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0.0% Of Icelanders < 25yo Believe God Created Earth (1 Viewer)

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http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/00-icelanders-25-years-or-younger-believe-god-created-world-new-poll-reveals

Iceland seems to be on its way to becoming an even more secular nation, according to a new poll. Less than half of Icelanders claim they are religious and more than 40% of young Icelanders identify as atheist. Remarkably the poll failed to find young Icelanders who accept the creation story of the Bible. 93.9% of Icelanders younger than 25 believed the world was created in the big bang, 6.1% either had no opinion or thought it had come into existence through some other means and 0.0% believed it had been created by God.
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This is a country where fermented shark and horse meat are considered good eatin'.

So, while they have lousy taste in food, they have great taste in religion (i.e. none of the above).

 
matuski said:
FUBAR said:
What would they have voted if they thought god created the big bang?
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Why would anyone think that?
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The article states that 42% of Icelander's under 25 population are still Christian. So the OP poll is a little misleading. However 40+% of them consider themselves atheist, which seems to be on the rise in most other 1st world countries too. Kind of an interesting time to be alive...

 
Iceland has the third lowest murder rate in the world -- 20 times lower than the world average.

How do they do it without the morality passed down to us through God's laws?

 
Buckfast 1 said:
Iceland has the third lowest murder rate in the world -- 20 times lower than the world average.

How do they do it without the morality passed down to us through God's laws?
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Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Minnesota have murder rates 10 times lower than the top states. The only plausible conclusion is warm weather is what causes people to want to kill.

 
jon_mx said:
Buckfast 1 said:
Iceland has the third lowest murder rate in the world -- 20 times lower than the world average.

How do they do it without the morality passed down to us through God's laws?
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Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Minnesota have murder rates 10 times lower than the top states. The only plausible conclusion is warm weather is what causes people to want to kill.
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Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are three of the least religious states in the U.S.

 
SameSongNDance said:
jon_mx said:
Buckfast 1 said:
Iceland has the third lowest murder rate in the world -- 20 times lower than the world average.

How do they do it without the morality passed down to us through God's laws?
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Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Minnesota have murder rates 10 times lower than the top states. The only plausible conclusion is warm weather is what causes people to want to kill.
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Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are three of the least religious states in the U.S.
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So freezing your ### off for four months every year also makes people less likely to believe in God?

 
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jon_mx said:
SameSongNDance said:
jon_mx said:
Buckfast 1 said:
Iceland has the third lowest murder rate in the world -- 20 times lower than the world average.

How do they do it without the morality passed down to us through God's laws?
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Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Minnesota have murder rates 10 times lower than the top states. The only plausible conclusion is warm weather is what causes people to want to kill.
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Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are three of the least religious states in the U.S.
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So freezing your ### off for four months every year also makes people less likely to believe in God?
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I think..you're onto something here.

Maybe because it's so cold people are less likely to move around and interact with each other and subsequently less likely to commit murder. Also it's possible, due to the lower murder rate, that people who live in these states are less likely to contemplate death, the afterlife and subscribe to religion in general.

We need to make it snow in the Middle East.

 
Juxtatarot said:
matuski said:
FUBAR said:
What would they have voted if they thought god created the big bang?
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Why would anyone think that?
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It allows for their personal faith to be compatible with science.
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This. Even the pope seems to buy into this line of thought.

http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/1028/Do-Catholics-have-to-believe-in-the-Big-Bang-now

"He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment."

The beginning of the world was not chaotic, he continued, but rooted in love. And beliefs in creation and evolution can co-exist.

"God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life," the pope said. "Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve."

To some Evangelicals, the pope's remarks may sound un-Christian, but they do not represent a major departure for the Catholic Church, which has a long history of supporting scientific theories that run contrary to literal interpretations of Scripture.

In fact, it was a Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître, who in 1927 first proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory. Later, Pope Pius XII asserted evolution and Catholic doctrine are not contrary, and St. John Paul II backed him.

 
jon_mx said:
Buckfast 1 said:
Iceland has the third lowest murder rate in the world -- 20 times lower than the world average.

How do they do it without the morality passed down to us through God's laws?
Click to expand...
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Minnesota have murder rates 10 times lower than the top states. The only plausible conclusion is warm weather is what causes people to want to kill.
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There has been studies on the affect of climate and rates of violence, one of which I recall hearing about a few years ago. A quick Google search found this NPR article.
 
matuski said:
FUBAR said:
What would they have voted if they thought god created the big bang?
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Why would anyone think that?
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My guess is that the originator of the Big Bang, George Lemaitre thought that, being a Catholic priest and all.

This is his most famous quote about God and the big bang:

“As far as I can see, such a theory remains entirely outside any metaphysical or religious question. It leaves the materialist free to deny any transcendental Being… For the believer, it removes any attempt at familiarity with God… It is consonant with Isaiah speaking of the hidden God, hidden even in the beginning of the universe.”

