***** Perhaps the population of under 1000 people wasn't significant enough to be included in the study. Sealand would probably either be at the top or bottom of this list as well if it was included. Notice that only 65 countries was included on this list.
Roller sail Well, I wanted to go for the extreme and Sealand was the first micronation that came to mind. =) However T Myte beat me to the real point, there are a lot more than 65 countries in the world and the Vatican City is probably one of the least interesting countries for this kind of study.
+Appleman5678 that could be true but what happened to counrties like yemen and Egypt they are so religious they have muslims Jews Christians hindus I'm not sure if they have Buddhists or not but still. but it depends when the survey was made because of conflicts in those areas but Indonesia should be on the list of most religious countries and there are no conflicts there so they are able to take a survey there.
+Prashant Vikal where I live now it is a Christian country and one of my friends is Hindu and her whole dad's family lived and we're born there. and where I lived in yemen it's lived in adan and there are lots of hindus there. and yemen is known for being one of the many arabic countries where jews lived in harmony with muslims and still live in harmony with them tile this day.
+Prashant Vikal and Egypt has some jews still now I don't think all the jews who lived in Egypt before fled I think there are still jews living there especially there being a peace contract between both countries and they also definitely have Christians in Egypt but I am not sure if there are any hindus in Egypt though.
this study clearly shows that israel is not a very religious country,but if you ask most of them about the occupation of palestinian,they will all say,it's their god given land
That's not true, most Israelis think the reason we should stay in the West Bank for now is NOT because 'its our god given land', but because previous territorial withdrawals have simply created launch pads for attacks against us: We gave up the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, and since then the Israei city Eilat was attacked several times by rockets which were shot from the Sinai Peninsula.. We went out of Southern Lebanon in 2000 and since then Hezbollah has taken over the territory and launched rocket attacks against Israeli cities near the border with Lebanon. We gave up the Gaza Strip in 2005, and since then Hamas has taken over the territory and launched rocket attacks which hit almost every Israeli city. Einstein once said: Insanity means doing the same think over and over again and exepting different results. Well, its insanity to think that if we will withdraw from the West Bank the result will actually be peace.
Jack Arbiter I'm longing for the day I arrive to the US... when they look at me they will think that all swedes are blonde and blue or in my case grey eyed 😂 and I will call them out on their religious bullshit
BRparaBR why did it become the first world power? Because the USA won WW2. Why did they win WW2? The atomic bomb! Who created the atomic bomb? American immigrant physicists WHO WERE NOT RELIGIOUS AT ALL, Like Einstein
ni co wtf you just say?? Einstein wasnt atheist at all.. learn some real knowledge.. the Catholic church owns the biggest telescope in the world.. they hold all the scientific knowledge and are a big part in scientific studies.. do some research
As a South African I can tell you that there is NO WAY we are 0% atheist. Almost everyone I know is atheist. Edit: YEP. Just looked it up. 15% of South Africans are atheist/agnostic.
There is a direct correlation between the most religious countries and the poorest countries. This survey only did 65 countries. If you look at the other surveys that are closer to 195+ of the total countries you will find that: The two most religious countries are also the two poorest countries in the world(Exception of Vatican City). The least religious, Japan, China and South Korea also have the highest IQ's in the world.
Brian McClean Remember this was a survey done with a few people and cannot justify the total population, same with the other countries, a select group of people cannot determine the countries' religiosity.
Declan Newton A select group can't. A random group of people, can and has been trusted to determine trends for hundreds of years. You don't survey all 300 million Americans to find a trend, you survey 1,000-100,000.
Brian McClean Do think the over whelming majority of Republican supports favor Trump, I think not, and random people cannot speak for a nation, the only way to truly what religion is like within a country is a referendum.
