25 Countries With The Highest Rate of Atheism.

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Комментарии • 23 тыс.

  • @kennethlowrie995
    @kennethlowrie995 2 года назад +6833

    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.

    • @vimalsehgal6947
      @vimalsehgal6947 2 года назад +63

      *For rational spiritual knowledge Read* *1.* *Bhagvat Gita spoken by God.*
      *2.* *Bhagvat Mahapuran Scripture par excellence.*

    • @shaneschambach932
      @shaneschambach932 2 года назад +67

      That is plain insulting, profane, to say the least.

    • @zvipatent
      @zvipatent 2 года назад +708

      @@shaneschambach932 Dude - beer is real. I don't even drink, but I know it's real, whereas the "gods" are invented smoke and mirrors

    • @ilirllukaci5345
      @ilirllukaci5345 2 года назад +72

      @@zvipatent the gods were invented. The smoke and mirrors weren't. Not by people anyway.

    • @christinepage1523
      @christinepage1523 2 года назад +307

      @@shaneschambach932 At least you can see, touch and taste beer, so we know that is real.

  • @jonasabry9099
    @jonasabry9099 2 года назад +4877

    I don't care what people believe, as long as they leave me alone. 🤣😆

    • @jasonjason7823
      @jasonjason7823 2 года назад +223

      Exactly 👍

    • @chrisbacos
      @chrisbacos 2 года назад +122

      @@jasonjason7823makes three of us.

    • @MP-zf7kg
      @MP-zf7kg 2 года назад +536

      Problem is, many religious people feel it's their duty to "Lord" it over you.

    • @Dr.Schlitz
      @Dr.Schlitz 2 года назад +6

      The problem is that Christianity is built on proselytizing. They won’t be satisfied until everyone is a Christian.

    • @freeman10000
      @freeman10000 2 года назад +135

      Believe what you will but leave me alone ☺️

  • @StalKalle
    @StalKalle Год назад +139

    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".

    • @piplupempoleon4225
      @piplupempoleon4225 Год назад +9

      thats agnostic atheism

    • @maenad1231
      @maenad1231 Год назад +1

      Not all atheists are naturalists

    • @MrDAVIDGBJONES
      @MrDAVIDGBJONES Год назад +7

      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.

    • @MrDentmedo
      @MrDentmedo Год назад

      Read Quran and u will see what u looking for

    • @MrDentmedo
      @MrDentmedo Год назад

      @@MrDAVIDGBJONES read Quran

  • @alltubefootballcricket7256
    @alltubefootballcricket7256 6 месяцев назад +28

    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.

    • @vladanvyskocil
      @vladanvyskocil 5 месяцев назад +3

      In Bangladesh, they also have a super religion, they believe in great floods. After all, your country is the defacto delta of the Ganges.

    • @vincentvangogh8092
      @vincentvangogh8092 5 месяцев назад +1

      yeah i have a friend there who hides his atheism

    • @shirazkhan817
      @shirazkhan817 3 месяца назад +3

      I am also atheist. How many atheists and agnostics in Bangladesh are any information out there.

  • @annefrank7005
    @annefrank7005 2 года назад +1310

    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.

    • @coldlakealta4043
      @coldlakealta4043 2 года назад +55

      Very much the situation in Canada.

    • @erikaeriksson9840
      @erikaeriksson9840 2 года назад +129

      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...

    • @coldlakealta4043
      @coldlakealta4043 2 года назад +36

      @@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!

    • @woodencreatures
      @woodencreatures 2 года назад +23

      @@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

    • @brigan7759
      @brigan7759 2 года назад +21

      @@erikaeriksson9840 I will not be so positive about priests. They need to make a living too, you know.

  • @papaquonis
    @papaquonis 2 года назад +452

    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.

    • @konyvnyelv.
      @konyvnyelv. 2 года назад +8

      That is not a recent thing, since existentialist Soren Kierkegaard complained to that even in XIX century. He was against "cultural Christianity"

    • @neutrino78x
      @neutrino78x 2 года назад +10

      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".

    • @silh3345
      @silh3345 2 года назад +13

      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.

    • @neutrino78x
      @neutrino78x 2 года назад +19

      @@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!

    • @silh3345
      @silh3345 2 года назад +5

      @@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.

  • @nissansharma3451
    @nissansharma3451 3 месяца назад +12

    Atheism is more powerful is future

  • @scottrogers6436
    @scottrogers6436 2 года назад +1046

    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.

    • @JohnDoe-1956
      @JohnDoe-1956 2 года назад +1

      Religion has been responsible for more hate and wars than any other single cause.

    • @johnkerr1113
      @johnkerr1113 2 года назад +94

      simplistic but true....

    • @LudmilaT.
      @LudmilaT. 2 года назад

      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.

    • @AvesPasseri-Jinysvet
      @AvesPasseri-Jinysvet 2 года назад

      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...

    • @irka8086
      @irka8086 2 года назад

      They had the same fun during communism (music venues) checks are lazy f..s and have no culture

  • @jamesclark1550
    @jamesclark1550 Год назад +123

    I am a true believer. In science and reason.

    • @stevenmoreno2888
      @stevenmoreno2888 Год назад +3

      Correct
      Sciemce is Magic Superstition and Old Mistakes

    • @redarkurdish1508
      @redarkurdish1508 Год назад

      You must be muslim then

    • @eddieboggs8306
      @eddieboggs8306 Год назад +4

      @Kiwigeo
      Like Christianity to the Christian illiterate?

    • @metafox6942
      @metafox6942 Год назад

      @@eddieboggs8306 or islam to the islam illiterate?

    • @metafox6942
      @metafox6942 Год назад

      @@eddieboggs8306 like judaism to the jewish illiterate

  • @bjoardar
    @bjoardar Месяц назад +7

    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.

    • @UberSpah
      @UberSpah 14 дней назад

      I agree that it's default setting of every human, but I partially disagree that it must be taught. Back when humans were very simple and knew nothing, they were atheists, however, as they discovered world, they didn't have answers to all question they had, so they were simplifying them explaining them with divine powers. In modern world, however, people tend to explain things with science, but religion is still mainstream because it is taught by parents to children.

    • @bjoardar
      @bjoardar 14 дней назад +1

      @@UberSpah It is as you say, that it has always been in human nature to be curious for answers. So in a time when knowledge was low, the most logical outcome for things we could not understand was to chalk it up to something divine. It's just that in modern times, if parents did not pass on their religion to their children, religions would go the way of the Dodo bird. Is what I think.

  • @kuwandak
    @kuwandak Год назад +38

    Top 25 safest countries in the world:

    • @roshnipatel4393
      @roshnipatel4393 Год назад +12

      True the countries abandoning the violent Abrahmic cult beliefs are the safest 💞

    • @roboparks
      @roboparks Год назад

      K if you say so?

