you of murder and there's not a shred of evidence showing that you did it do the courts determine they're not sure, that you're guilty or that you're innocent?

          Seriously, what would a piece of evidence showing a god does not exist even look like? Even with a complete theory of everything people will still see god hiding behind the skirting boards.
        • DragoonWraith, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1No, the courts declare you "not guilty" - the legal system has the same notion of uncertainty built in. The courts don't bother determining innocence - no one is burdened to try to prove anyone innocent. The prosecution is burdened with proving the defense guilty - if they fail to prove this, the defendant is "not guilty" - not necessarily innocent, we just couldn't prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that they are guilty.

          I am certain this is how it works in America; I cannot speak for every country. I imagine European countries have similar systems, however, since American laws were based primarily on European Enlightenment thinking and later revolutions in Europe were based on the same principles (for the most part, as far as I know, etc).

          Science works on much the same principles, but with the addition of Occam's Razor - basically, science cannot tell you that god does not exist - but it can tell you that given what we currently know, exploring that possibility is a fruitless scientific endeavor. Science requires that we accept what we know for what is, for the sake of progress. Unless we find some evidence suggesting that perhaps there was a supreme creator being, it's a waste of energy to try to explore the possibility, from a scientific perspective.

          Research into the "paranormal" would be equally worthless. Pseudo-science is primarily composed of "scientific" research into topics which, as far as we know, don't even exist.

          Of course, science does not have a monopoly on truth. Alternative medicines have had significant research without any scientific evidence of their efficacy, but in the end some of this research has actually yielded evidence that is interesting to scientists.

          On the other hand, extremely large amounts of time, effort, and money have been spent on, for example, psychic and telekinetic abilities, ghosts, scrying, intelligent design, etc, despite the complete lack of evidence for anything of the like, and so far, nothing notable or worthwhile has resulted. Science attempts to prevent this through Occam's Razor.

          In short, we cannot prove god does not exist. The lack of evidence for any such being, however, puts any investigation of such a possibility firmly OUTSIDE the realm of science. Religion, however, is not necessarily a scientific endeavor - religion would primarily be concerned with how and why one should live one's life - questions as unscientific as religion is. And as much as religion may be entirely wrong, does not preclude them from having meaningful things to offer humanity.

          The strong antitheistic reaction here is primarily due to disagreements with and disdain for the efforts of specific religions - and it is unquestionable that horrible things have been done in the name of various religions, especially in the name of Christianity, the majority religion in the world at this point in time (according to the map). However, if you look, I'm sure all of your could find things of meaning in every religion, including Christianity. Do not allow the failures of Christians to necessarily induce your despise of Christianity as a whole; there is a lot of extremely valid philosophy in the Bible, and other holy books. Even without believing in the deities of any religion, there is still much that can be learned from them.
        • ixid, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1"Do not allow the failures of Christians to necessarily induce your despise of Christianity as a whole; there is a lot of extremely valid philosophy in the Bible, and other holy books."

          Of course they contain some valid ideas, what I dislike is that they also tend to claim ownership of those ideas when they predate the religions comfortably. Occam's Razor is simply a useful rule of thumb based on experience and how theories develop during experiment (as in if you keep having to modify it as new evidence turns up it's a strong signal that you were wrong in the first place and the theory doesn't hold any interesting fundamentals), nothing more.

          As to the legal point it was just an analogy however not guilty does mean you did not commit that crime, there are varying levels of proof but once that has been achieved the determination is absolute. Depending on the legal system there are other judgements available such as not proven.

          People can create an infinite number of imaginary friends for which there is no evidence, it is only because of the historical place of religion in society that the question gets any more respect than a child's imaginary friend, I choose not to accord it any more respect than that because religion attempts to enter into important areas of life such as morality for which it is spectacularly illequiped and hypocritical.
      • D14BL0, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6Agnostic.
      • Gizza, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3That's not a belief. You either believe in a god or you don't, it has nothing to do with whether you think we can actually know or not.
    • Prathik89, on 06/14/2008, -3/+5It's so weird, they're are more Hindus then Jews, actually there are more SIKHS then Jews. Yet they're treated as if they are a huge majority in the world.
      Weird.
      • blackjack75, on 06/14/2008, -5/+1I also found that weird. I guess the author was afraid it would be antisemitic not to mention them, even though there are probably a hundred religions with more followers on this planet. Hey I am pretty sure the number of people in southern american who still pray to ancient pre-colombian gods is pretty high.
    • themastersb, on 06/14/2008, -3/+7I'm getting redirected to a blog. Buried as spam.
  • Sephr, on 06/13/2008, -21/+7Buried because the image was removed.
  • jigajosh, on 06/13/2008, -14/+2Jon that is pretty cool
  • kwelte57, on 06/13/2008, -23/+5Buried because it was not there any more.
    • ChrisshEnzo, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1buried because endless generalizations, this does NOT take into account national religions. look that ***** up.
  • shawngreg, on 06/13/2008, -12/+31That'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 ...
  • CoffeeJoost, on 06/13/2008, -12/+1That's impressive. Checkout Israel...whoa! Surprised at the number of non-religion.
    • dodgejon, on 06/13/2008, -3/+5It looks like Israel is green for jewish.
    • dromni, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2The seemingly high number of non-religious people may be at the same time inexact and temporary. One can see that the gray areas in the map are largely former communist countries, were religion was banned by force by the State and were in many cases religion still suffers heavy-handed control of the state. Once full freedom of worship returns, my guess is that those gray areas will become as colorful as the rest of the world.
      • otros, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1That's just evidence that in most cases you grow up to be agnostic/atheist or whatever religion you were raised in.
    • M4v3rIC, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Ethnicity and Religion of Judaism are two different things. You don't have to follow Judaism to be Jewish.
    • monsieurginger, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1I'm surprised New York City isn't green.
  • Synge, on 06/13/2008, -7/+191Where are all the Jedi?
    • JanYpe, on 06/13/2008, -0/+59In their basements?
    • nitesoIja, on 06/14/2008, -8/+0those are the jews u racist
      • EmperorAwesome, on 06/14/2008, -0/+7If I found out every jewish person I know was hiding a lightsaber in his basement and never let me know, I'd be super pissed.
    • therocksays, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0in a space station
  • OffPiste, on 06/13/2008, -26/+9Missing the religion of Global Warming.
    • boydrew, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2you're getting dugg down....but i laughed
    • mummbleswers, on 06/13/2008, -2/+6Yeah you're right... Hmmm... Looking at it, they're missing the religion for people who are going to ***** the whole planet so they can make a profit even though dumb-ass of the century G.W. Bush admits it's happening, otherwise known as morons.
    • pintomp3, on 06/13/2008, -0/+5is that like the revolution of evolution? those dastardly scientists, always trying to fool us.
      • mummbleswers, on 06/13/2008, -0/+5I know right? With all that "evidence" and "scientific theory's." When will these guys learn?
  • blackpen2008, on 06/13/2008, -9/+2mirror?
    site is very slow
    • source1984, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2dugg down for not finding a cooler way to say the site is down.
  • duckyinc, on 06/13/2008, -4/+202Mirror!!!!!!
    http://i25.tinypic.com/8xo5ud.gif