China isn't really a win for Atheism in my book, if you don't believe in the proliferation of human rights and well being, your values might as well be religious
Scott Williams true, but the government views people as expendable. The atheism of China wasn't achieved through enlightenment, it was through oppression
I consider myself protestant and I am part of the protestant church in Norway, but I don't consider myself religious, in fact I consider myself atheist. Likewise it is perfectly possible to be atheist and jewish. What Americans don't seem to get is that for many religion is a often just a cultural tradition and not somebody's belief.
Hmm, I guess that makes sense. I'd always considered religion specifically to be that belief and behavior tied to it, with cultural tradition just being a separate thing.
Sean Whitehall Think that varies with culture. E.g. there was a study of Thor and Odin worship in Nordic countries vs the US. In the US the practice was completely different emphasizing personal belief, while the Nordic believers primarily emphasized the tradition and cultural elements. I believe Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian terrorist also approached Christianity primarily from this angle. He emphasized christian traditions and values not the personal faith or belief. I don't think he was religious.
I'm from Canada, so i think I have a skewed sense from news floating up from the states. The religion there seems to be taken PRETTY literally. The creationist museum is kind of scary.
+Sean Whitehall I'm from America, and if you think it's scary living next to us, try actually LIVING here. People have told me to my face to "Burn in hell" just for finding out I'm an atheist.
00maniacmanny00 Dude, you've literally commented "fuck athiests" on like 7 posts... go outside and get some sun instead of sitting in your parents basement, deficating in buckets, and eating frozen food.
Finley Castello the young one are less religious, but we're I'm originally from in Poland (I live in UK) my aunt fainted when my cousin came out as atheist
The Young Turks I like watching TYT videos and you guys share information daily I find interesting. Hoping the sharing of information is mutual I mean don't just start the conversation but join in on it which I think you guys do. Don't stunt your intellectual growth by declaring yourself the gurus on something. I like watching Cenk just go off on his perspective on a political issues this dude has passion even when he makes fun of crazy over top religious people. But when he get all philosophical about some religion he might not know much about I know he's a proud Atheists or Agnostic but all I have to say is till modern day Science is just now discovering stuff the Buddhist knew along time ago so again in my opinion categorizing Buddhism with the other main religions is kind of missing the nuances which Cenk rarely misses to explain in other issues. Anyway check my comment below where you can agree to disagree haha
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Huh, according to the article there was no data from a lot of countries. I would've liked to know about other Nordic countries, but I'm pretty sure they're close to Sweden's statistics. At least here in Finland pretty much no one is that religious.
entZEROspawn Yeah that's not surprising. I'm pretty sure that most young people are not religious here either, so the statistics change, slowly but surely.
+KaregoAt Sweden is starting to be pretty religious country (much more than used to be), and Even finland is most likely more religious in the year 2016 than it was in 2015.
Vietnam, Japan and China is misleading... VN for example is predominantly Buddhist which technically is at its heart athiestic, same with Japan, however people actively participate in religious festivals as part of their cultural heritage. China is misleading because the Gov is officially athiest and skews the statistics, and for the same reason as VN and Japan, people are more culturally active than religious. Also, take Confucianism in all three cases into account because it is also more or less Athiest.
As a Muslim, I was always taught to say "Rabbi Zidni Ilma" which means "Oh Lord, increase my knowledge" I don't think all religions are against knowledge 😊
Just because the Catholic church excommunicates a person for a wrong, does not mean that wrongful person cannot ask for forgiveness. However, that also does not mean that the person who was wronged has to be obligated trust the person that wronged them. If a woman is living through domestic abuse from a husband that keeps hitting her after he apologizes should not be obligated to remain with such a brute. Before Vatican II, the Catholic church stated that they were the only path to heaven. After Vatican II the Catholic church revoked that previous statement. I love atheists and agnostics, they make the religious question their own faith and to think analytically without combing through a bible hundreds of times. Because I can think for myself, I can determine that not everything the Catholic church says has to be what I have to believe. I'm glad to know that Pope Francis has stated that people who do good deeds, even if they are atheists are going to heaven. The Catholic church has to be very progressive in correcting past failures, such as the sex abuse scandal, to earn the trust of other individuals. Intolerance for another being or religious faith is not the path that I follow. However, you are more than welcome to follow that path, I'm not going to make up your mind for you. You are your own person, you have the right to be whatever you want to, or believe in whatever you want to believe in. I don't follow my faith blindly, I follow my faith and support my church with an analytical and critical mind.