    • @EternalEmperorofZakuul
      @EternalEmperorofZakuul Год назад +2

      I know! Because they don't have a race problem!

    • @hagrim-zk3dd
      @hagrim-zk3dd Год назад

      ​@@roshnipatel4393 cow lover

  • @hawawa_
    @hawawa_ Год назад +147

    People often confuse religiousness with spirituality, they are not the same.

    • @GauravSingh-js3vm
      @GauravSingh-js3vm Год назад +4

      Point👍👍

    • @jctr4559
      @jctr4559 Год назад +13

      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.

    • @campbellgraham1979
      @campbellgraham1979 Год назад +12

      Spot on! I believe in God but am also pretty anti religious.

    • @marya9039
      @marya9039 Год назад +4

      Spiritual means pagan. A force, an energy, nature, light all are Creations.

    • @betsyduane3461
      @betsyduane3461 Год назад +5

      It's all the same silliness

  • @annajohansson7116
    @annajohansson7116 2 года назад +292

    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.

    • @jamescollins4208
      @jamescollins4208 2 года назад

      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.

    • @weizenobstmusli8232
      @weizenobstmusli8232 2 года назад

      No wonder the US has so many nut jobs 😄

    • @Insectoid_
      @Insectoid_ 2 года назад

      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

    • @bsheldon2000
      @bsheldon2000 2 года назад +37

      Moved to the land of self proclaimed experts, selling their bullshit. We have a lot of those in Canada too.

    • @repentancenow
      @repentancenow 2 года назад +7

      The flags in certain European countries appear to have Crosses. Like Sweden, Denmark

  • @rainygun6353
    @rainygun6353 8 месяцев назад +16

    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.

    • @datstudjai4702
      @datstudjai4702 6 месяцев назад

      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 💔

    • @SRBOMBONICA86
      @SRBOMBONICA86 4 месяца назад

      ​@@datstudjai4702north Korea is the most atheist country anyway

  • @jamnuvas3658
    @jamnuvas3658 Год назад +196

    I was born a Muslim but luckily l was strong enough to push this religion away!

    • @hagrim-zk3dd
      @hagrim-zk3dd Год назад

      you were to weak to resist satan!

    • @glowing.star786
      @glowing.star786 Год назад +4

      What was the reason u pushed Islam away

    • @AYAM.M
      @AYAM.M Год назад +11

      Are you an atheist ?

    • @mlg1279
      @mlg1279 Год назад +42

      Good for u!

    • @hagrim-zk3dd
      @hagrim-zk3dd Год назад +5

      @@mlg1279 how is that good?

  • @adnaneserraj
    @adnaneserraj Год назад +6

    Very interesting
    Surprised by some
    good job !

  • @richardhogenson594
    @richardhogenson594 2 года назад +1149

    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.

    • @CH3CH2OCH2CH3net
      @CH3CH2OCH2CH3net 2 года назад +74

      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.

    • @patmartens4751
      @patmartens4751 2 года назад +21

      @@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net I am ashamed by that……I am so sorry and apologize for the bad christians

    • @CH3CH2OCH2CH3net
      @CH3CH2OCH2CH3net 2 года назад +19

      @@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... ;-)

    • @Entropy4All
      @Entropy4All 2 года назад +75

      The USA is definitely one of those places, especially in rural areas and southern states.

    • @danielmalinen6337
      @danielmalinen6337 2 года назад +85

      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.

  • @Jericho101
    @Jericho101 2 года назад +645

    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.

    • @scottsimon1
      @scottsimon1 2 года назад +36

      They do have a city named Christchurch.

    • @Jericho101
      @Jericho101 2 года назад +67

      @@scottsimon1 Yes, a small portion of the population is Christian.

    • @jmseipp
      @jmseipp 2 года назад +83

      @@scottsimon1 Christchurch was named more than a hundred years ago.

    • @slayedclaw317
      @slayedclaw317 2 года назад +21

      @@jmseipp its just a name. By the way Christianity is a new religion

    • @humboldthammer
      @humboldthammer 2 года назад +18

      Odin has made great strides in New Zealand.

  • @playmobilegamescodm
    @playmobilegamescodm Год назад +68

    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.

    • @wrushikeshpanchale8554
      @wrushikeshpanchale8554 Год назад +2

      Same here❤

    • @ronzac55
      @ronzac55 Год назад +3

      same here

    • @fireheartedtimemanagemente5678
      @fireheartedtimemanagemente5678 Год назад +8

      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.

    • @user-mr3zm3fb1i
      @user-mr3zm3fb1i Год назад +1

      Definitely

    • @user-jv6vi1mv3m
      @user-jv6vi1mv3m 11 месяцев назад

      No external saviour in Buddhism. No God. No prayers. Buddhism is a ' Do it yourself ' religion.

  • @tgunersel
    @tgunersel 11 месяцев назад

    Wonderful :) Thank you so much :)

  • @outbackigloo6489
    @outbackigloo6489 2 года назад +618

    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.

    • @ahlamns
      @ahlamns 2 года назад +21

      I agree

    • @scottsimon1
      @scottsimon1 2 года назад +129

      Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union where for 70 years religion was banned,.

    • @outbackigloo6489
      @outbackigloo6489 2 года назад +96

      @@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.

    • @JonathanAllen0379
      @JonathanAllen0379 2 года назад +8

      @@outbackigloo6489 I agree with you on that.💯

    • @paulohagan3309
      @paulohagan3309 2 года назад +76

      @@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?

  • @martinmendl1399
    @martinmendl1399 2 года назад +273

    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.

    • @rkrishnan3660
      @rkrishnan3660 2 года назад +16

      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

    • @ruth6883
      @ruth6883 Год назад +17

      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.

    • @martinmendl1399
      @martinmendl1399 Год назад +9

      @@ruth6883 That and Europeans are really effing rich compared to the rest of the world

    • @Aggoenix
      @Aggoenix Год назад +22

      @@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

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort Год назад +4

      @@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.

  • @rahulanand3716
    @rahulanand3716 3 месяца назад +31

    Proud to be Atheist,⚛️ love from India 🇮🇳

    • @CodyTheViking
      @CodyTheViking 2 месяца назад +7

      Atheist from Norway friend

    • @Alibek_Mirasov
      @Alibek_Mirasov Месяц назад +3

      Atheist from Kazakhstan friend.