    And just about 2% of the world population is atheist?
    • pearlygate, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2thanks!
    • Devrdander, on 06/13/2008, -0/+6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religions
    • sonofagun357, on 06/13/2008, -1/+62and Digg is their gathering place
    • banmaster, on 06/13/2008, -3/+9Not really. You can add Agnostics to the atheists and get a mroe accurate number.
      An athiest WOULD believe if given irrefutable proof, in that way they share the beliefs of agnostics.
      • Reziarfg, on 06/13/2008, -5/+10Agnostics believe in the possibility of God given current evidence.
        Atheists do not believe in the possibility of God given current evidence.

        Quite a difference IMO.
        • painperdu, on 06/13/2008, -9/+4If Agnostics believed in the possibility that God existed then they'd be believers.
        • 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
        • Puffles, on 06/14/2008, -3/+3Most Atheists DO believe in the possibility of God given current evidence. Being an Atheist simply means that you don't believe in God. It doesn't mean that you don't acknowledge that God is a possibility.

          (It's idiotic to not believe in the possibility of a God, however small. There is currently no evidence disproving the existence of a God, so why should anyone dismiss the possibility? I'm an Atheist, but I still think there's about a 0.0000000000000000000000000001% chance of God existing.)
        • sup34dog, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4Agnosticism is an epistemological view; it's realizing that you can't say that God exists, but you also can't say that God doesn't exist. It's more of an inability to choose a side, since there is no evidence to prove either claim. ...and no, agnostics aren't anywhere near believing what organized religions think of as a God.

          Agnostics and atheists are the same in that they both don't believe in the traditional 'God' that you are taught about in organized religions, but I tend to think that atheists only give themselves such a title (which carries stronger connotations for religious people), realizing that there is no concrete definition of what exactly God can be. They basically believe the same exact thing.
        • LeonidasStokely, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4Can we stop grouping all agnostics together and making assumptions about their 'shared beliefs'. As has been said before, all agnostics have different views and by nature of agnosticism not being an organised religion there is no one who can say what all agnostics believe or should believe. Bah.
        • Reziarfg, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1@Puffles
          So what are you saying here? Aren't you agnostic in that sense? I'm sure there's a 0.000000000000...1% chance of there being a microwave oven on an asteroid in the ring orbiting Saturn. But does that mean you believe in it? Can you pick a side on that? I can. I choose to believe there isn't one because it's just silly. Sure there's that slim possibility. There's also a possibility that the world will end tomorrow. Or that all the water on earth will turn into confectioner's sugar. But I wouldn't bet money on it. Matter of fact, I think it's a pretty obvious choice on which side of the fence I'd be on. The side that's 99.99999999% more likely.
      • Synyk, on 06/13/2008, -7/+15An atheist says he KNOWS science is fact and religion is bullsh.
        An agnostic says he knows that he knows nothing...like good ol' Socrates

        So you can't add atheism and agnotism. Atheists are usually way too ***** obnoxious with their beliefs.
        • 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
        • beowulflee, on 06/13/2008, -5/+4Uh. No. Let's be clear - anyone who understands science, can NOT disagree with the existence of god, in technical practice. Technically, God is a possibility.

          Technically.

          However, in ACTUAL practice, scientists would NEVER consider the possibility of God. God is shoved in the same category as Santa Claus, the leprechaun, the FSM, etc.
        • aptanalogy, on 06/14/2008, -1/+6Let's be clear about this: gnosticism =!= theism; they are two separate scales for knowledge and belief, respectively.

          A person can be a gnostic theist= one who knows God exists and believes in him, or one could be an agnostic theist= one who does not know whether god exists, but chooses to believe in him anyway. Thus, someone could be an agnostic atheist. Since no one knows whether God exists, everyone is technically an agnostic. From there, it is simply a matter of choosing to believe or not, ie atheism or theism.
        • Puffles, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4@ beowulflee

          "However, in ACTUAL practice, scientists would NEVER consider the possibility of God. God is shoved in the same category as Santa Claus, the leprechaun, the FSM, etc."