David Hess You completely missed the point. The Catholic Church is notorious for having a "my way or the highway" philosophy. "Before Vatican II, the Catholic church stated that they were the only path to heaven. After Vatican II the Catholic church revoked that previous statement." Strange how the unchanging Jesus changes his mind all the time. ". I'm glad to know that Pope Francis has stated that people who do good deeds, even if they are atheists are going to heaven. " um...you know Vatican spokesman denounced that statement, right? "The Catholic church has to be very progressive in correcting past failures, such as the sex abuse scandal, to earn the trust of other individuals" It's better than how they use to 'gain trust'. ie. Don't believe us and we'll have you tortured and/or killed. Anyways, I don't really want to get into a church bashing thing, I just thought I'd point out the 'my way or the highway' is rooted deep in the Catholic Church. A pope saying something offhand in an interview, is not the same as changing Church policy.
I follow my own faith, and support the church with an analytical and critical mind. I agree with you that the church is notorious for having a "My way or the high way" policy. However, I don't have to follow that policy. I don't agree with the Vatican spokesman, but agree with the Pope. The Catholic church of the past, involving torture and killing, is not the Catholic church that I agree with. True, the Pope's interview may not be the same as changing Church policy, but it is a step in the right direction.
David Hess To me, you're in contradiction. If you follow your own faith, you are against the church. The church does not say 'pick and choose what you want to believe'. If you were using an analytical and critical mind, it would be impossible to support even the most basic premises of not only Catholicism, but Christianity as a whole, and same with any other religion or claims that include contradictions in logic and empirical evidence.
The Young Turks Why do you guys hardly read comments on your videos, let alone respond to them? You guys did a video on M855 green tip ammunition and you guys spouted a lot of BS, like how Cenk said that the NRA probably bribed 80,000 people to get them to sign the petition not to ban 5.56 green tip ammunition. People who knew more about firearms and ammunition than you guys actually left a good deal of informational comments, like how the bulletproof vests that the ATF tested the 5.56 green tip ammunition were rated for pistol rounds, not for rifle rounds shot out of a pistol. And since these rifle rounds were being shot out of a pistol they got reclassified as a "pistol" cartridge. Normal civilian 5.56 Full Metal Jacket ammunition can pierce the Pistol rated body armor, so with the same logic you could ban most all rifle ammunition if you chambered a pistol to shoot it "which isn't hard". There are cartridges from the mid 1800's that can defeat the pistol rated body armor used in the testing. I COULD USE A BLACK POWDER MUZZLELOADER PISTOL AND DEFEAT THIS ARMOR! So please for your sake as well as ours, read the comments on your videos so that you can get feedback as well as facts from your audience. Thank you for your time if you read my comment, we appreciate your effort to read the feedback from your audience. Have a great day.
I know the video has nothing to do with a specific religion but I want to clarify something. Islam is actually very pro-knowledge and as far as I know, the tree of knowledge isn't directly referenced in the Quran. My understanding is that when Adam ate the forbidden fruit he became completely self-aware (He is described as becoming aware of their nakedness, and being embarrassed by it). Of course, there is an argument to be made that you can only seek knowledge once you've become self-aware. However, even before Adam ate the fruit, he is described as being very knowledgeable (it is even mentioned that he is a teacher to the angles). From this, I think the fruit is supposed to be a representation of corrupting influences i.e. he wasn't unaware of the things that could be detrimental to mankind before eating the fruit.