    • @thecommunistpartyofbloxburg
      @thecommunistpartyofbloxburg Месяц назад +3

      Atheist from the Philippines 🇵🇭 and USA 🇺🇸 ⚛️ friend

    • @Gabriel-rx9jw
      @Gabriel-rx9jw Месяц назад +3

      Atheist from Brazil 🇧🇷 friend

    • @leandroblockmango2673
      @leandroblockmango2673 Месяц назад

      ​@@Gabriel-rx9jw eae mano, também sou brasileiro ateu. Que raro encontrar um. Está tudo bem com você?

  • @pamelagileno5483
    @pamelagileno5483 Год назад +15

    You mean, 25 countries I should consider moving to? I'm in the middle of a religious hellscape...pun intended😭

  • @aquajuwel7098
    @aquajuwel7098 2 года назад +597

    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…..

    • @skateboardingjesus4006
      @skateboardingjesus4006 2 года назад +66

      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.

    • @stefponto6958
      @stefponto6958 2 года назад +48

      same here in Denmark! Couldn't be happier living in our beloved Scandinavia.

    • @senneschellinckx4581
      @senneschellinckx4581 2 года назад

      Religous people believe in family
      Non religous people believe humanity is worthless.

    • @mukulsharma5738
      @mukulsharma5738 2 года назад +4

      @REAL HERO who asked you to reply ?

    • @truthprevails5173
      @truthprevails5173 2 года назад +35

      Whether you agree or not, God of Abraham lives! That is a fact!

  • @johnnymartinjohansen
    @johnnymartinjohansen Год назад +406

    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.

    • @ludviklaurendzjensen7879
      @ludviklaurendzjensen7879 Год назад +29

      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.

    • @johnnymartinjohansen
      @johnnymartinjohansen Год назад

      @@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.

    • @xoniler
      @xoniler Год назад +5

      @@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

    • @Susweca5569
      @Susweca5569 Год назад +34

      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...

    • @boopbeepbop154
      @boopbeepbop154 Год назад +16

      Very sad. Nordic countries have a beautiful, Roman Catholic history.

  • @allankerr1754
    @allankerr1754 Год назад +80

    I DON'T CARE ABOUT RELIGION IF YOU ARE A DECENT PERSON I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT MATTER'S... FROM SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

    • @Blessedgreenlight
      @Blessedgreenlight Год назад +3

      What is decent tho? How do you get to that and how did that idea evolve from what or why?

    • @allankerr1754
      @allankerr1754 Год назад +2

      ​@@BlessedgreenlightBOLT JOG ON.

    • @JohnSmith-rk6jy
      @JohnSmith-rk6jy 11 месяцев назад +2

      Did you have to yell?

    • @allankerr1754
      @allankerr1754 11 месяцев назад

      @@JohnSmith-rk6jy

    • @gilmourattard3625
      @gilmourattard3625 11 месяцев назад

      Scotland is part of UK not indipendent

  • @nada2excoo
    @nada2excoo 11 месяцев назад +1

    Your presentation skills are amazing.... keep it up 👏

  • @nullpreference
    @nullpreference 2 года назад +389

    "Ugh, so many different kinds of atheism." Really? Like what, agnostic atheists? Spiritual atheists? Meanwhile, there are over 40,000 sects of Christianity.

    • @Indianchristian19876
      @Indianchristian19876 2 года назад +10

      can you name them?

    • @nullpreference
      @nullpreference 2 года назад +63

      @@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.

    • @Indianchristian19876
      @Indianchristian19876 2 года назад +47

      @@nullpreference yes I want you to mention 40 thousand sects names

    • @Turtledove2009
      @Turtledove2009 2 года назад +37

      As far as I'm concerned, atheism as a single term covers it. It's pretty final.

    • @poempadgett4664
      @poempadgett4664 2 года назад +9

      Agnostic Theists believe in some higher power, just not in any specific or organized religions.

  • @nbartlett6538
    @nbartlett6538 2 года назад +325

    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.

    • @StarTrekLivz
      @StarTrekLivz 2 года назад +22

      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 .....

    • @gofishglobal7919
      @gofishglobal7919 2 года назад +11

      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.

    • @nbartlett6538
      @nbartlett6538 2 года назад +50

      ​@@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.

    • @wolfgangdevries127
      @wolfgangdevries127 2 года назад +3

      @@nbartlett6538 in other words: religion.

    • @StarTrekLivz
      @StarTrekLivz 2 года назад +11

      @@gofishglobal7919 What is truth? Which truth?

  • @yuvalnai
    @yuvalnai Год назад +64

    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.

    • @michelesiciliano2016
      @michelesiciliano2016 Год назад +1

      Interesting

    • @quranicbard7881
      @quranicbard7881 Год назад +3

      Correct. This guy needs to start using Wikipedia! Thank you!

    • @basedgod6016
      @basedgod6016 Год назад +4

      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

    • @richlevine669
      @richlevine669 11 месяцев назад +5

      I agree with you. I think that the author of this video is incorrectly classifying all secular people as atheists.

    • @Ben-re5fx
      @Ben-re5fx 9 месяцев назад +1

      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.

  • @barbaramason9880
    @barbaramason9880 Год назад

    Thanks for this information.

    • @elenamiro3394
      @elenamiro3394 Год назад

      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

  • @candacemeifert-polk7383
    @candacemeifert-polk7383 2 года назад +16

    Love this channel, always learn something new. Thanks for all the research you do to get these out.

  • @rockerdrake
    @rockerdrake 2 года назад +46

    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.

    • @tomsd8656
      @tomsd8656 2 года назад

      And that's why such people are perfect for a communist ruling Party. Unfortunately the Western world is heading the same direction.

    • @sosoable
      @sosoable 2 года назад +4

      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

    • @tomsd8656
      @tomsd8656 2 года назад +6

      @@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.

    • @sosoable
      @sosoable 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p 2 года назад

      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.

  • @Agent7964
    @Agent7964 Год назад +1

    Very good video. And any information about Italy? I am very interested in the center of Roman Catholicism, how things stand.

  • @multiverse-UFO
    @multiverse-UFO 2 месяца назад +7

    All the modern atheist nations are so peaceful and developed!
    Coincidence?

  • @orangxjuicx3617
    @orangxjuicx3617 2 года назад +65

    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

  • @dreaminez472
    @dreaminez472 2 года назад +209

    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.

    • @markmccabe4516
      @markmccabe4516 2 года назад +30

      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 .

    • @frankendude671
      @frankendude671 2 года назад +34

      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.

    • @mohamedanan7726
      @mohamedanan7726 2 года назад +9

      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.

    • @Inversed00
      @Inversed00 2 года назад +1

      Westerners don't practice buddhism but secular Protestantism, that's just Christian values without a god, and call it buddhism.

    • @thongocdethuong2010
      @thongocdethuong2010 2 года назад +26

      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.