          I'm pretty sure science has already disproven the existence of Santa Claus.
        • Synyk, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3You can't disprove the existence of Santa Claus. It's scientifically impossible, because we say Santa Claus uses supernatural techniques to hide from us. It's like this article that was posted recently that explains how you can't scientifically disprove the existence of a dragon in my garage. When you say you don't see it, I'll say it's invisible. When you say you can't feel it, I'll say it's incorporeal. etc...
        • aptanalogy, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5"Can you see the invisible cat?"
          "No"
          "Exactly. If you could see it, there wouldn't be an invisible cat there, right?"
          "Wait, what? OK...just kidding, I CAN see it."
          "Again, just proving me right."
          "I hate you."
    • EwMo, on 06/13/2008, -2/+11Jews. They only exist in Israel.

      And as for atheists - very few people actually declare atheism as their religion, at least in this country. Many will declare Christianity, just not follow the beliefs so much, nor practice it.
      • defaria, on 06/13/2008, -0/+12Atheism is no more a religion than baldness is a hair color!
        • spectre_25gt, on 06/13/2008, -0/+7Seriously. I DO NOT HAVE A RELIGION. Why do people try to tell me I do?
      • monsieurginger, on 06/13/2008, -1/+5I'm Jewish and I live in the US. Do I seize to exist as a Jew here?
    • uhhNo, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8http://a-deism.blogspot.com/2007/06/inverse-correl ... IQ vs religiosity graph.I'm sure you can guess the way the line goes.
    • sup3rnautx, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1thanks a lot man... you rock.
  • countmischief, on 06/13/2008, -6/+33But...but...religion isn't predeterminate.

    /sarcasm
    • masterm1nd, on 06/13/2008, -13/+3But...but...everything predeterminate is necessarily wrong.

      /sarcasam

      And for the record, it isn't even predeterminate. If that were the case it would be impossible to be, say atheist in the US.
    • masterm1nd, on 06/13/2008, -5/+2Ok bury me. But the very fact that this map was even created disproves you.
      • moleeyes, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2Empirical evidence cannot prove anything?
        • masterm1nd, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3You are confusing predetermining something with influencing something. There is no empirical evidence suggesting religion is predetermined.
        • Phyraxus, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1@ masterm1nd:
          Suggesting that you can make a map that generally coincides with the religion that one is brought up in does suggest that it is predeterminate because indoctrination is highly effective. Whether or not something is predeterminate is independent of its truth value, regardless, this is something that is both nearly completely predeterminate and false.
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  • NathanCH, on 06/13/2008, -5/+19I like how it goes from "Christians" to "Protestants" right at the western Canadian boarder.
    • sealhands, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1whats the diff?
      • EmperorAwesome, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1They're not Catholics.
        • otros, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1neither are catholics. the "diff" is protestants and other (smaller) "various christian churches"
    • sloonark, on 06/14/2008, -3/+1? Are you looking at the same map as me?
  • LinkGCN4, on 06/13/2008, -27/+12YEAH CHRISTIANITY!!!!!!!
    • Barackalypse, on 06/13/2008, -7/+10They do seem to have a stranglehold on the enlightened, civilized world, whereas Islam and indigenous religions seem to have a fairly good lock on the repressive pits of human misery. I'm sure there's zero correlation...
      • LinkGCN4, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2I don't understand your post. What point are you trying to make?
        • DrunkTomato, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2that hes racist.
        • Barackalypse, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1How exactly can one be racist against a religion, since religionrace? I'm guessing you don't know the derogatory word for someone who doesn't believe in other religions though, so you go to the fall back insult you throw out against anyone you don't have the facts or skill to debate.
      • mummbleswers, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Ever heard of the crusades? Spanish inquisition? They're all ***** nuts. But you're right, Muslim country's seem to be where the rest of us were hundreds of years ago. I'm not gonna comment on any correlation.
        • Barackalypse, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3The Spanish Inquisition was actually started by the government of Spain, not the Church, and is an excellent example of why the two should stay separate, because the State perverts all it touches.
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_inquisition
          My history is a bit rusty, but weren't the Crusades largely directed against the Muslims, specifically the Turks who were threatening the Byzantine empire?
        • monsieurginger, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3to Barackalypse,

          the crusades was an armed movement to kill or convert all non-Christians. They killed tens of thousands of Jews, muslims and others. When the crusaders took over Jerusalem, they put all the jews in a synagogue and burned it down.
    • dudefaceguyman, on 06/13/2008, -6/+4YAYY AGNOSTIC PEOPLE!!!

      Wait.. ***** YOU! RELIGIOUS WAR BITCH



      Well wait I'm agnostic so I respect everyones religious choice. Nevermind..
  • Barackalypse, on 06/13/2008, -8/+21Same map, on a server that works: http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,775969,00.gif
  • mrinsanity, on 06/13/2008, -21/+107LOL @ Mormons
    • xkingADROCKx, on 06/13/2008, -7/+38Oh I do, regularly.
      • DrunkTomato, on 06/13/2008, -12/+6dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
        • Irlande, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1I dunno why you're getting buried, I for one get the reference!