I just want to point out a few things. Aside from being curious how "atheism" was defined in this poll, you can be a Buddhist and an Atheist since it doesn't require the belief in gods. Also, Atheism and Agnosticism are not mutually exclusive. You can be Agnostic AND Atheist/Theist.
nah, i brought it up cuz Cenk has mentioned it a few times and it sounded to me like he meant u can't be both.maybe i'm wrong about that but yeah irrelevant to this poll
Chibi Cosmos You can be? I'd say you have to be either a theist or an atheist, there is no alternative, whether you are agnostic or not. Either you do believe in a god or you do not. But you are totally right in saying that an atheist can be agnostic. Most of them that I know, including me, are.
His definition of agnostic doesn't sound right to me, isn't he atheist if he is devoutly against religion? an agnostic is just a person who is in doubt, a person who is only willing to believe if he or she recieves proper proof of whatever religion he or she decides to join? by the way i consider myself agnostic and have lived by my definition for a long time.
Vexilator i am 100% algerian and i am an atheist. so are all my family and friends. you westerners believe everything that your media tells you. there's less than 10% muslims in north africa.
Sarah Connor That is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Populations don't just change their entire appearances in 2000 years. True, climate changes the appearance of people, but it doesn't happen *that* fast. Ethiopian Jews and Ashkenazim Jews are just Jewish by culture.
Prince Asim then why do they share more similarities in DNA than f.e. an Ethiopan Jew vs- Ethiopian Christian or Somali Muslim or a Ashkenazi Jew -vs- Russian caucasian ? Yes, the DNA of an Ashkenazi Jew and a Sefardi Jew and an Ethipian Jew are closer linked than with their (former) countrymen. There have been e-tensive studies about it in recent years, and not only by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem but all over the world , most prominently in Finland and the USA !
+Prince Asim Without looking into the science of things on how long does it take for a group of people to change their appearance there is one thing that you over looked. That is that groups can mix in with other groups and this can/does change the way that both groups look, However if a small group moves into a big group and over lets say 2,000 years you have mixing then you can slowly see a population change in appearance. Not trying to make a judgement call or anything just pointing out a flaw that I commonly hear people use in an argument as they are assuming that no mixing occurred. A great example of heavy mixing vs low levels of mixing are people of African decent living in the US and people of African decent living in Mexico. Most people wouldn't know this but far more Africans were taken to Mexico then were taken to the US. The big difference is that the African population in Mexico completely mixed in with the native population as well as Europeans mixing in with the native population. Because of this in the US you have something like an average of 20% mixing for African Americans with the general mixed group being European. This is actually really common in the Americas outside of the United states, Canada, and Argentina which all saw massive waves of immigration from Europe for a period of time in their recent histories (last 200 years so relatively recent). Out of something like 10,000,000 African salves less then 500,000 went to the United states.
Ali Jiwani its cancerous coming from both hard core atheists and hard core theists, but from what I'm seeing mostly hard core "right fighting" atheists.
I'm from the UK and I'd say if you were to do a full study of the entire country, I'd say it would be about 75% atheist and the rest different religions.
Also why do I think people in China were mostly saying one thing like I'm non religious but secretly are? That said, East Asian religious like Budda Tao Shinto etc are very different and unsarally don't cause major troubles.
I don't know any much about shinto，but budda and tao has no god or higher worship inside.And you still need to learn some Chinese culture for homework，religion is not the maintream of our history，Confucianism is，which is a philosophy.
What about Ethiopia, Saudi, Vatican and Eritrea they are 100% religious. I mention some of religious countries, their would be other countries that I don't mention.....Any way, your statics is full of error.
I am from the Czech Republic and I say 23% religious is still too much. Personally, I am an atheist and I am very glad that our country is so low there.
The Smoking Man It isn't illegal, not at all, seriously, a bunch of ignorant fools here in the comment section talking about something they know nothing about.
Cenk asking people why they are offended by "sky god" is talking to a jewish person and calling them "a Jew." In the context you are saying it is derogatory for people of faith. I just don't understand why you have to hate a group of people if they practice. Before some one jumps on my ass, no unlike Cenk I don't assume every religious person is on a mission to harm other people.