  • @james9524
    @james9524 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @amacuro
    @amacuro Год назад +41

    A big hug to all my atheist sisters and brothers.

    • @erwinaquinde7303
      @erwinaquinde7303 Год назад

      🌹 Religion as exposed by the Real Illuminati
      🔘 No religion has ever been able to establish peace and harmony on Earth. Religion has an excuse as to why it has never accomplished this.
      Each places the blame on those outside of their particular religion: Gentiles, infidels, sinners, and those whom they consider lost or who refuse to join them. Their excuse is that, if everyone would just join their religion, the world would be saved.
      🔘 Three of the world's main religions:
      Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, claim that no matter how hard each tries, none will ever be successful at creating peace and harmony on Earth until their particular Messiah comes to Earth (or returns to Earth) with the power and authority to create heaven throughout the world.
      None of these religions believe that mortals can do it on their own. Ironically, these three religions, more than any of the others, have been the main cause of most of the
      carnage and death throughout modern history.
      Consider for a moment what would
      happen to these three religions if humankind actually solved all of its own problems without the help of a Messiah. Or perhaps, maybe, there wouldn't be any problems if these three religions didn't exist. If we were to solve our own problems, not only would these three religions not be needed, but their identity and worth would be greatly diminished, as well as the self-esteem, self-worth, and self-value that their members gain from belonging to them.🌿
      🔘 Unfortunately, most people fall under the spell of these false messengers, who don't have any better understanding of the Real Truth than the seeker who pays them for an understanding.
      The false messengers pay comes in a wide variety of forms. Most receive actual money or other relevant material goods for their services.
      But ALL receive a payment that is more enticing than all the money in the world: power over another person, respect and standing, and accolade-laced value from their followers.🌿
      🔘 The Roman and American governments were not and are not successful at controlling
      their people through military power. Instead, they were and are able to control their people by another power that is stronger than any physical power on Earth: BELIEF.🌿
      🔘 The most successful book in the world is the Bible. It was created by the few to control the rest. It is a fantasy that has been presented by the few as "fact" in order to provoke certain behaviors from the majority. It actually details a list that God checks twice in order to find out who's naughty or nice. If God checks His list and finds out you're nice, you're going to be saved and go to heaven. If you're naughty, you're going to hell lat least according to the stories of the Bible).🌿
      🔘 When your mortal life ends, no matter how it ends, you will immediately be aware that you continue to exist. You will recognize that your True Self is an advanced human of incredible intelligence and individual power (free will).
      You will then know that YOU are the only god that has ever existed in your experience.
      You will realize that all the times upon
      Earth when you felt the presence of "God" or your "conscience," you were actually feeling the connection that your mortal avatar had with your True Self. You will know these Real Truths about your own Self, but also about every other human with whom you shared your earthly experience. You will know that each person who lives on Earth is actually connected to their True Self. You will know that there is no other god outside of YOU, outside of EACH of US.
      At that time, you will recognize exactly what has corrupted the mortal experience and destroved humanity. You will understand that, unless confronted and eliminated, this culprit (this CAUSE of the problem), will destroy our Fortnite-end our lives upon Earth.
      This culprit is religion. Religion lies to us and tells us that we are not our own god, but are subjected to (or enslaved by) the god that religion has invented to control our actions.
      Religion teaches us to not depend on ourselves for our own salvation. Religion teaches us that we must depend upon "God," even if this god allows us to experience such a miserable mortal life.
      We are taught about this God by religious leaders who personally benefit from the lie. If we were convinced that there is no god other than US, outside of the "god within," then we could unite and do what we must do in order to save Earth and all of humanity. Thus convinced, religion would no longer exist, and those who promoted religion for their own gain might cry out, "Oh mountains and rocks, fall on us, and hide us from this Real Truth!"🌿

    • @Somerandomguy-ju9jo
      @Somerandomguy-ju9jo Год назад +6

      And here is one in return

    • @arkadata470
      @arkadata470 Год назад

      You dont believe in god but yet you still believe there are ghosts exist. How funny yall

    • @Somerandomguy-ju9jo
      @Somerandomguy-ju9jo Год назад +1

      @@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

  • @mxuk
    @mxuk 2 года назад +49

    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

    • @coldlakealta4043
      @coldlakealta4043 2 года назад

      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.

    • @neutrino78x
      @neutrino78x 2 года назад +5

      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.

    • @fransthefox9682
      @fransthefox9682 2 года назад +2

      Hungarians are still very religious to this day. So much that they are stuck in the 15th century...

    • @neutrino78x
      @neutrino78x 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @fglatzel
      @fglatzel Год назад +4

      You will find that in many developed nations, religion does not really play a big role anymore.

  • @bradleysmits923
    @bradleysmits923 2 года назад +238

    In the times of Noah only eight people believed in God

    • @vimalsehgal6947
      @vimalsehgal6947 2 года назад +6

      *For rational spiritual knowledge Read* *1.* *Bhagvat Gita spoken by God.*
      *2.* *Bhagvat Mahapuran Scripture par excellence.*

    • @kimkennedy6456
      @kimkennedy6456 2 года назад +4

      And we think of those unbelievers every time we fill our cars up with gas

    • @limerind7493
      @limerind7493 2 года назад

      @@kimkennedy6456 Joe Biden has us down to 1 oil producing unbeliever

    • @TheDizzleHawke
      @TheDizzleHawke 2 года назад

      @@kimkennedy6456 fossil fuels weren’t formed from dead humans.

    • @TheDizzleHawke
      @TheDizzleHawke 2 года назад

      Then they incested the population.

  • @sphumelelesijadu
    @sphumelelesijadu 10 месяцев назад +6

    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.

    • @littlefab5389
      @littlefab5389 10 месяцев назад

      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 .....

  • @gaku_03
    @gaku_03 10 месяцев назад +10

    Most of the atheist countries are developed!

    • @EternalEmperorofZakuul
      @EternalEmperorofZakuul 10 месяцев назад +1

      Because of race

    • @littlefab5389
      @littlefab5389 10 месяцев назад +1

      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 .....

    • @jacobjgleggy1854
      @jacobjgleggy1854 Месяц назад

      More like most of them are 3rd world Communist shitholes

  • @d3r3kyasmar
    @d3r3kyasmar 2 года назад +10

    Happy and thankful for this video. This made me feel i am not alone.

  • @jmseipp
    @jmseipp 2 года назад +413

    “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.

    • @hfur7758
      @hfur7758 2 года назад +5

      What Good.🍓

    • @humboldthammer
      @humboldthammer 2 года назад +1

      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.

    • @solidcode21
      @solidcode21 2 года назад +4

      Might as well Atheist.