          Ergo, you get a digg for humour!
        • fatherdaly, on 06/15/2008, -0/+2Its a South Park reference to those who obviously don't know.
    • SSCrow, on 06/13/2008, -3/+11Why?
      Look at how tiny Israel is.
      • longbow486, on 06/14/2008, -2/+4at least they are on the forecast chart
    • smrekar, on 06/13/2008, -9/+3that is because it is not a map of world Cults.
    • feliks2, on 06/14/2008, -4/+2One once tried to give me a bible while I was in Latvia. I was speaking english to someone and her ran up, all excited and ***** and started trying to convert me (he was a misionary stationed there for a few years I think). It was so hard not to laugh at him.
    • cannabrain, on 06/14/2008, -7/+4Interesting facts about mormons: Women dont have the right to enter heaven without a man. They believe that the man will populate and control a planet in his afterlife(like god). They are issued special underwear when they are married and instructed to NEVER take them off. Men have secret names for their wives to call them to heaven. The planet that GOD controls is called Kolob. Enjoy :)
      • aerophantom, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1actually, it's the other way around. men can't enter heaven without a woman. Women can enter without a man. Garments do come off. As regularly as any underwear. Women have the "secret names" as well. God doesn't control a planet called Kolob. Kolob is a star. And God controls all the planets.
      • clawsonmj, on 06/15/2008, -2/+1Here's some more interesting facts: They believe in the same God the Father and His son Jesus Christ that all Christians do. They believe Christ is their Savior and Redeemer, and that by Him we are saved. They believe that God has called prophets, beginning with Adam and including Noah, Abraham and many others that have taught the plan of God. And that after the truth was lost after Jesus Christ and all the Apostles were killed off, that God again called a prophet to restore His truth again on the earth. To me that seems very consistent with the teachings of the Bible.

        I suppose with how crazy the world is today, that the things of God DO start sounding a little strange (Read the Old Testament in the Bible if you don't believe me.) - but I don't believe that any mortal person has the right to mock or belittle another group's beliefs just because they seem different.
        • weakradiator, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1I absolutely have that right. Another interesting Mormon fact: They are fun-haters. And tuck your god damn garments in, they look like diapers.
        • smrekar, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1Mormon's believe in a different Jesus Christ. He is heterousious (of a different substance) w/ the Holy Spirit and The Father as opposed to homousious or hemoiousious. Christians believe in the trinity, Mormons are tri-theists.
          Also the New Testament instructs that nothing should be added on to it, that it is complete. Yet Mormons add the doctrines, covenants & book of mormon.
          might want to research a little better and you will see that the foundation of Mormonism is Joseph Smith and you can read all about him in the book of mormon.
        • jkr801, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1wow @ people that dont know what they are talking about....smrekar go do some research before you open up your mouth......you're a retard and buried for being inaccurate....also look at bdking1984's post and learn =)
  • Goonie1337, on 06/13/2008, -14/+6Wheres the 420 religious people?
    • 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
  • bagelmaster, on 06/13/2008, -1/+162For a minute I thought Japan was dominated by Jews, but it turns out I fail at color recognition.
    • mehagian, on 06/13/2008, -1/+21Sharom.

      Bury me deep.
    • lolwutpear, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3Dugg because I did the same thing. The colors on this thing could use a little work.
    • Dizaster, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4I thought there were a ton of Mormons in Africa
      • MASTERPL, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1Are you saying Africans are dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb ??
    • MaruLono, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2i'm very much color blind and truly believed there was a large muslim community in the arctic circle
  • jnava121, on 06/13/2008, -16/+70flying spaghetti monster is overtaking the world!
    • BrendanSheehan, on 06/13/2008, -0/+5If you look closely you can see a dot in LA for the Scientologists :P
  • HubbertWins, on 06/13/2008, -22/+16Christianity...***** yeah! Oh, wait...
  • Schnelly, on 06/13/2008, -39/+99I'm fairly certain Atheism (although not a religion) is very underrepresented in that picture.
    • judicar, on 06/13/2008, -5/+75I'm going to go out on a limb and say yeah a map of religions will probably underrepresent things that aren't religions.
      • banmaster, on 06/13/2008, -15/+7Created BY and FOR the religious sheep that want to feel good about whatever god they think exists.
        • 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?

    • TheArabian, on 06/13/2008, -12/+18... No, it's not.
      • eviljolly, on 06/13/2008, -1/+11Is too..

        A lot of Agnostics are actually just a different type of Atheist...

        Even Richard Dawkins, probably the world's most popular atheist, admits that there is a possibility of a God, just an extremely small one...

        Going by that, even he would be an Agnostic. It all depends on your definition I guess though. I'm going by the definition of an Agnostic as "One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God."

        • rogueace, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2Seriously you people need to buy a good dictionary and look up atheism and agnosticism. the definition you're going by for agnosticism is not represented anywhere by any majority.

          Oh and @schnelly what basis do you have for that assumption? faith?
        • UltraMegaFilms, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3@rogueace:

          ag·nos·tic
          –noun
          1. a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.
          2. a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.

          a·the·ist
          –noun
          a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.

          Both from the "Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006." Thanks for wasting my time, from now on, you look it up *****.
        • eviljolly, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1@rogueace as well:
          ag·nos·tic (ăg-nŏs'tĭk) pronunciation
          n.

          1.
          1. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
          2. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.
          2. One who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.

          "One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God."

          Many atheists fall under this category as well. Almost no "atheist" I know deny the possibility of a God, they just believe it's very remote and the least likely of all scenarios. I would fall under that category as well. It might be a 1 in a billion, but since I can't prove it either way, I have to leave it as a possibility. That is the way of science. Unfortunately we're all stuck in the hypothesis stage :P
        • Gizza, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Agnosticism has nothing to do with belief. It deals with knowledge.

          When it comes to believing in a god there are only 2 positions. You either do or you don't. This has absolutely nothing to do with whether you think we can actually know or not.

          You can believe in a god despite the fact that u understand that we can never actually know, that would make you a theist and agnostic at the same time.

