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

[GoFishTN]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

 

[SameSongNDance]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

 

[matuski]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

Yes, religion has it tough in our country. Always the victim, amiright?

 

[Fennis]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

I assume you mean, college students who are protesting, why do you think those people are atheists?

 

[FUBAR]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

I was thinking more of not being able to buy booze on Sunday. But, yeah hindering the advancement of society too.

The booze thing is real. Hindering society? America was founded on and pretty much built by believers.

And immigrants working cheap, can't forget those.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

I was thinking more of not being able to buy booze on Sunday. But, yeah hindering the advancement of society too.

The booze thing is real. Hindering society? America was founded on and pretty much built by believers.

And immigrants working cheap, can't forget those.

America was also founded by slave owners...

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

Your face hinders the advancement of society.

Probably

 

[Galileo]

Did you ever try to win Risk from Iceland? It's almost impossible. Europe is too difficult to hold most of the time.

Hell no. Asia was easier to hold than Europe. The only reason to take Europe was to show boat.

Always take Europe last, but Iceland must be conquered and adequately fortified as a critical security gate protecting North America

 

[Steed]

No wonder their banking system's a mess.

http://www.loansafe.org/iceland-sentences-26-corrupt-bankers-to-74-years-in-prison

That article paints a better picture.

 

[rascal]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

what a load of crap

 

[CowboysFromHell]

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?

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.

Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are three of the least religious states in the U.S.

So freezing your ### off for four months every year also makes people less likely to believe in God?

"Jesus Christ it's cold!"

 

[matuski]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

what a load of crap

My link

 

[the moops]

I'm heading to Iceland in August. I'll report back

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

what a load of crap

Damn. You've completely changed my mind.

 

[tonydead]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

what a load of crap

You're right, given our current state of affairs, I'd probably rank religious terrorism over suppression of scientific progress.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

what a load of crap

My link

I knew what that was before clicking on it.

 

[GoFishTN]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

I assume you mean, college students who are protesting, why do you think those people are atheists?

If I'm reading these polls correctly (probably not), somewhere around 40% of Americans under 30 are atheists and a college education increases that number. So, it's a pretty good guess.

 

[FUBAR]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

I was thinking more of not being able to buy booze on Sunday. But, yeah hindering the advancement of society too.

The booze thing is real. Hindering society? America was founded on and pretty much built by believers.

And immigrants working cheap, can't forget those.

America was also founded by slave owners...

right, immigrants working really cheap.

 

[matuski]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

I assume you mean, college students who are protesting, why do you think those people are atheists?

If I'm reading these polls correctly (probably not), somewhere around 40% of Americans under 30 are atheists and a college education increases that number. So, it's a pretty good guess.

I'd like to see these polls, that would be very encouraging.

 

[cstu]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/02/18/college-students-today-are-less-religious-than-ever-before/#disqus_thread

PDF link to the report.

Religious Affiliation and Self-Rated Spirituality Decline

The CIRP Freshman Survey has consistently asked students to identify their religious pref erence since 1971, and more students than
ever are selecting “none.” Figure 4 shows that, in 2014, more than one-quarter of incoming
freshmen (27.5%) selected “none,” a one-year increase of 2.9 percentage points from 2013, and
an increase of over 12 percentage points from the 1971 value (15.4%).

In 1971, 17.3% of men and 13.5% of women did not affiliate with any religion. By 2014, those figures had moved
to 30% of men and 25.4% of women selecting “none” as their religious preference. These
gender differences are consistent throughout the 40-year-plus history of the item.

In 1973, a question was introduced asking students about their mother’s and father’s religious preference. In that first year, 6.4% of
students selected “none” for paternal religious preference and 3.1% for maternal religious
preference. By 2014, that had increased to 19% for father and 13.8% for mother. These
parental gender differences were similar to the differences between male and female students.
These numbers correspond with a recent Pew Research Center survey that found that 29% of
Millennials are unaffiliated with any religion, which compares to 21% of Generation Xers,
16% of Baby Boomers, and 9% of the “Silent” Generation (Pew, 2014).

Reviewing the data for faith-based institutions compared to secular institutions, we find that
Catholic four-year and other religious colleges had fewer students overall who selected “none”
as their religious preference (see Figure 5).

 

[matuski]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/02/18/college-students-today-are-less-religious-than-ever-before/#disqus_thread

PDF link to the report.

Religious Affiliation and Self-Rated Spirituality Decline

The CIRP Freshman Survey has consistently asked students to identify their religious pref erence since 1971, and more students than

ever are selecting “none.” Figure 4 shows that, in 2014, more than one-quarter of incoming

freshmen (27.5%) selected “none,” a one-year increase of 2.9 percentage points from 2013, and

an increase of over 12 percentage points from the 1971 value (15.4%).