1. It's "the tree of knowledge of GOOD AND EVIL" not just the tree of knowledge. 2. Judaism, Christianity and Islam emphasize gaining knowledge, they don't go against it.
Umar Outstanding "Judaism, Christianity and Islam emphasize gaining knowledge, they don't go against it." If those cults emphasized gaining knowledge they wouldn't censor something that is demonstrably true.
There is nothing wrong with religion. For the vast majority of people religion doesn't do anything to them, even if they consider themselves to be religious. I know a few people who have turned their life around by worshipping the Gods that I don't believe in, and I think that's a wonderful thing - difference in thoughts and opinions should be widely encouraged and accepted, not something to be ashamed of. I have my own religious beliefs, beliefs that tie into science and knowledge to gain insight rather than revealed scriptures. I believe everything that is written has some meaning to someone. There are the people who will abuse religion to justify their own causes, but that can be said to just about any motive. I'm just sick and tired of all these people, both in TYT and in the comment section, that believe there must be something wrong with you because you don't think like they do. The only thing wrong with religion and the people who are in it are the ones who are causing the oppression to people like you who oppress them. It's pathetic and we really need to evolve as a species if we are going to survive.
It doesn't matter what you'd say. It's about statistics. A recent study fron the VU in Amsterdam found out that just 25% of the country is atheist. 53% is officially affiliated to a religion. So more than half of that country is religious.
+DJTommyGames It depends on your environment. Chances are you're from a city in the west where people tend to be less religious. Or you just happened to have friends, family and relatives that aren't that religious. There is nothing to be ashamed of.
the thing that bothers me about the china number is the government frowns upon religion, its like asking how many people in the usa do heroine, people are scared to answer truthfully... im sure the ussr was very unreligious... i want real free atheists, thats why i invest in stocks from japan sweden and israel
True right there Robin Laurén , obviously as an African person, I were inclined at other time to research the validity of the stereotyping that Africans could have had never been able to have a belief in the Creator & were said to be vile / evil due to that exertion, as they do not have religion, but in further research of the subject you find these worlds actually have belief systems, and are, as you queried- spiritual-practicing groups...I guess one tends to wonder as to who, what, how are these things really managed...accepted, or understood...
sMr. Cenk...have you ever heard of figurative speech? The book of Revelation uses symbolic language to help describe things. I respect your opinion(s) but not all religions are there to harm people...or keep people in darkness...just saying.
*As usual, you are wrong about Islam:* "and say: `My Lord! Increase me in knowledge" [Quran, 20:114] "Whoever follows a path in the pursuit of knowledge, Allaah will make a path to Paradise easy for him." (Al-Bukhaari)
The Batman lol You just quoted the Bukhari. That's rich, guess now you can't deny Aisha was 9 years old and played with dolls. The Bukhari also explicitly says to kill apostates. But if you want to scramble back to the Quran: quran.com/48/28 It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion. And sufficient is Allah as Witness. And it tells you to kill nonbelievers, just because they choose not to believe. plus.google.com/110207313552905074571/posts/CL95YYsotxT Muslims can call themselves whatever they want, but they aren't fully "appreciating" the ethics of Islam which is basically Hitler's Mein Kampf. There are things that Muslims exclusively do when in secular countries too. You find disenfranchised Muslims going fundamentalist and joining ISIS? What about the honor killings and forced marriage that happens in secular countries? Islam is demonstrated to be at this time worse than all religions when 25% support suicide bombings and a bigger % support Shariah Law. Just look at any Muslim dominated country where Islam has free reign. www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/infographic-the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-and-society/ I'm against all religion but Islam should be under the most scrutiny for its current status, but instead these "Muslims" say the soundbyte Islam means peace, but it means submission. They also say it's an option to wear the hijab. They haven't read the thing at all and those who do read it are going to be led down a violent path.