          Or you can say that because we cant know either way I don't believe in a god, which makes you atheist and agnostic.
        • animaetaeris, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1@eviljolly: 1 in a billion? so there are 6.5 gods out there? I could go for that
      • acegi, on 06/13/2008, -3/+2people can be atheist and not know about it - as atheism is not a religion or a state of belief, it's a state of knowledge.


        and in the united states, those evangelicals done an evil job of equating atheism with pedophiles so people are afraid of calling themselves an atheist.

        it's like how people were back in the days when there were alot of closet homosexual people. there are a huge population of atheists out there, but say they goto church for sake of being politically correct.

        it's a shame really, how people can proudly profess they believe in sky daddy but they can't profess otherwise.
    • Shawn4168, on 06/13/2008, -8/+7How exactly do you plan to represent a group consisting of 2.4% of the world's population?
    • Inohavehalos, on 06/13/2008, -4/+10Strange, too! I'm never asked what my religion is, but my government seems to decide for me!

      10% of us, apparently. I'm STILL waiting to be asked, though!
      • JT114881, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4What's your religion?
      • DrunkTomato, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3its against the law to make people tell you what their religion is. it can only be voluntary. That's probably why you've never been asked.
    • JohnP, on 06/13/2008, -8/+5Thats the problem with people who focus on religion, they dont bother counting people who just dont care, and this fact is not reflected in rhetoric.

      In the end they jump to the conclusion that if 60% of religious people polled in England are christian, 60% of English people must be christian.

      If they did a fair anon street poll they would probably find that 50%+ register no interest in religion.

    • 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.
      • Intangible360, on 06/13/2008, -1/+5Atheists are bound to be underrepresented because almost every single one of the religions on this map teach us that being atheist is, at best, something to be ashamed of.
        • rogueace, on 06/13/2008, -6/+1There's a big difference between 'should be ashamed of' and 'wrong' lol
      • danjnk, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Exactly right, spending too much time on digg/the internet can distort your perceptions!
        Still, only 2.4%? That kinda sucks
    • dafunkmonster, on 06/13/2008, -9/+4And rightly so. You atheists are just like far-left democrats. You believe you're the majority when in fact you're a very small yet vocal minority.
      • monkeyBox, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2I'm a conservative atheist.. what does that make me?
    • ryusen, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0i would question that, since the map represents what ever is the dominant religion of the area. there might be quite a few atheists, but i don't think there are as many places whee they are dominant. just because you don't actively participate in a religion doesn't make you an atheist. many in my circle of friends still consider themselves Christian, even if they haven't been to church since their parents stopped forcing them to go.
    • D14BL0, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1First, atheism isn't really a religion. It's a lack thereof.

      Also, atheists are still as outnumbered as the map shows. There are few of us and lots of them.
    • blackjack75, on 06/14/2008, -2/+6If you see abraham about to kill his son because God told him so, do you:
      - stop him and call the police
      - watch in admiration of his endless faith

      Ask people this question and you'll find out that the majority of the population is at least agnostic.
    • nologo, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1I'm living in Sweden and according to certain statistics the percentage of atheists is around 80%. So, to the map makers, please paint us black.
    • manoftheisland, on 06/15/2008, -1/+1well atheism is technically a religion but we won't get into that lol. and i do think it should be listed
  • H1tchh1k3r, on 06/13/2008, -8/+3Don't want to be a pisser but wasn't this on Digg before?
    • MasonZombie, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Yea I thought so too...

      But everything eventually makes its way around again...
    • EwMo, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2I haven't seen this version, I've seen the wikipedia one, I believe here on Digg, but this one's more detailed.
    • feliks2, on 06/13/2008, -2/+1You're a pisser.
  • GreatDrok, on 06/13/2008, -12/+8New Zealand is down as being mainly Christians from various churches. At the last census (2006) the population was only just over half Christian, 1/3rd non-religious and the rest made up of other religions. Based on looking at the trends since 1991 it looks like non-religious people will dominate by the middle of the next decade.
    • Weejay, on 06/13/2008, -1/+4Also, at least they're on the map this time.
    • homercles337, on 06/13/2008, -2/+4Yea, i was going to say the projections on the right side are way off. Atheists/Agnosts will rise significantly in the next 42 years.
    • siobhankeogh, on 06/14/2008, -3/+2As a New Zealander who doesn't even KNOW any Christians, I was also confused.
      • GreatDrok, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1You're lucky. Mind you, I live just around the corner from Elim College (where those kids that died on the adventure weekend were from) and it is a missionary college among other things. The buggers have a tendency to show up on our doorstep claiming to know the truth about the world (HA!) and they get sent off with a flea in their ear.
    • JoeB4ever, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2Flight of the Conchords should have their own religion
    • lolwutpear, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0"the population was just over half Christian"

      The last time I checked, that constitutes a majority.
      • GreatDrok, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1To me, mainly implies substantially more than just 55% (the figure in 2006) and from the way the number has been declining in the last few years I would say it is probably lower than that now. If it said majority then you would be correct but mainly to me means more than just the majority.
  • sooch, on 06/13/2008, -17/+11You would think a simple page like this would force believers to question their own religion. If everyone's right, no one is.
    • kevin11atvt, on 06/13/2008, -7/+1How many different ways can you climb up a mountain??

      They all take you to the same place right?
      • feliks2, on 06/13/2008, -0/+6Its not about the destination, its about the journey. Or something like that.
      • Intangible360, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3I guess that would work if you're own religious teaching weren't explicitly clear about the opposite being the case...
    • empiric, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2Not any more than a spectrum of opinion as to what "good music" is means there is none. Or in politics, or economics, or philosophy, or psychology... diversity of opinion does not mean there is no correct answer.

