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« on: February 09, 2005, 12:57:57 AM »

Mostly real, a few made up:

Singapore
Cuba
North Korea
Saudi Arabia
Iraq (curren state)
Somalia
The Republic of Minnesota (made up one, see my thread on it: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=15820.0)
Cuba
Belarus
New America (bandit's supposedly new nation, assuming it got independence and he is the ruler)
Burma
Zimbabwe (side note: 1/3 of the adult population here has AIDS)
Czech Republic (thrown in largely for opebo, it's the most atheist nation on earth)

so rank from most to least. I'll do it right afterwords.
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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2005, 12:59:40 AM »

give us *some* nice choices next time Smiley

edit-some of them actually are alright
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2005, 01:02:34 AM »

Republic of Minnesota (of course! I rule it)
New America (I wouldn't have a problem with bandit in charge at all)
Czech Republic
Cuba
Belarus
Singapore
Somalia
Iraq
Burma
Zimbabwe
Saudi Arabia
North Korea
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2005, 01:07:02 AM »

Easily the Czech Republic.
Minnesota, as I see its a stable democracy.
Iraq
Singapore- could be worse! Plus English-speaking.
New America, perhaps, if it has elections
Belarus- a Jewish community, stability, and the authoritarianism is a little less oppressive if you keep your mouth shut
Zimbabwe- I at least know the language. But I'd be very sexually conservative.
Cuba- I know the language a little, and the other options are even worse.
Somalia- lots of English speakers, and appears to be improving. In the interim I'd be scared to death, though.
Burma. Unbelievably, better than the other options.
Saudi Arabia. You've found the only modern option that's even worse.
North Korea, which has always been at war with Oceania.
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2005, 06:21:55 AM »


1) Czech Republic
2) Singapore
3) Cuba
4) The Republic of Minnesota
5) Burma
6) Belarus
7) New America
Cool Somalia
9) Zimbabwe
10) North Korea
11) Saudi Arabia
12) Iraq




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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2005, 01:28:18 PM »

The czech republic is the most atheist nation on earth?
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« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2005, 01:29:16 PM »

1) Czech Republic
-I'm no atheist, but the beer (Pilsner Urquell--go try if you haven't)

2) Singapore

3) all others....push.
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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2005, 01:35:47 PM »

Czech Republic
Cuba
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Belarus
Iraq
Burma
Somalia
Zimbabwe
North Korea

I don't know enough about these:
The Republic of Minnesota (made up one, see my thread on it: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=15820.0)
New America (bandit's supposedly new nation, assuming it got independence and he is the ruler)
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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2005, 01:36:38 PM »

The czech republic is the most atheist nation on earth?

No it isn't, not even close.
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2005, 01:43:47 PM »

It's almost 40% atheist. What nation beats it? I'm only counting nations with freedom of religion though, not communist ones that ban religion.
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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2005, 02:20:55 PM »

It's almost 40% atheist. What nation beats it? I'm only counting nations with freedom of religion though, not communist ones that ban religion.

Countries with freedom of religion whose population is over 40% atheist :

The Netherlands, Estonia, Cuba, Taiwan, Slovenia(not sure about this one), and a few others.

Countries where church attendance is lower than the Czech Republic:
 Korea, South 
 Taiwan 
 Ukraine   
 Moldova 
 Bulgaria   
Georgia   
China
Armenia
Serbia and Montenegro
Belarus   
Azerbaijan   
Latvia   
Norway   
Denmark   
Finland
Estonia
Iceland
 
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2005, 02:26:53 PM »

There aren't many things dumber than for a white person to go to Zimbabwe, and the North Korea option is pretty bad since they don't let people in even in theory and, once in, you'll starve to death.
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« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2005, 02:44:35 PM »



The Netherlands, Estonia, Cuba, Taiwan, Slovenia(not sure about this one), and a few others.

 

The netherlands keeps better records on religion than any other country in the world.  This is what made it very easy for the Nazis to round up any undesirables there, and is a source of friction and disagreement among Netherlanders.  It is therefore not surprising that they would top any list of atheists, since one is compelled to choose a religious preference on a number of government documents.
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« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2005, 10:50:30 PM »

I'd rank Singapore dead last except for Saudi Arabia. And possibly North Korea, but even that's iffy.
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« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2005, 11:00:08 PM »

I'd rank Singapore dead last except for Saudi Arabia. And possibly North Korea, but even that's iffy.

eh, terrible as Singapore is it still beats Burma. At least they don't force their citizens into slave labor camps and lie about tsunami casualties to stop aid workers from coming into the country so their citizens starve and die of disease. Utterly disgusting government.
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« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2005, 11:08:47 PM »

It's almost 40% atheist. What nation beats it? I'm only counting nations with freedom of religion though, not communist ones that ban religion.

Countries with freedom of religion whose population is over 40% atheist :

The Netherlands, Estonia, Cuba, Taiwan, Slovenia(not sure about this one), and a few others.

Countries where church attendance is lower than the Czech Republic:
 Korea, South 
 Taiwan 
 Ukraine   
 Moldova 
 Bulgaria   
Georgia   
China
Armenia
Serbia and Montenegro
Belarus   
Azerbaijan   
Latvia   
Norway   
Denmark   
Finland
Estonia
Iceland
 

CIA World Factbook on these:

Czech Republic: 39.8% atheist (narrowly beats out Catholics for a plurality)
Netherlands: Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)
unaffiliated doesn't neccesarily mean atheist but granted it is slight higher than the Czech Republic
Cuba: only gives stats before Castro came to power, but like I said, I'm only talking about countries with freedom of religion
Estonia: gives a list of religions but no percentages. I looked it up on wikipedia and it says Estonia largest religious group is Evangelical Lutheran (which I am) but only a third of the country has any religious affiliation. So this one beats it I guess
Slovenia: over 70% Catholic, 4.3% atheist (lower than the US)
Taiwan: mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
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