    • @JackKemet
      @JackKemet 2 года назад +9

      If you do good, you are actually doing God's work which actually means you are associated with The Godly nature.

    • @tengrici431
      @tengrici431 2 года назад +10

      that's why they had slaves.

  • @nabeelkhan00
    @nabeelkhan00 6 месяцев назад

    Great video

  • @Arbaaltheundefeated
    @Arbaaltheundefeated Год назад +9

    Making progress!

    • @mrhax4464
      @mrhax4464 Год назад +1

      We're going in the right direction.
      Come on 100%.

    • @KanonenBengan
      @KanonenBengan Год назад

      Come on 100%!

  • @sveinstmobekken2175
    @sveinstmobekken2175 Год назад +24

    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.

    • @SJKP98
      @SJKP98 Год назад

      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

  • @Lv-nq9qz
    @Lv-nq9qz 2 года назад +228

    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.

    • @jphunkpunk792
      @jphunkpunk792 2 года назад +11

      Those were my same thoughts about Ireland too.

    • @howellwong11
      @howellwong11 2 года назад +13

      It's just logical to move away from both, when both religions are fighting toe to toe on who God favors.

    • @Lv-nq9qz
      @Lv-nq9qz 2 года назад +20

      @@howellwong11 no argument from me, I walked away from catholicism decades ago.

    • @56pjr
      @56pjr 2 года назад +15

      "the fool says in his heart there is no God" Psalm 14

    • @Lv-nq9qz
      @Lv-nq9qz 2 года назад +26

      @@56pjr no, I say it with my mouth, or in this case my fingers, there is no god

  • @sam-fc9ky
    @sam-fc9ky Год назад +5

    Jesu ssid 'those who travel with him will travel the narrow road'... Im going with him

  • @interesting2709
    @interesting2709 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @eaglesviper79
    @eaglesviper79 2 года назад +18

    Actually really do look forward to all of your videos. Very helpful and entertaining.

  • @douglasmcminn2223
    @douglasmcminn2223 2 года назад +238

    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

    • @gabrielladilario5750
      @gabrielladilario5750 2 года назад +4

      Unfortunately so true. As an Australian it makes me sick to my stomach.

    • @NoTaboos
      @NoTaboos 2 года назад +5

      It certainly is a moronic obsession. So many people without mature hobbies and interests.

    • @felatiome331
      @felatiome331 2 года назад +6

      @@NoTaboos Not everyone can be a Nerd.

    • @NoTaboos
      @NoTaboos 2 года назад +4

      @@felatiome331 I rest my case.

    • @Dragonblaster1
      @Dragonblaster1 2 года назад +3

      Douglas, don't forget cricket; as a Brit, it's a passion I share.

  • @erosinlove956
    @erosinlove956 Год назад +76

    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 “😂😂😂

    • @amaansaeed9413
      @amaansaeed9413 Год назад +4

      Rude not that I am a Christian

    • @CMVMic
      @CMVMic 7 месяцев назад

      Yea, until they tie you down and leave you to starve.... until they are convinced you are a catholic again

    • @Nekotaku_TV
      @Nekotaku_TV 2 месяца назад

      Hahaha.@@amaansaeed9413

  • @XfromDarkHorse
    @XfromDarkHorse Год назад +22

    As an ex-Muslim ex-Christian atheist, this video makes me happy!

    • @roboparks
      @roboparks Год назад +5

      Why?? Why does it make you happy??

    • @xanders.3810
      @xanders.3810 11 месяцев назад

      Yikes

    • @kamiltaibi9661
      @kamiltaibi9661 11 месяцев назад

      Athaeist don t make happy Just stupid

    • @blacklyfe5543
      @blacklyfe5543 10 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@roboparksbecause it brings us joy religion is dying every year

    • @roboparks
      @roboparks 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@blacklyfe5543 Tik Tok and materialism brings you Joy?

  • @mr.awesome9192
    @mr.awesome9192 Год назад +359

    In India religion is major factor used for elections by political parties

    • @mr.awesome9192
      @mr.awesome9192 Год назад +31

      @Mido 2 got that right👍

    • @mrsandeepreddyjtn
      @mrsandeepreddyjtn Год назад

      Hinduism allows atheism

    • @Aggoenix
      @Aggoenix Год назад +31

      @@mr.awesome9192 In Czechia the more atheistic/non caring about religion the party is, the more chance to be elected it has :D

    • @xxcronomaxx7986
      @xxcronomaxx7986 Год назад +61

      we even broke the country in the basis of religion

    • @Loveyoumodi
      @Loveyoumodi Год назад +101

      That's why india still 100 yrs behind developed countries...

  • @stevelloyd5785
    @stevelloyd5785 Год назад +180

    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.

    • @likepocketsjingling
      @likepocketsjingling Год назад +8

      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.

    • @janefreeman995
      @janefreeman995 Год назад +2

      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.

    • @dvchel
      @dvchel Год назад +6

      Netherlands too.

    • @drewrowl
      @drewrowl Год назад

      New Zealand was responsible for mild world revival m8!

    • @Mayfrancisxavier
      @Mayfrancisxavier Год назад +6

      I think we are more than best mates, we're family!

  • @C..e.
    @C..e. 6 месяцев назад +6

    Love Azerbaijan 🇦🇿❤️⚛️

  • @AntarcticaMade
    @AntarcticaMade 5 месяцев назад +12

    Happy New Year! Really hope this is the year that we all begin respecting Atheists.

  • @dhammapalatan360
    @dhammapalatan360 Год назад +53

    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.

    • @IgorFranknstn27
      @IgorFranknstn27 Год назад

      No wonder these countries are have many backward thinking people, and always in unrest with one another.

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda Год назад +2

      Tan, you are correct. This video has many lies in it.

    • @sunway1374
      @sunway1374 Год назад

      Strictly speaking, even Buddhists are atheists. Not all religions are theistic.

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda Год назад

      @@sunway1374 Sunway, Some flavors of Buddhism, like in Japan, definitely are not Atheistic.

    • @elimalinsky7069
      @elimalinsky7069 Год назад +4

      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.

  • @valerielhw
    @valerielhw 2 года назад +112

    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!

    • @C.Church
      @C.Church 2 года назад +17

      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".

    • @rgawt1870
      @rgawt1870 2 года назад +5

      I was surprised that Israel was on the list, WOW 😲

    • @astinharun5331
      @astinharun5331 2 года назад

      @Joscha Wexler who cares

    • @Georgios1821
      @Georgios1821 2 года назад

      THIS VIDEO IS FAKE

    • @C.Church
      @C.Church 2 года назад

      @Joscha Wexler That deserves a meme flashed up over your shoulder and a lot of talking with the hands. 🌄🤷‍♂️

  • @drewner778
    @drewner778 Год назад

    I could not find the survey used in this video. Please cite your sources so we can take a look.