In 1971, 17.3% of men and 13.5% of women did not affiliate with any religion. By 2014, those figures had moved

to 30% of men and 25.4% of women selecting “none” as their religious preference. These

gender differences are consistent throughout the 40-year-plus history of the item.

In 1973, a question was introduced asking students about their mother’s and father’s religious preference. In that first year, 6.4% of

students selected “none” for paternal religious preference and 3.1% for maternal religious

preference. By 2014, that had increased to 19% for father and 13.8% for mother. These

parental gender differences were similar to the differences between male and female students.

These numbers correspond with a recent Pew Research Center survey that found that 29% of

Millennials are unaffiliated with any religion, which compares to 21% of Generation Xers,

16% of Baby Boomers, and 9% of the “Silent” Generation (Pew, 2014).

Reviewing the data for faith-based institutions compared to secular institutions, we find that

Catholic four-year and other religious colleges had fewer students overall who selected “none”

as their religious preference (see Figure 5).

 

[cstu]

I believe that the numbers here are inherently low because most Americans will select the religion they were raised in even if they don't really believe in it.

 

[the moops]

Are we sure it is 0.0% and not just 0%?

 

[Buckfast 1]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

Disdain for the First Amendment by atheists? Care to expand on that one?

 

[joffer]

Are we sure it is 0.0% and not just 0%?

Mr. Blutarski

 

[jon_mx]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

Disdain for the First Amendment by atheists? Care to expand on that one?

I think it is referring to the religious freedom part and some are overly concern with the religious beliefs of others.

 

[chauncey]

I'm heading to Iceland in August. I'll report back

I hope you are single and like to drink. I hear the chicks in Reykjavik are not only hot but also drink 3000 units/yr.

Please report back with pics.

 

[CowboysFromHell]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

I assume you mean, college students who are protesting, why do you think those people are atheists?

If I'm reading these polls correctly (probably not), somewhere around 40% of Americans under 30 are atheists and a college education increases that number. So, it's a pretty good guess.

Yes, the more educated you are, the less likely you are to believe in Santa clause and other fairy tales.

 

[the moops]

I'm heading to Iceland in August. I'll report back

I hope you are single and like to drink. I hear the chicks in Reykjavik are not only hot but also drink 3000 units/yr.Please report back with pics.

going with the wife and a 3 and 5 year old

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

Disdain for the First Amendment by atheists? Care to expand on that one?

I think it is referring to the religious freedom part and some are overly concern with the religious beliefs of others.

Wat

 

[jon_mx]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

Disdain for the First Amendment by atheists? Care to expand on that one?

I think it is referring to the religious freedom part and some are overly concern with the religious beliefs of others.

Wat

I said, "I think it is referring to the religious freedom part and some are overly concern with the religious beliefs of others.".

 

[SameSongNDance]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

GoFishTN is conflating atheism with the motives of regressive liberals who want to censor free speech. There's no correlation. In fact, the very type of people he is referring to are the same people who tried to stop Bill Maher from giving a commencement speech at UC Berkley for being a bigoted towards religion.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

It is. Even today, in other places, questioning/criticizing religion absolutely is a death sentence.

 

[jon_mx]

Can't wait for this to be the United States.

Why does it bother you so much what other people believe?

Because people believing in mythology, pseudoscience, and general bull shot hinders the advancement of our society in general.

You should be more concerned about the coming out of the mouths of your young atheist brethren.

Like what?

Their disdain for the First Amendment is a good one to start with.

Yes, religion has it tough in our country. Always the victim, amiright?

Always the hemoroid-bleeding #######, amiright.

 

[cstu]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

It is. Even today, in other places, questioning/criticizing religion absolutely is a death sentence.

Seems religious folks confuse 'freedom of speech' with 'freedom to say stupid things without being mocked'. Don't know a single atheist who doesn't love the 1st Amendment.

 

[IC FBGCav]

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?

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.

Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are three of the least religious states in the U.S.

So freezing your ### off for four months every year also makes people less likely to believe in God?

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.

Chicago is a tropical paradise.

 

[IC FBGCav]

I'm heading to Iceland in August. I'll report back

I hope you are single and like to drink. I hear the chicks in Reykjavik are not only hot but also drink 3000 units/yr.Please report back with pics.

going with the wife and a 3 and 5 year old

You got a built in baby sitter, I don't see the problem.

 

[FUBAR]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

It is. Even today, in other places, questioning/criticizing religion absolutely is a death sentence.

Seems religious folks confuse 'freedom of speech' with 'freedom to say stupid things without being mocked'. Don't know a single atheist who doesn't love the 1st Amendment.

Don't know a single Christian who doesn't love the first amendment. You're free to mock, Christians are free to evangelize.