The Batman Ask me another religious question I dare you. You have an immoral religion. Once you figure that out you'll accept all the arguments disproving your fairytales.
Ioganstone Another question? I haven't even asked you one yet. If you want to believe you're a monkey, have at it, I'm not stopping you. I don't know why you're talking about honour killings and forced marriage, as that's forbidden in Islam, its more of a cultural issue. Its the same as women not being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. It has absolutely no Islamic basis.
how are anti-theists any better than people like pat robertson? why can't we all just piss off and acknowledge that we can't be sure of anything beyond our existence as humans and beyond that literally anything is possible, I mean there a tons and tons of unexplained miracles and events that have happened and are still happening so claiming that YOU KNOW that the only things that exist are things we can see and can explain and rationalize is just arrogant and narrow minded
***** that's the point, only using evidence that we can find is foolish because not only do not know shit about anything, but we are infants to this universe and claiming to know the answer to whether or not their is something more than just what we can comprehend is unbelievably foolish and naive, I mean using reasoned judgments doesn't always work, like as an example the hum; a mysterious hum that has affected several thousands of people across the world that cannot be explained using our logic, it has caused most people affected to go insane and on occasion for them to commit suicide, and we can't explain it and I can't really say anything else because I can't explain trying to use my human logic
***** I'm not saying because we can't explain something therefore god did it (which why exactly is that not an option I mean do you know?) uh no usually there is not a logical explanation, take for example this one Mary statue (in some monastery I don't remember you can just look it up) where the people in the monastery heard crying on nights, and then days later it began to bleed and cry, and when examined by professionals they concluded that the tears and blood were real and not a figment of all their imaginations, so I ask how exactly can a logical explanation be used to answer this phenomena? (and also basically any other extreme medical miracle deemed unexplainable) my point is clearly there is something that we cannot comprehend as infants to existence and claiming that you know there is nothing aside from what we can deduce is just absolutely foolish and naive, and okay I understand that religion can be attributed to some pretty bad things (though usually religion is just a cloak to be used for someones real agenda/a way to recruits for a cause, but that aside) but I ask again why are anti-theists any different from say a nazi? (to use a pretty radical example) I mean Jews have done some pretty bad things before and even now and they just want to destroy it, and I will finish on this: the good does not wash out the bad nor the bad the good, so yes religious people have done/are doing bad things in the name of religion before, but they have also done/is doing amazingly good things so trying to destroy it because it can do bad also means you destroy its ability to do good, and the average day religious person is not the same as an ISIS fantatic; they just want to live there lives in peace and believe what they want to believe and most will respect others belief of no belief (as in a religion)
***** I doubt you have heard the hum, mostly because it effects urban, suburban and rural (like villages) areas, and there are people who work to find out how it is caused and still have not found the answer, aye our logic has served us quite well for thousands of years, but I have 2 questions; swords and arrows served militaries well for thousands of years so why change from that? and just because something has been around for a long time, does that make it all we need? and yeah I guess you could claim those things, there's nothing proving you otherwise so who knows maybe you are right, I do not claim to know something I do not just because any alternative seems preposterous to me, well trying to use only human logic to try and solve the unsolvable is a waste of time, so yet again I ask you this: a wife and her children are watching their husband/father walk and then all of a sudden he disappears, then weeks later one night they here him scream for help, look outside and see nothing and never hear from him again, now explain to me how we can honestly explain that using human logic (by the way that is a real story)
***** - Technically, neither Theism nor Atheism advances societies. They're just philosophical views, they don't have much practical value in creating technology or economics. That's why highly or fairly religious societies like Italy are better off than very atheistic societies like North Korea or fairly atheistic societies like Norway are better off than very religious countries like Chad. There are dozens more important factors that advance society than atheism or theism.