      Most religions are comfortable with the notion that core issues are core, non-core issues are non-core, and there's a significant amount of time for personal understanding to become fully complete and specific.
      • PrintScrn12, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Though I'd say religious belief is popularly held as an objective rather than a subjective belief.

        To take a metaphor: Let there be a covered box with possibly a pink ball in it. People might guess as to what is inside the box. Some might think there is a blue cube, a red horse, a pink ball or even nothing. They might tolerate each overs beliefs to the point they might state "what is true for you is what is true for you". However regardless of the varied beliefs the item under the box didn't change. When one believed in the blue cube there was still a pink ball. When one imagined a red horse there is still a pink ball. In that sense "what is under the box?" is an objective question even though beliefs vary.

        The same applies to theism. Let the box be the supernatural realm and the pink ball the supernatural being. Most would hold a similar idea. Believing differently may change your ideas but it doesn't change reality.
      • feliks2, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1When you say that you like music, you realize that it may sound good to you and some other people, it might sound terrible to others, and you recognize that as being natural. Being if someone is of a different religion you think they are wrong.
    • RemovesTime, on 06/13/2008, -3/+6...to bad each climbing party has a book/map that says ***** like stone to death anyone who dares climb/work/have an adulteress affair on the so called sabbath....Kill the infidels
      • rogueace, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2quite the narrow perspective there... i'm sure all the pacifistic religions appreciate your candor Cough*buddihism,hinduism,sikhs*cough

        there should be an intelligence test before you're allowed to comment
        • Ramble, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1Buddhists and Hindus are not immune to violence you know. There's been quite the problem with Hindus, both in early independant India and in Nepal.
    • walkea1, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3I'm confused as to your correlation between amount of people believing something and the truth.
    • boydrew, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2first of all the image says nothing about "right or wrong" not to mention that not everyone with a religious belief wishes to cram it down your throat and convert you. my spiritual experiences/beliefs are my own and I don't need anyone to characterize my beliefs as part of a major world religion. live life for what it is and treat others the way you want to be (the golden rule is a general philosophy that all major religions, and schools of thought, accept). don't worry about who is right and who is wrong. if your god exists, then he'll be happy with you for believing and following. If there is no god, no loss eh, you left existence with a respectable legacy that benefits society and the world. I like to think that that is the reason we are here, to help each other and improve life and the lives of everyone

      But hey, do what you like man, you can keep criticizing everyone if you like.... i just don't think its productive as people with beliefs aren't going to change them simply cause you call them stupid
      • bbzed, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0"If there is no god, no loss eh, you left existence with a respectable legacy that benefits society and the world. I like to think that that is the reason we are here, to help each other and improve life and the lives of everyone"

        If there is no god you have wasted a major portion of your life looking up to a make believe character, thats not very respectable.

        You like to think thats the reason we are hear, but they are not the results of blind religious faith.
  • thebza451, on 06/13/2008, -2/+27shouldn't new york be that bright mint green color?
    • vladimirp00pen, on 11/13/2008, -14/+9Yeah I was like.. only 0.2 % are Jews and yet they dictate foreign policy?
      • BetterOffEd, on 06/13/2008, -2/+3Careful... You're almost on dangerous ground there...

        ;-)



        .
      • source1984, on 06/14/2008, -3/+2true..
      • ambrosious, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Yeah... uh they don't dictate foreign policy. Last time I checked our fellow Americans, OUR government are the ones dictating foreign policy. Who can blame the lobbyists, they're just exercising their right to free speech - I can blame the politicians who accept their bribes and cave at their influence much more readily. It's time we stop demonizing Israel's, and even Saudi Arabia's lobby groups and start demanding integrity from our leaders.
      • weakradiator, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Dugg for hilarity...Lighten up.
    • gtapro92, on 06/13/2008, -0/+8there are way more catholic chrisitans and orthodox christians than jews in new york
  • mfhayes, on 06/13/2008, -8/+9Hahaha... Utah.

    And I don't know much about China, but the country is strangely split.
    • metatait, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3The Buddhist part of China is Tibet and the Xinjiang Autonomous Zone, the other (nonreligious/ undeclared) side is People's Republic of China (Communism with strong anti-religious doctrines, though that's changing in recent years).
      • soccerbud, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4China has never adapted or declared an official state religion.
        however, the dominant religion amongst the general populace is Buddhism.

        in fact, China is probably one of the most religiously diverse nation in the world.
        The country is a mix of buddhism, taosim/daoism, islam, christianity, and to a minor extent judiasm and other nature/animal based religions that ethnic minorities believe in. All of is mixed in with a little bit of confucianism (which can't be really classified as a religion).
    • xDynaBlade, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1They're commies in the east and they also have a fairly large number of different religions like Taoism and some people follow the teachings of Confucius. Basically, there is no one religion that has more of a presence than any other.
    • lueckenbeisser, on 06/24/2008, -0/+0I think one has to call it a religion too - taoism is still very widespread in China. A "popular, degenerate amalgam of superstition, alchemy, magic, and healthculture" as Thomas Merton called it
  • ppvanzella, on 06/13/2008, -11/+19When will people realise that colorblind people CAN'T SEE THE ***** DIFFERENCE between light blue and dark blue (or other colors, for that matter)?
    It's a pretty useless map now that I can't tell if canadians are muslims or indian religous.
    • abszint, on 06/13/2008, -8/+30who the ***** cares about the colorblind?
    • 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.
      • ppvanzella, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2I hope you don't need me to tell you when someone is being sarcastic.
        • smrekar, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2I hope you don't need me to tell you when to shut up.
      • sup3rnautx, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1its called hinduism fag. we don't call christians "American religious people"