  • @animeromancelovestory2868
    @animeromancelovestory2868 5 месяцев назад +5

    Let's Go Team Atheist ✊⚛ 🇯🇵🇨🇳🇸🇪 There Is Nothing Good About Getting Involved With Religious Groups That Believe In All Sorts Of Strange Things.

  • @74arcath
    @74arcath Год назад +18

    not loosing, leaving it behind, evolving

    • @lane1313
      @lane1313 Год назад

      How is it evolving? There's no evidence to prove *or disprove* the existence of a God, therefore throwing it outright, thus leaving the possibility of going to an eternal torment (the common depiction of hell), on the table. Seems rather stupid to me. Most of the famous scientists through human history have actually believed in God, and some like Newton had actually followed a religion.

    • @74arcath
      @74arcath Год назад +5

      @@lane1313 because those famous scientist lived in a time where it was dangerous to deny God. I dont have to disprove any of the 3000 Gods, I bet u dont believe in 2999 of them. I think believin in a God is childish and stupid but most of all I think ppl do it of fear of dying. its there excuse and there comfort and sure they can keep it only issue is almost all religous ppl wanna force in on others.

    • @lane1313
      @lane1313 Год назад +2

      @@74arcath "famous scientists lived in a time where it was dangerous to deny god"
      Okay a couple things:
      1. No, they didn't. Not every country was dictatorial or theocratic, even before the 1600's.
      2. It is entirely context dependent on which country. Are we talking Britain (Newton) or Italy (Galileo)?
      Newton, Einstein, Schroedinger, Pascal, Galileo, Bacon, etc all WILLINGLY believed in God because they could recognize patterns and symmetries that could very well be creations from a divine powerful being.
      I think dismissal of the possible existence of a God is incredibly idiotic and retarded, as well as, quite funnily enough, goes against the scientific method of conclusion, which is something that has not been proven, can remain true, even if unproven, and something that is proven, can be subject to change.

    • @74arcath
      @74arcath Год назад

      @@lane1313 yea ok Iam not gonna have a conversation with a religous person I found thro my lifetime as many with me that those are meaningless. You think iam stupid and now even retarded wich is a new low... I wont call u that but my opnion of u isnt good and I here end this chat. Bye

    • @lane1313
      @lane1313 Год назад

      @@74arcath So, someone just based off being religious, means they cannot be sane or logical/reasonable/rational?
      Wow, that its-self is very irrational. I'm sure the people whom I listed before, would disagree with you. Very unintelligent.

  • @adilsongoliveira
    @adilsongoliveira Год назад +353

    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.

    • @punishr36
      @punishr36 Год назад +26

      Absurd is an understatement, cheers.

    • @gastonpossel
      @gastonpossel Год назад +49

      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.

    • @welersoncarvalho2471
      @welersoncarvalho2471 Год назад

      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...

    • @simpleandrewwww
      @simpleandrewwww Год назад

      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.

    • @rendafranker7088
      @rendafranker7088 Год назад +12

      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

  • @eldarzeynalov2703
    @eldarzeynalov2703 Год назад +9

    I'm from Azerbaijan, a non-believer, now live in Poland 😋

    • @robmichael8136
      @robmichael8136 4 месяца назад +1

      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.

  • @Unknown_Iranian_Soldier1
    @Unknown_Iranian_Soldier1 4 месяца назад +5

    Iran is Fastest Atheist Growing Country in the world

    • @ultraman240
      @ultraman240 Месяц назад

      the rest of the followers of the Shah Iran

  • @Bharatiyahindutav
    @Bharatiyahindutav Год назад +14

    I'm vegan atheist from kolkata 🇮🇳

  • @MrBishonen
    @MrBishonen 2 года назад +29

    The fact that The Netherlands (with 66% atheists according to Win-Gallup 2015) is not in this list is a big mystery to me……

  • @Joseph_mohaz
    @Joseph_mohaz 4 месяца назад +6

    Atheist From Somalia

    • @conductingintomfoolery9163
      @conductingintomfoolery9163 4 месяца назад

      Your not a somalia, as somali is a mixure of oromo, amahara, afar, arab muslims and muslims only

  • @lewistaylor1965
    @lewistaylor1965 11 месяцев назад

    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

  • @eetadakimasu
    @eetadakimasu 2 года назад +15

    This was really interesting, thank you for all of your hard work in creating this and all of your great content!

    • @vimalsehgal6947
      @vimalsehgal6947 2 года назад

      *For rational spiritual knowledge Read* *1.* *Bhagvat Gita spoken by God.*
      *2.* *Bhagvat Mahapuran Scripture par excellence.*

  • @yanglu4064
    @yanglu4064 Год назад +74

    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).

    • @yugalsuhang5319
      @yugalsuhang5319 Год назад

      Atheism doesn’t correlate with religion

    • @blue-vz2nx
      @blue-vz2nx Год назад +3

      @@yugalsuhang5319 you didnt have to cuuuut me off

    • @alicetwain
      @alicetwain Год назад +10

      A person can be atheist while not being irreligious. There a re a ton of religions out there that don't imply gods.

    • @AKDHFR
      @AKDHFR Год назад +12

      feng shui is religion? i don't think it is, it is more a believe sense of luck how nature precieve.

    • @Aquacrystal78
      @Aquacrystal78 Год назад +2

      @@AKDHFR
      If it's based on some set of beliefs that's well documented and subscribed to them Yes.

  • @ramamanibalaji6343
    @ramamanibalaji6343 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @cabbage_cat
    @cabbage_cat Год назад +2

    hey, the comment section seems unusually calm for a touchy subject

    • @mrhax4464
      @mrhax4464 Год назад

      Yeah, that fact is even more surprising that the Israel statistic.

  • @danholm4952
    @danholm4952 2 года назад +172

    "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

    • @mytasterunscountry5048
      @mytasterunscountry5048 2 года назад +1

      😆😆😆😆😆😆👍🏽

    • @gofishglobal7919
      @gofishglobal7919 2 года назад +5

      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.

    • @yvonneemmert9185
      @yvonneemmert9185 2 года назад

      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!

    • @steffenrosmus9177
      @steffenrosmus9177 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @skullsforerlikkhansthrone9306
      @skullsforerlikkhansthrone9306 2 года назад +1

      "USA is the intellectual cesspool of the western world"

  • @theisolatedsoul1760
    @theisolatedsoul1760 2 года назад +26

    I was born as a Hindu but I grew up to be an Atheist.