:-\ we don't think any religion says that don't go for knowledge.... for me as a Muslim , although in Islam says that travelled around the world ask gain knowledge where you get from gain it... so , its not religion but they are people who stops don't go for school... we know why because there are lot of reasons that I can't explain here either If explain here atheists still disagree with it. so, simply do it whatever you want
is that not equal to 2,3 Billion of atheist? IS it not then the biggest 'religious' view? 1.atheism 2.christian 3.Muslim 4.Hindu I would call this a win.
Only video I disliked by TYT. I don't appreciate the pessimism on religion. I'm an atheist, but I respect religious people as long as they have modern morale. You can be progressive and religious. I view it as not much of a factor to the world that atheism is increasing and religion is decreasing. There's always going to be religious conflict in the middle east, but that doesn't say that religion is bad. It's the extremists that make it seem bad. Yet again, I am an atheist. I disagree with what the Bible says. I have progressive morals.
I wouldn't consider China a win. They have created a hostile environment for all religion through the government. I wish you would talk down less to people who choose to be religious. Just like you don't like being told to be religious others don't like being criticized for choosing to have a belief or spirituality. Tolerance goes both ways.
The Han population in China accounts for 92% of the total. The Han Chinese believe in ancestors, Confucianism and Taoism, but they are not religions, but philosophy. Confucius said: Respect for ghosts and gods far away, we believe that man will conquer heaven, and this is not the government's prohibition of believing in religion.
Hytherdel In reality there are far more Atheists in the world than statistical analyses will show. Most Atheists are closet Atheists, too afraid to express themselves due to how society views the non-religious. Especially in third world countries.
Atheism in China is all Mao. He was a really incompetent leader who made a lot of really bad decision (great leap forward and things like that), but it was not all bad. He outlawed religion (not sure how to think about that), he redestributed farmlands, gave people education, gave them healthcare. But yeah, a hundred million people dying from starvation is awful
Mathias Signebøen The Han population in China accounts for 92% of the total. The Han Chinese believe in ancestors, Confucianism and Taoism, but they are not religions, but philosophy. Confucius said: Respect for ghosts and gods far away, we believe that man will conquer heaven, and this is not the government's prohibition of believing in religion.
I wonder where Australia Canada etc stand... And I think Cenk is being a lit too much. We shouldn't oppress individual beliefs unless they effect anyone else in a harmful way. He doesn't make that distriction between a person or organization.
When was the last time you saw any catholics killing people cause they didnt convert? 400/500 years ago! When was the last time you saw a catholic in Syria helping was stricken famalies? Every single day
I'm an agnostic and I'm a Christian as well. Agnostic doesn't mean you are AGAINST religion, it means you think it's impossible to prove or disprove the existence of religion. I'm a Christian and I KNOW it's IMPOSSIBLE to prove or disprove my religion.
Glad I'm in one of the most least religious countries! , I'm surprised there wasn't a higher percentage of atheists, to be honest!? but overall this study is probably right, we, on the whole, do not care about religion in the UK either way! a lot of agonists here!
The country of China became atheistic after the communistic and atheistic government slaughtered most religious people. If you want a documentary, then look up the horrors of Mao ze ' dong documentary, something will probably show up.
***** you can be liberal as much as you want as long as you dont get too much influence and start to use that influence to affect politicians negatively, it isnt the goverment that oppress you but 99% of of the human right issue are caused by individual politicians... Well, in terms of liberals, you cant have guns and porn website are limited... but dont be fooled, China might be most atheist but the majority belives in pseudoscience and superstition like acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine
fifthgear93 Many of the freedoms you have in our countries you don't make use of really. Yes, it's nice to have the option, but in all reality living in China is not that much different than anywhere else. Just think about what you plan to say before saying it (We need more of that in reality).
nobody - If you don't follow a religion but you believe in spirits and a higher power then the right term would be spiritual... religious means you follow the rituals of a certain religion.
I am Chinese. Actually Chinese are very religious, we just dont know it because our region is a mix of buddism, taoism and confusiousm. Most people dont consider themselves religious, but they still practice a lot of religion based activities. Just not under a single god's name.