 

[Amused to Death]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

It is. Even today, in other places, questioning/criticizing religion absolutely is a death sentence.

Seems religious folks confuse 'freedom of speech' with 'freedom to say stupid things without being mocked'. Don't know a single atheist who doesn't love the 1st Amendment.

Don't know a single Christian who doesn't love the first amendment. You're free to mock, Christians are free to evangelize.

Absolutely, just keep it out of our public schools, text books and government buildings. Who's infringing on the right to do it privately?

 

[dparker713]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

GoFishTN is conflating atheism with the motives of regressive liberals who want to censor free speech. There's no correlation. In fact, the very type of people he is referring to are the same people who tried to stop Bill Maher from giving a commencement speech at UC Berkley for being a bigoted towards religion.

There are plenty of reasons to not want Bill Maher to give a commencement speech.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

No matter which side of the argument you are on, I can't imagine anyone using Iceland as justification for anything.

 

[tonydead]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

GoFishTN is conflating atheism with the motives of regressive liberals who want to censor free speech. There's no correlation. In fact, the very type of people he is referring to are the same people who tried to stop Bill Maher from giving a commencement speech at UC Berkley for being a bigoted towards religion.

There are plenty of reasons to not want Bill Maher to give a commencement speech.

Sure depending on your point of view, and whether or not you like Bill. But, this petition specifically claimed that he is blatantly religiously bigoted, link.

 

[FUBAR]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

It is. Even today, in other places, questioning/criticizing religion absolutely is a death sentence.

Seems religious folks confuse 'freedom of speech' with 'freedom to say stupid things without being mocked'. Don't know a single atheist who doesn't love the 1st Amendment.

Don't know a single Christian who doesn't love the first amendment. You're free to mock, Christians are free to evangelize.

Absolutely, just keep it out of our public schools, text books and government buildings. Who's infringing on the right to do it privately?

We might disagree on what we would allow in the schools or government buildings but I'll agree that those aren't the places to evangelize. If a group of kids want to pray in school, I'm okay with that as it doesn't establish religion or impede on the free exercise thereof.

 

[FUBAR]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

GoFishTN is conflating atheism with the motives of regressive liberals who want to censor free speech. There's no correlation. In fact, the very type of people he is referring to are the same people who tried to stop Bill Maher from giving a commencement speech at UC Berkley for being a bigoted towards religion.

There are plenty of reasons to not want Bill Maher to give a commencement speech.

Sure depending on your point of view, and whether or not you like Bill. But, this petition specifically claimed that he is blatantly religiously bigoted, link.

Funny, I like bill a little bit more than I disagree with him.

 

[dparker713]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

GoFishTN is conflating atheism with the motives of regressive liberals who want to censor free speech. There's no correlation. In fact, the very type of people he is referring to are the same people who tried to stop Bill Maher from giving a commencement speech at UC Berkley for being a bigoted towards religion.

There are plenty of reasons to not want Bill Maher to give a commencement speech.

Sure depending on your point of view, and whether or not you like Bill. But, this petition specifically claimed that he is blatantly religiously bigoted, link.

I'm sure he wouldn't characterize it as bigoted, but he's certainly anti religion.

 

[tonydead]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

GoFishTN is conflating atheism with the motives of regressive liberals who want to censor free speech. There's no correlation. In fact, the very type of people he is referring to are the same people who tried to stop Bill Maher from giving a commencement speech at UC Berkley for being a bigoted towards religion.

There are plenty of reasons to not want Bill Maher to give a commencement speech.

Sure depending on your point of view, and whether or not you like Bill. But, this petition specifically claimed that he is blatantly religiously bigoted, link.

I'm sure he wouldn't characterize it as bigoted, but he's certainly anti religion.

Amen!

And UC Berkeley is considered Libertarian, home of the Free Speech Movement, which is why it's ironic that some of them decided to petition against a certain type of speaker.

 

[dparker713]

Atheists covet the first amendment. I'm pretty sure they recognize that they live in a special time (and place) where questioning/criticizing religion isn't a death sentence. It's a beautiful thing.

GoFishTN is conflating atheism with the motives of regressive liberals who want to censor free speech. There's no correlation. In fact, the very type of people he is referring to are the same people who tried to stop Bill Maher from giving a commencement speech at UC Berkley for being a bigoted towards religion.

There are plenty of reasons to not want Bill Maher to give a commencement speech.

Sure depending on your point of view, and whether or not you like Bill. But, this petition specifically claimed that he is blatantly religiously bigoted, link.

I'm sure he wouldn't characterize it as bigoted, but he's certainly anti religion.

Amen!

And UC Berkeley is considered Libertarian, home of the Free Speech Movement, which is why it's ironic that some of them decided to petition against a certain type of speaker.

How is it ironic? No government agency is involved so this is hardly a first amendment issue