    • @maya-cc2sx
      @maya-cc2sx 2 года назад +18

      Fun fact, there’s a bunch of atheistic Hindu sects which have existed since ancient times

    • @maya-cc2sx
      @maya-cc2sx 2 года назад +7

      @@Ritesh-pv4yi not really, I understand that you want to define it as a homogeneous identity because you might feel it closer to other theistic religions than not (which parts of it surely is) but as long as you use the word Hinduism that would be incorrect, there’s no such thing as Hinduism - the term is a foreign exonym which refers to all traditions that existed in the subcontinent in pre medieval times and some later on - the reason for this probably being the commonality of basic beliefs, similar debating traditions, absence of blasphemous persecution and otherisation etc that would be expected had these sects actually been considered so different by the people, scholars differentiate Jainism Buddhism etc from this because they wanted to talk about their heritage separately and they should because they do have a very large separate heritage, I wasn’t referring to them here anyway.
      The people who don’t believe in gods or believe in them in a separate sense (as enlightened people, as yantras only, etc) are not wrong in identifying themselves as Hindu because that’s what they are culturally, Charvakas would be defined as Hindus if they were met by foreign travellers in the past. And nastik Hindus are those that do not completely accept the Vedas (but may accept brahma, or other concepts) that’s the whole point of Vedanta (it’s literally Veda + anta) and many other traditions.

    • @theisolatedsoul1760
      @theisolatedsoul1760 Год назад +1

      @@Ritesh-pv4yifirstly, I'm not anything like what you said. I don't believe in God, religious things, any kind of brahma or power or whatever you'll like to call it.
      Secondly, I don't need to look or sound cool cause I'm already much cooler than most people.

    • @maya-cc2sx
      @maya-cc2sx Год назад +2

      @@Ritesh-pv4yi can you elaborate on what you mean by hindu natiks vs hindu atheists?
      And buddhism has
      hells ( from wikipedia - " The Dīrghāgama or Longer Āgama-sūtra (Ch. cháng āhán jīng 長阿含經),[9] was translated to Chinese in 22 fascicles from an Indic original by Buddhayaśas (Fotuoyeshe 佛陀耶舍) and Zhu Fonian 竺佛念 in 412-13 CE.[10] This literature contains 30 discrete scriptures in four groups (vargas). The fourth varga, which pertains to Buddhist cosmology,[11] contains a "Chapter on Hell" (dìyù pǐn 地獄品) within the Scripture of the Account of the World (shìjì jīng 世記經). In this text, the Buddha describes to the sangha each of the hells in great detail, beginning with their physical location and names
      ")
      gods ( "A Deva (देव Sanskrit and Pāli, Mongolian tenger (тэнгэр)) in Buddhism is a type of celestial beings or gods who share the god-like characteristics of being more powerful, longer-lived, and, in general, much happier than humans, although the same level of veneration is not paid to them as to Buddhas.")
      and also
      afterlife (" In each rebirth one is born and dies, to be reborn elsewhere in accordance with one's own karma.[19] It is perpetuated by one's avidya ("ignorance"), particularly about anicca (“impermanence”) and anatta, (“no-self”)[20][21] and from craving.[note 5] Samsara continues until moksha is attained by means of insight and nirvana.[")
      just like there is in hinduism, this is why they are all considered dharmic religions.
      Yoga also does not have personal gods and is demonstrably hindu, has always been, so you cannot claim hinduism always necessarily has multiple gods. Hinduism is not a strictly defined religion, vedism or brahmanism may be but hinduism is a cultural term - a foreigner in premedieval times visiting India would call _all_ Indians hindus. I don't know how they define sanatan dharma but it is not the same as hinduism. And about the brahmins, how is it a lie if they do accept such sects? Doesn't the acceptance make that a truth?

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant Год назад

      Nice Supplement to this Video here would be the Debunk of the famous Myth of 'God blesses Countrys' that Holy Koolaid expertedly did.

  • @brentmiller3951
    @brentmiller3951 5 месяцев назад +12

    This gives me hope for the world

    • @robmichael8136
      @robmichael8136 4 месяца назад +1

      Hope for what?

    • @codez1711
      @codez1711 4 месяца назад

      Lgbtq and genders is rising in this countries not development and commonsense

    • @Random-JustAnother
      @Random-JustAnother 3 месяца назад +1

      This broke my heart

    • @Nekotaku_TV
      @Nekotaku_TV 2 месяца назад +1

      @@robmichael8136 Religion is a virus.

    • @jacobjgleggy1854
      @jacobjgleggy1854 Месяц назад

      ​@@Nekotaku_TVAtheism/ Communism is a Virus

  • @Robert-mv3ei
    @Robert-mv3ei 2 месяца назад

    Where'd you get these numbers

  • @Mastersharkmapping
    @Mastersharkmapping 2 года назад +23

    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

    • @weemac4645
      @weemac4645 2 года назад +4

      They are more concerned about eating than praying.

    • @phillrockman
      @phillrockman Год назад +4

      You make an excellent point. I'd be willing to bet these numbers are skewed by the fact that religion is frowned upon.

    • @kreed445
      @kreed445 Год назад +1

      communists crush anything they perceive as a threat - government is god - you are property of the state - protest and you'll disappear

    • @phillrockman
      @phillrockman Год назад

      @@kreed445 just like capitalists

    • @bballen3097
      @bballen3097 Год назад

      @@phillrockman Not just religion, all scams are frowned upon, including religion.

  • @guangquanshen6627
    @guangquanshen6627 2 года назад +300

    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.

    • @kaichang2059
      @kaichang2059 2 года назад +20

      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.

    • @pizzapadinton8868
      @pizzapadinton8868 2 года назад +19

      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

    • @MynameisLuk4
      @MynameisLuk4 2 года назад

      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?

    • @madarawijerathne276
      @madarawijerathne276 2 года назад +6

      @@pizzapadinton8868 agreed theravada Buddhism is like that.

    • @Zerpentsa6598
      @Zerpentsa6598 2 года назад +17

      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?

  • @ambikaupadhyay-dg4zt
    @ambikaupadhyay-dg4zt Год назад +57

    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.

    • @rajarsi6438
      @rajarsi6438 Год назад +10

      Beginning and end & creation and destruction only take place in the ignorant mind.

    • @ryaflexy9501
      @ryaflexy9501 Год назад

      That's complete batshit

    • @pavanchandravanshi1200
      @pavanchandravanshi1200 Год назад +6

      Means you are not an atheist any more
      Atheist ..... this is not any kind of religion

    • @mlg1279
      @mlg1279 Год назад

      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

    • @MrDentmedo
      @MrDentmedo Год назад

      Read Quran

  • @dionysostheliberator2287
    @dionysostheliberator2287 Год назад +17

    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.

