The belief in God has nothing to do with what he created. It rains on believers as well as non believers.

Well I think this is a good post!
All the country's mentioned, as far as I know, don't mix religion with education very much.
So, what I gained from this is..
The more educated a country is, the more the population is in a possition to weigh up the facts against religion and make an adult opinion on the whole subject.
Therefore, education, science etc allows the population to advance and evolve away from outdated modes of thinking that are detremental to them as individuals and as a nation.
As far as I know, most organised religions like to keep the status quo, which in most cases is somewhere back in the bronze age, they don't like progress or modern aducation as it is a threat to their power.
The country's shown in the OP are country's where they have broken from the outdated shackels of oppressive religions and evolved mentally.
That's my take on it anyway

That could be about right about the Dutch.

A third of the country keeps voting for a religious party.
Well... this year was different.

It tells me that people live long in those countries and that America should start blowing more bubbles and smoke, too!

Oh, it also tells me that ATS members should take more pictures of their immediate surroundings instead of sitting in front of the computer all day and night, trolling and posting highly biased, yet subjective opinions.

Thank you.

The text on the top image talked about societies that believe in god and each box just stated what percent of people think religion is important. You dont have to think religion is important to believe in god or be spiritual. I dont have a problem with atheism, I was one for a while(still am one depending on if you agree with my definition of god) but I dont really think those stats proved anything one way or another when it comes to belief in god like the top text was referring to, it does say something about organized religion though. Jus sayin...

[edit on 21-6-2010 by CREAM]

No....i saw something different.God told me to tell you...look!!! i'm trying to get your attention...and stop thinking this creation in the pictures is what you should worship....hail, man i made the Andes and Denali for ya!
and you still ignore Me!

Great thread S+F

I don't see why it is so hard for the people who responded to understand the point is not about how beautiful the country is but only about the indexes.

This is something I already know. You could have a country where 90% of the population is Christian but does not practice or consider religion important, they can still believe in god(s). The point is that it does not affect their lives as it would a community where religion is important.

I believe that Socialism, when practiced in its' purest form(Scandinavian) is the kindest, most prosperous and most enlightened ideology in the world. It allows people to come together as a community, which allows that community to believe in other people for help and not in prayer. It makes people take action if they want something done.

i love how the picture of Frace has Chemtrails =D!

It show to me peace & tranquil ......................this is without reading other post's...........

So away I go and read the other post's

I like how it starts with "Religious extremists say"

From the look of it the article should prolly include something about the agenda of Atheist extremists....seems only fair...and is it not the same thing?

The problem with universal atheism is no different then what atheists claim is the problem with religion. It breeds disagreement and that can lead to many things....please explain how atheism trumps this...and please explain how you think that atheism (a religion of its own) would be able to convince everyone it is best WITHOUT violence....isn't thats what is happening now? Islam extremists attack non Islamic people and all because they don't believe...other religions do it plenty...

You could make a post like this of EVERY religion....atheism is no different....if everyone agreed on one religion it wouldn't matter what religion it is....


Also...ending with "No country has ever suffered because its people became reasonable" is about the worst way to convince someone of what point you are trying to make...

"Hey! your really stupid for what you believe! why don't you come over here and see what I have to say!?!?"

nice tactic -.-

[edit on 23-6-2010 by Dennislp3]

Originally posted by primus2012
Another statistics about the same countries:
Suicide Rate Per 100k as of 2008 and Total Population

If all is warm and fuzzy without a god, suicide rates would be too small to calculate.

Where does it say thats the suicide rates are connected to a lack of religion?

I see societies that speak to me. If the the likes of Alex Jones gained power, they would put people like me-a Nordic pagan-in prison or concentration camps.

It tells me that Scandinavia is quite a nice place to live.

That's about it though, really.