Thought this was intresting (America, atheist, agnostic, Israel)

[Karrsquest]

Top 50 Countries
With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics
(Zuckerman, 2005)

Below is a list of the top fifty countries containing the largest measured percentage of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or non-believer in God. These figures do not necessarily represent the number of people who are identify themselves as "atheists." For example, in Estonia in 2004, 49% of people surveyed said they did not believe in God. At the same time, only 11% of people in the country identified themselves as atheists.
CountryTotal country
population (2004)% Atheist/
Agnostic/
Nonbeliever in GodNumber of Atheists/
Agnostics
Nonbelievers in God
(minimum - maximum) Sweden 8,986,000 46 - 85% 4,133,560 - 7,638,100 Vietnam 82,690,000 81% 66,978,900 Denmark 5,413,000 43 - 80% 2,327,590 - 4,330,400 Norway 4,575,000 31 - 72% 1,418,250 - 3,294,000 Japan 127,333,000 64 - 65% 81,493,120 - 82,766,450 Czech Republic 10,246,100 54 - 61% 5,328,940 - 6,250,121 Finland 5,215,000 28 - 60% 1,460,200 - 3,129,000 France 60,424,000 43 - 54% 25,982,320 - 32,628,960 South Korea 48,598,000 30 - 52% 14,579,400 - 25,270,960 Estonia 1,342,000 49% 657,580 Germany 82,425,000 41 - 49% 33,794,250 - 40,388,250 Russia 143,782,000 24 - 48% 34,507,680 - 69,015,360 Hungary 10,032,000 32 - 46% 3,210,240 - 4,614,720 Netherlands 16,318,000 39 - 44% 6,364,020 - 7,179,920 Britain 60,271,000 31 - 44% 18,684,010 - 26,519,240 Belgium 10,348,000 42 - 43% 4,346,160 - 4,449,640 Bulgaria 7,518,000 34 - 40% 2,556,120 - 3,007,200 Slovenia 2,011,000 35 - 38% 703,850 - 764,180 Israel 6,199,000 15 - 37% 929,850 - 2,293,630 Canada 32,508,000 19 - 30% 6,176,520 - 9,752,400 Latvia 2,306,000 20 - 29% 461,200 - 668,740 Slovakia 5,424,000 10 - 28% 542,400 - 1,518,720 Switzerland 7,451,000 17 - 27% 1,266,670 - 2,011,770 Austria 8,175,000 18 - 26% 1,471,500 - 2,125,500 Australia 19,913,000 24 - 25% 4,779,120 - 4,978,250 Taiwan 22,750,000 24% 5,460,000 Spain 40,281,000 15 - 24% 6,042,150 - 9,667,440 Iceland 294,000 16 - 23% 47,040 - 67,620 New Zealand 3,994,000 20 - 22% 798,800 - 878,680 Ukraine 47,732,000 20% 9,546,400 Belarus 10,311,000 17% 1,752,870 Greece 10,648,000 16% 1,703,680 North Korea 22,698,000 15%* 3,404,700 Italy 58,057,000 6 - 15% 3,483,420 - 8,708,550 Armenia 2,991,000 14% 418,740 China 1,298,848,000 8 - 14%* 103,907,840 - 181,838,720 Lithuania 3,608,000 13% 469,040 Singapore 4,354,000 13% 566,020 Uruguay 3,399,000 12% 407,880 Kazakhstan 15,144,000 11 - 12% 1,665,840 - 1,817,280 Mongolia 2,751,000 9% 247,590 Portugal 10,524,000 4 - 9% 420,960 - 947,160 USA 293,028,000 3 - 9% 8,790,840 - 26,822,520 Albania 3,545,000 8% 283,600 Argentina 39,145,000 4 - 8% 1,565,800 - 3,131,600 Kyrgyzstan 5,081,000 7% 355,670 Dominican Republic 8,834,000 7% 618,380 Cuba 11,309,000 7%* 791,630 Croatia 4,497,000 7% 314,790 Source: Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005).






Looks like us nonbelivers will have friends to burn with, no but seriously they said that the number increased the more educated the people where, not implying anything but I wonder if the trend will increase in America.

[Humanoid]

The general trend is that the more wealthy a nation is the smaller number of religious people there are, there are a few exceptions to this general rule though. Most notably the US, but also countries like Vietnam.

[supermike]

It is obvious that the more educated people and cultures have more non-believers. Why are there 5 times more atheists in the "HOLY LAND" than there are in the USA? Because they are better educated. Five of the ten most influential people in history are atheists. Einstein, Freud, Lincoln, Darwin, Franklin, Jefferson, Edison, Galileo, just to name a couple

[Alpha8207]

Originally Posted by Karrsquest

Looks like us nonbelivers will have friends to burn with, no but seriously they said that the number increased the more educated the people where, not implying anything but I wonder if the trend will increase in America.

hehehee.....I don't know how I missed this one but there's so much irony wrapped up in that quote right there.....I really should have that one framed and hanging on my office wall.

Originally Posted by supermike

Einstein, Freud, Lincoln, Darwin, Franklin, Jefferson, Edison, Galileo, just to name a couple

If you think all those guys were atheists you need to study a lil more and listen to the talking heads a lil less.

[SuSuSushi]

"If we go back to the beginning we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods, that fancy, enthusiasm or deceit adorned them, that weakness worships them, that credulity preserves them and that custom, respect and tyranny support them, in order to make the blindness of men serve their own interests."

--Baron Paul Heinrich Dietrich D'Holbach

[allisonfishback]

sususushi that was foolish babble.

[allisonfishback]

You would think supermike would have known that Einstein believed in God. Way to go alpha8207!!!!!!!

It is interesting to me as well, that the writer in the above article states that he and fellow unbelievers will burn, I guess because God has given to every man a measure of faith to believe in him, and because he has chosen to reject God his own concious is condeming him. Sad.

[rickmahorn]

Originally Posted by allisonfishback

You would think supermike would have known that Einstein believed in God. Way to go alpha8207!!!!!!!

It is interesting to me as well, that the writer in the above article states that he and fellow unbelievers will burn, I guess because God has given to every man a measure of faith to believe in him, and because he has chosen to reject God his own concious is condeming him. Sad.

Allison,

Have you put your faith into our savior Zeus? I certainly hope you have not rejected him, for you will be sent to Hades if you don't worship him!

[Thirdparty]

Hades was the ruler of Tartarus created after the war of the Titans. Hades was Zeus's sibling.

[Thirdparty]

Zeus would not save you unless you died honorable in battle.