  • @maxdoubt5219
    @maxdoubt5219 2 года назад +55

    I hope Xian apologists see this and get the message: atheism does _not_ inevitably lead to societal strife. The most religious countries are the most violent & unstable. But the best attitude toward religion should be: "You do you."

    • @GenXfrom75
      @GenXfrom75 2 года назад +8

      I'm a devout Christian and live firmly by "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

    • @HeLpLOstGOdAny1
      @HeLpLOstGOdAny1 2 года назад +6

      Islam has always been the most unstable, breaking out in civil war as soon as the founder popped his clogs, leaving a 14 century rift with no solution. There are more Jihad groups committing atrocities against civilians than all groups worldwide; even if counting all other religions combined in total.

    • @InfectedChris
      @InfectedChris 2 года назад +1

      @@HeLpLOstGOdAny1 While China literally has their Muslim population in camps. Yet, the same fake woke companies refuse to call them out.

    • @kimsaunders3990
      @kimsaunders3990 2 года назад +20

      Completely agree! The countries that are least religious seem to also be the least judgemental, most accepting of others and least dangerous 🤷‍♀️

    • @maxdoubt5219
      @maxdoubt5219 2 года назад +4

      @@GenXfrom75 Meh. Better is _don't_ do to others what you wouldn't like. If it's "do unto others..." then I'm sending Jeff Bezos 10% of my money. 😄

  • @carinahansson2361
    @carinahansson2361 2 года назад +14

    Here in Sweden you'll be considered a freak if you say you believe in God!

    • @jackiemack8653
      @jackiemack8653 2 года назад +1

      Sad. On judgment day all the unbelievers will be crying. Also sad that you are proud to vilify people who have beliefs other than yours. Smh.

    • @helvete983
      @helvete983 2 года назад +1

      Not in Småland. Usually one of the first questions asked is which church do you go to.

  • @wagnersavino3090
    @wagnersavino3090 Год назад +14

    This raised my hope in humanity

  • @jtmassecure4488
    @jtmassecure4488 10 месяцев назад +2

    I remember when they tried to cure black plauge with chants and prayers lmao.

  • @mrkioscienceteacher
    @mrkioscienceteacher 2 года назад +268

    Definitely would love one on the US states if that hasn't been done yet.

    • @devincampbell5007
      @devincampbell5007 2 года назад +32

      Most of New England will be on the list with Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Connecticut in the top 5 spots.

    • @Zenas521
      @Zenas521 2 года назад +4

      @@devincampbell5007 California is rather atheist as well...

    • @kimsaunders3990
      @kimsaunders3990 2 года назад +25

      I don’t know much about America but I’d say the states furthest from the Bible Belt…..? 🤷‍♀️

    • @PatricenotPatrick
      @PatricenotPatrick 2 года назад +12

      @@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 😂

    • @southernhippie9058
      @southernhippie9058 2 года назад +10

      @@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.

  • @jan-erikwahlberg2791
    @jan-erikwahlberg2791 2 года назад +42

    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

    • @helvete983
      @helvete983 2 года назад +2

      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.

    • @ateoforever7434
      @ateoforever7434 2 года назад +4

      Odin and Thor deserve some prayers......

    • @fluentpiffle
      @fluentpiffle 2 года назад +4

      @@ateoforever7434 Bless 'em.. They always get left out don't they? It's just not fair..

    • @ateoforever7434
      @ateoforever7434 2 года назад +1

      @@fluentpiffle Yes, but my favorite is the goddess Khali, who can massage me with those 8 arms at once....

    • @lovetruth5518
      @lovetruth5518 2 года назад

      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!

  • @jacquelinemry
    @jacquelinemry Год назад +9

    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.

    • @dthomas9230
      @dthomas9230 11 месяцев назад +1

      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)

  • @HCScomix
    @HCScomix Год назад +1

    I loved this video

  • @warlord95Sweden
    @warlord95Sweden Год назад +16

    You say lose, I say Cleaning ourselves of it.

    • @darklittlepeople
      @darklittlepeople Год назад

      he says "lose", and i start hearing the song "losing my religion" in my head, on repeat ! 🤣😅

    • @pyrrhusofepirus8491
      @pyrrhusofepirus8491 Год назад +1

      Yes, we atheists are just so much more enlightened then those religious folk, instead our religions have ‘isms’ on the end.

    • @tillitsdone
      @tillitsdone Год назад

      @@darklittlepeople Same here. "That's me in the corner...."

    • @topologyrob
      @topologyrob Год назад +2

      That's because you have a very weird idea of religion, clearly.

  • @andrewc1205
    @andrewc1205 Год назад +16

    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.

  • @drewner778
    @drewner778 Год назад

    In fact, every survey data I could find was not even close. Which survey was this, please?

  • @sugannaidoo9244
    @sugannaidoo9244 Год назад

    I think this was a reference to the R.E.M. song called losing my religion 😅

  • @sabelomlambo3586
    @sabelomlambo3586 2 года назад +12

    Its interesting how the most developed countries are the least religious

    • @manaf.alfize
      @manaf.alfize 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, and vice versa as well ...

  • @mickmorrison
    @mickmorrison 2 года назад +25

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention Shintoism in Japan as I believe that is the one practised most in that country.

    • @Persian-Immortal
      @Persian-Immortal Год назад +2

      Mick, all his data needs to be double checked.

    • @bluestripetiger
      @bluestripetiger Год назад +4

      Surprisingly, there are many Japanese people that don't think of Shinto as a religion per se--they simply think of it simply as "culture" or "community traditions." I had a Japanese exchange student as a friend in college and her mind was blown in humanities class when they spoke of Shinto as being a religious tradition. Buddhism though is definitely thought of as a religion by all Japanese. I have had several other Japanese friends since that time. Most tell me they are surprised at seeing how religious American culture is.

    • @mickmorrison
      @mickmorrison Год назад +1

      @@bluestripetiger The fact that they view Buddhism as a religion doesn’t mean that they practise it.

    • @bluestripetiger
      @bluestripetiger Год назад +1

      @@mickmorrison definitely agree with that comment. The Japanese in general live secular lives.

    • @YugaKurita
      @YugaKurita Год назад

      You rarely see a Japanese person who would say I'm a Shintoist and not a Buddhist or vice versa. Typically, people do a wedding ceremony in Shinto or Christian style and funeral in Buddhist style.Their children believe in Santa Claus. The same people celebrate Christmas and visit Shinto shrines on the New Year’s day.

  • @dhollongstreet4725
    @dhollongstreet4725 Год назад +1

    I would really question the report on some of these stats.

  • @sami2503
    @sami2503 Месяц назад

    There are a lot of Jedis in UK too, because the survey lets you put that on there lmao