        ignorant *****.
    • 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.
      • skoons, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2and something like .5% of women are colorblind... and equally inconvenienced...
      • xjebbx, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2I'm colorblind and I from now on this is the way I will describe myself.
    • banmaster, on 06/13/2008, -11/+6Who gives a ***** about colorblind people. They are a drain on society and should all be euthanised!
      Same with left-handers and people who have beards!
      • smrekar, on 06/13/2008, -2/+4I was with you until you said beards. In my religion, the bearded rule. who are you...hitler? trying to perform your own natural selection?
      • ken830, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Funny! Dugg.
    • akamurph, on 06/13/2008, -0/+6yeah, they're Japanese Shintoists and Buddhists
    • feliks2, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3Hindi?
    • Johnagain, on 06/13/2008, -0/+12It's easy - Just remember, Canadians have the flip top heads.
    • Mattfah, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4I was thinking the same thing. I am color blind and sat there for 10 min trying to tell the difference between some of them.
      • smrekar, on 06/13/2008, -2/+1Did you know you were colorblind before you clicked the map? seems like 1 of 2 things.
        1. You didn't know.
        2. You knew and tried anyways.

        Why not just use photoshop. CS3 has a nice "Black and White" feature. You can select what you want to be white and what you want to be black. You can download a 30-day trial from adobe.com.

        e.g. Make Green = 100% and make everything else -100%. Then look at your map and you can tell the difference in like 15 seconds, instead of 10 minutes.
        • feliks2, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2You can download, install, start photoshop, then paste that ***** in there and change the settings in 15 seconds? Damn your good.
    • fakekevinrose, on 06/13/2008, -7/+5the color blind race is a stinking corpse on civilization. i shall wipe them off the multicolored map.
    • BetterOffEd, on 06/13/2008, -1/+10Seriously: You have my empathy, but there are bigger problems in the world. Do the best you can.
    • Metasquares, on 06/13/2008, -0/+6Since none of the replies to this comment have been in the least bit helpful, allow me to be the first :)

      You could try:

      http://www.vischeck.com/daltonize/

      I'm not colorblind, so I don't know how well it works, but it's probably better than nothing.
  • fani, on 06/13/2008, -8/+1We got one too many, don't you think ?

  • MavRevMatt, on 06/13/2008, -2/+11Down. Mirror: http://mavrev.com/imgup/image/539885816.gif
  • Thrilltone, on 06/13/2008, -9/+11All cultures invent myths to explain life's mysteries.
    We can see the flaws in all of them, except our own.
    • Inohavehalos, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1What do you mean, "our"?
      • Thrilltone, on 06/13/2008, -0/+5Those of use who have at least one positive or negative digg
    • Radan, on 06/13/2008, -0/+9There are no flaws in the words of the all mighty Oden! He will smite you with his wrath, and I promise you that it will be a highly unpleasant experience for you.
  • ch4os1337, on 06/13/2008, -9/+20Why do they classify Atheism as a religion?
    • Kinnkster, on 06/13/2008, -0/+25Well they aren't going to just leave people off the map...
    • Twisty, on 06/13/2008, -13/+3Because it is a beliefe and that is what religion is.
      • Magicmasta, on 06/13/2008, -3/+4A religion is an assumption, atheism is a void where the assumption may lie.
    • boydrew, on 06/13/2008, -11/+1its still a belief. a belief that a god doesn't exist, yes?
      • zephyear, on 06/13/2008, -1/+7no

        it's a lack of belief in a god
        • Synyk, on 06/13/2008, -3/+1Atheism is believing no god exists. It's a belief buddy. I know atheists hate to have the word belief and atheism in the same sentence, but atheism is a fanatic-like belief in Science (with the harsh insulting of all other cultures and set of beliefs and all). And since Science has yet to explain how an omnipresent being is possible, they BELIEVE that it's not...they don't KNOW it.

      • rationalist, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4Just like not collecting stamps is actually collecting unstamps. Or not.

        Are you a believer in un-Santa Claus? No, you simply do not believe in Santa Claus (one hopes).

        You likely disbelieve in all gods but one. I simply don't believe in that one, either.
      • principle, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1"The term atheism originated as a pejorative epithet applied to any person or belief in conflict with established religion. With the spread of freethought, scientific skepticism, and criticism of religion, the term began to gather a more specific meaning and has been increasingly used as a self-description by atheists."

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism
    • c0ncept, on 06/14/2008, -1/+20Because if they left Atheism off the chart we would complain about that too.
    • SLockhart, on 06/14/2008, -12/+4Because it is a religion. Everyone has a god atheist worship themselves.
    • lueckenbeisser, on 06/24/2008, -0/+0Because the term "religion" is poorly chosen. Atheism is belief, a concept of heavens and earth like any other.
  • Akraz, on 06/13/2008, -1/+5K umm .. southern ontario should be rainbow color actually. In fact, i dont even know anyone in Southern Ontario that is protestant (orange). What I do know is that at least 50% is Catholic(yellow)
    • sealhands, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2my mom lives there and she is protestant. there is a world outside people you know, even in southwestern ontario.
    • uhhNo, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/237-re ...
      this map shows that people can and will be converted to any religion, but, like jedi mind tricks, they only work on the weak minded.
    • Bunnya69, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0I live in the Niagara Region and a lot of people around here are Roman Catholic.
      • cosmos411, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0that must be a refreshing change with respect to your neighbour, that dump called Toronto. As a comedian once said, "you want to go to Canada and not see any Canadians, go to Toronto". Sad, but true.
  • jkr801, on 06/13/2008, -6/+42002? a lot has changed since then...
  • Commonwealth, on 06/13/2008, -5/+34It's too bad most of them are going to Hell. Maybe those sunsabitches should've picked somewhere else to be born!
    • emolument, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2hahaha
      very nice
    • BetterOffEd, on 06/13/2008, -1/+10Dugg for the phonetic spelling of "sunsabitches."
    • BowieX, on 06/14/2008, -2/+2^ Ditto.