 
FUBAR said:
Juxtatarot said:
matuski said:
FUBAR said:
What would they have voted if they thought god created the big bang?
Click to expand...
Why would anyone think that?
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It allows for their personal faith to be compatible with science.
Click to expand...
This. Even the pope seems to buy into this line of thought.

http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/1028/Do-Catholics-have-to-believe-in-the-Big-Bang-now

"He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment."

The beginning of the world was not chaotic, he continued, but rooted in love. And beliefs in creation and evolution can co-exist.

"God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life," the pope said. "Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve."

To some Evangelicals, the pope's remarks may sound un-Christian, but they do not represent a major departure for the Catholic Church, which has a long history of supporting scientific theories that run contrary to literal interpretations of Scripture.

In fact, it was a Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître, who in 1927 first proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory. Later, Pope Pius XII asserted evolution and Catholic doctrine are not contrary, and St. John Paul II backed him.
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I like this Pope's ability to compromise.

 
jon_mx said:
biju said:
Can't wait for this to be the United States.
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Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?
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It doesn't bother me what other people believe. What bothers me is the actions taken to force beliefs onto other people, sometimes with violence. If everyone would silently believe what they want that would be equally perfect.

 
matuski said:
FUBAR said:
Juxtatarot said:
matuski said:
FUBAR said:
What would they have voted if they thought god created the big bang?
Click to expand...
Why would anyone think that?
Click to expand...
It allows for their personal faith to be compatible with science.
Click to expand...
This. Even the pope seems to buy into this line of thought.http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/1028/Do-Catholics-have-to-believe-in-the-Big-Bang-now

"He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment."

The beginning of the world was not chaotic, he continued, but rooted in love. And beliefs in creation and evolution can co-exist.

"God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life," the pope said. "Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve."

To some Evangelicals, the pope's remarks may sound un-Christian, but they do not represent a major departure for the Catholic Church, which has a long history of supporting scientific theories that run contrary to literal interpretations of Scripture.

In fact, it was a Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître, who in 1927 first proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory. Later, Pope Pius XII asserted evolution and Catholic doctrine are not contrary, and St. John Paul II backed him.
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I like this Pope's ability to compromise.
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Compromising is easy when it was one of your own who first proposed the theory.

 
biju said:
jon_mx said:
biju said:
Can't wait for this to be the United States.
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Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?
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It doesn't bother me what other people believe. What bothers me is the actions taken to force beliefs onto other people, sometimes with violence. If everyone would silently believe what they want that would be equally perfect.
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I agree, those communists sure have been pretty bloodthirsty in spreading atheism and silencing religious views. &lt;/sarcasm&gt;Using violence to spread belief is a human problem, not one of just religious people. Tolerance of a variety of religious beliefs from a governmental perspective was seen quite early under Zoroastrian King Cyrus of the Persian empire. And in the United States the cause for religious freedom was led by Baptists like Roger Williams and the primarily Episcopalian founding fathers.

 
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Buckfast 1 said:
Iceland has the third lowest murder rate in the world -- 20 times lower than the world average.

How do they do it without the morality passed down to us through God's laws?
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Speaking of fun Iceland stats, they drink more more Coca-Cola per capita than any country in the world.

They also have an incest prevention app that you can check to see if you are related to a chick right before you bang her (only 300K people in the country and, apparently, it's a real concern).

http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/icelands-anti-incest-app-is-gross-but-necessary/

Not sure how any of this is related to anything, but I thought it was interesting.

 
FUBAR said:
matuski said:
FUBAR said:
Juxtatarot said:
matuski said:
FUBAR said:
What would they have voted if they thought god created the big bang?
Click to expand...
Why would anyone think that?
Click to expand...
It allows for their personal faith to be compatible with science.
Click to expand...
This. Even the pope seems to buy into this line of thought.http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/1028/Do-Catholics-have-to-believe-in-the-Big-Bang-now

"He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment."

The beginning of the world was not chaotic, he continued, but rooted in love. And beliefs in creation and evolution can co-exist.

"God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life," the pope said. "Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve."

To some Evangelicals, the pope's remarks may sound un-Christian, but they do not represent a major departure for the Catholic Church, which has a long history of supporting scientific theories that run contrary to literal interpretations of Scripture.

In fact, it was a Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître, who in 1927 first proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory. Later, Pope Pius XII asserted evolution and Catholic doctrine are not contrary, and St. John Paul II backed him.
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I like this Pope's ability to compromise.
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Compromising is easy when it was one of your own who first proposed the theory.
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I see/hear smart people say stupid stuff about things they think invisible beings in the sky do all the time. Par for the course. :shrug:

 
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