#we're like JUST coming into an era where people are more athiestic. give it a couple years. maybe 100 even or more. | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

snekdood · 6 months ago

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/04/14/map-these-are-the-worlds-least-religious-countries/

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/06/which-is-the-most-peaceful-country-in-the-world/

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light blue is least democratic, dark blue is most. kinda seems to align a lot better with the "most peaceful countries" map. turns out the problem is any ideology being twisted for nefarious reasons and not religion specifically and exclusively. I mean, look at fucking china.

#Opinion http://dlvr.it/T8kCbl

#antitheist cope #canada? sure. australia? sure. parts of europe? sure.#but lets look at china here though....... or azerbaijan #or how mexico and the upper part of south america are slightly less religious but still not exactly as 'peaceful' as other countries #with similar levels of religiosity #check out argentina down there. very religious and also very peaceful. or a lot of the countries in SEA.#and lots of europe is still very religious and also. look. still very peaceful.#also. we're just ignoring the huge chunk of data we dont have rn? theres so many countries we dont even have the data on the religiosity #of them.#the data is too incomplete for me to say confidently either way and it should be for you too #op where even is the source for this #antithiests really gotta tell themselves religions the only problem so they dont ever have to think about if they have the potential #to twist their own ideology for the worst #'i-it has to be religion right??? Id never do anything that bad with my beliefs.... right??? right?????? it has to be religion it has to!!!#we're like JUST coming into an era where people are more athiestic. give it a couple years. maybe 100 even or more.#once when we have more athiestic countries then maybe we can come to a conclusion over whether its religion or not. I'm betting the #problem isnt religion though. the problem is always authoritarianism and a desire for control. religion is just an easy #tool for gaining that control- but not the only one. look at soviet russia.#its not 'these countries have become more athiestic and thus democratic' its 'these countries have become more democratic #which means more people are free to be athiests' the problem is ALWAYS authoritarianism. not religion itself.#who am I gonna trust. this grainy jpg likely made by a angry biased antitheist teen and- im guessing- posted it to his facebook #or several much more reputable sources? tough pick #how can you not be distressed about such little data from africa or the middle east here. i doubt your source has any more data #than mine

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