      Oh, how I enjoy the kind of wit where poor grammar is deliberate, yet kept to a minimum and surrounded by perfect spelling and punctuation, *****!
  • zcreem, on 06/13/2008, -11/+72002, now that's what I call up to date.

    I don't believe, in this or any other fantasy.
    • BetterOffEd, on 06/13/2008, -2/+8I don't believe in extraneous commas.
      • zcreem, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1It is there for effect, or would you prefer if I wrote pause.
        • BetterOffEd, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Jesus Christ... (no pun intended) You did it again.
        • BetterOffEd, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1You do realize that I'm just kidding of course...

          ...I realize that English may not be your first language, and I certainly don't speak the Queen's English myself.


          .
    • Prathik89, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3This is a ridiculous map. Kashmir (north part of India ) is dominated by Buddhists? seriously?
  • MarcusJMcLean, on 06/13/2008, -17/+8Digg me down if you like, but religion sucks. Christianity is about as right as Islam, which is about as right as Hinduism, which is about as right as whichever religion the body-painted tribe in Brazil has.

    Did anyone see that article about intelligence and religion a few hours ago?
  • shinythingy, on 06/13/2008, -2/+8I'm more surprised at the amount and size of the unpopulated areas tbh
    • eSJayBee, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Ditto. World's religions aside, I didn't know such huge chucks of Africa were unpopulated.
  • LinkGCN4, on 06/13/2008, -6/+8Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself.
    • Punjabdasher, on 06/13/2008, -3/+1You dont believe in Internationally Sexy Monocles? YOU PIG!
    • LinkGCN4, on 06/13/2008, -3/+2Come on, -1 diggs? This was a quality reference.
    • masfenix, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Believing in *ism is believing in yourself.
    • ostracize, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Narcissism?
    • SwingCorey, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Thank you, Ferris.

      "It still doesn't change the fact that I don't have a car."
    • yoink1515, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1"I could be the walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off of people."
  • Borgcube636, on 06/13/2008, -1/+4Hey, why aren't Sufi's on there. Those guys are cool.
    • source1984, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2sufis are MUSLIMS. Sufism is part of Islam. Its not even a branch of Islam, its part and parcel of the Islamic religion.
  • aircool, on 06/13/2008, -8/+3to bad 97.6% of them are the fail artists.
  • 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.
    • 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...
      • monsieurginger, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3"Israeli Jew: They hate us too.
        Arab: Why?
        Jew: Because they think that we are you."

        [Zohan]

    • matu4251, on 06/13/2008, -0/+7could be because there are not that many jews to begin with, in the three countries with the largest jewish population it's about 5 millions in Israel, 5.6 millions in the usa, 800,000 in France
    • blackjack75, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1Don't worry, israel is very small and they don't know the difference either, otherwise they'd stop their tanks at the frontier.
  • ancientshoes, on 06/13/2008, -5/+20how ironic all the atheists are in some of the most oppressive countries in the world
    • anonymousleaf, on 06/14/2008, -4/+1How ironic that the Christians are the most suppressive?
    • hpfreak26, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Yeah. They're all swimming around in the ocean. How horrible!
  • Confusinator, on 06/13/2008, -3/+6Where's Antarctica?
  • 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."
    • soupdawg30, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2You guys went and fought about it so much that everyone just quit huh?
    • ajde, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Yeah, this map kinda bothers me in that some countries are just... not even close. E.g. Bosnia is predominantly Muslim and, you know, had a huge war because of that, and yet it's listed as being a country of varying Christian beliefs... Furthermore, in an era of globalization like what we're seeing now, 6 years can mean a pretty significant amount of change, in religious statistics or otherwise.
  • 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.
    • Magicmasta, on 06/13/2008, -0/+22it says encyclopedia Britannica. The projection is from the World Christan trends.
  • zomgwaffles, on 06/13/2008, -4/+31shouldn't hollywood have a big dot for the jews?
  • magnumfo, on 06/13/2008, -12/+8I love the generous forecast to the right provided by our objective friends over at World Christian Trends.
    • dafunkmonster, on 06/13/2008, -3/+3The source was Encyclopedia Britannica, douche.
    • tdawson2012, on 06/13/2008, -2/+3They're banking on the return and wide use of the lobotomy.
  • HypocriteDigg, on 06/13/2008, -12/+5 It's nice to see 1/4 of the world actually have a brain.
    • jcm267, on 06/13/2008, -3/+5??
    • nailPuppy, on 06/13/2008, -2/+5You mean 12.5% That is 1/8th
    • cynicalcheeto, on 06/13/2008, -2/+17Obviously, whatever that fraction is, you're not in it.
    • leakus, on 06/13/2008, -2/+5Seriously, which fourth are you talking about? You make it sound like it is obvious, but I have no idea.
    • Tubilakken, on 06/13/2008, -3/+4only 2,4 % you mean the atheists
    • Synyk, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2He probably meant Agnostics and Other Believers, because they chose to believe what they want, and do not follow the common religions.

      I agree.
      • uhhNo, on 06/14/2008, -2/+2i think you mean agnostics and other "non"believers
        • Synyk, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2Nah, read the pie chart. I mean Other Believers. People who have beliefs in greater things which don't fit in any of the Religions.
    • coolmuffin121, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1more like 2.4
  • LinkGCN4, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4Keep in mind this map was put out by the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Not exactly an unbiased source.
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