Its wrong to interpret this "poll" in this way. I will give you clear example. When asked of Jews in Israel (vast majority of whom are NOT Atheists) if they are "Religious" they will say no, the question is why and how do they perceive "religious" as? Most people interpret it as keeping Shabbat fully, going to pray 3 times a day, fasting on all the fasts, and even some think of either the "Ultra-Orthodox" outfit and other things. MANY still pray on Shabbat, keep Kosher, some keep the Shabbat, and definitely keep Yom Kippur (day of atonement) where most of the country and roads are empty (because people are fasting and praying). And also keep the Holidays as well. ON THE OTHER HAND, this same poll can ask a Christian in the United States if they are Religious, and they can answer "YES" but all it could mean is that they celebrate Christmas once a year and believe in jesus. Soo see the disparity here?
Thank god people are becoming less religious.
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So they can be slaves of the goverment like china, jezz what an inferior person you are.
Vatican City is considered a country, so why isn't it the most religious? lol
good point
***** they bust the chart :D
***** Probably not in the survey. They only did 65 countrys.
***** Perhaps the population of under 1000 people wasn't significant enough to be included in the study. Sealand would probably either be at the top or bottom of this list as well if it was included.
Notice that only 65 countries was included on this list.
Roller sail
Well, I wanted to go for the extreme and Sealand was the first micronation that came to mind. =)
However T Myte beat me to the real point, there are a lot more than 65 countries in the world and the Vatican City is probably one of the least interesting countries for this kind of study.
Wait, Saudi Arabia? You get killed for not being religious right? How..how? Wait, how
+Appleman5678 that could be true but what happened to counrties like yemen and Egypt they are so religious they have muslims Jews Christians hindus I'm not sure if they have Buddhists or not but still. but it depends when the survey was made because of conflicts in those areas but Indonesia should be on the list of most religious countries and there are no conflicts there so they are able to take a survey there.
Jolina Dilan
yemen and Egypt - They do not have Hindus and I doubt if they have any Jews
+Prashant Vikal I'm yemeni and they have jews and hindus.
+Prashant Vikal where I live now it is a Christian country and one of my friends is Hindu and her whole dad's family lived and we're born there. and where I lived in yemen it's lived in adan and there are lots of hindus there. and yemen is known for being one of the many arabic countries where jews lived in harmony with muslims and still live in harmony with them tile this day.
+Prashant Vikal and Egypt has some jews still now I don't think all the jews who lived in Egypt before fled I think there are still jews living there especially there being a peace contract between both countries and they also definitely have Christians in Egypt but I am not sure if there are any hindus in Egypt though.
Are most nonreligious some of the safest places?
Yes
that's sexual harassment +Hugh Mungus
China is super safe.
stangtrax like North Korea
that's not my style exception proves the rule
this study clearly shows that israel is not a very religious country,but if you ask most of them about the occupation of palestinian,they will all say,it's their god given land
Alan antar The word is hypocrisy
Yes unfortunately Cenk's sky god gave that land to them.
Alan antar For Christ's sake, really? OMG, that's ironic!
That's not true, most Israelis think the reason we should stay in the West Bank for now is NOT because 'its our god given land', but because previous territorial withdrawals have simply created launch pads for attacks against us: We gave up the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, and since then the Israei city Eilat was attacked several times by rockets which were shot from the Sinai Peninsula.. We went out of Southern Lebanon in 2000 and since then Hezbollah has taken over the territory and launched rocket attacks against Israeli cities near the border with Lebanon. We gave up the Gaza Strip in 2005, and since then Hamas has taken over the territory and launched rocket attacks which hit almost every Israeli city. Einstein once said: Insanity means doing the same think over and over again and exepting different results. Well, its insanity to think that if we will withdraw from the West Bank the result will actually be peace.
Techinio AU it's unfortunate but true
Atheism: Bringing common sense to you every day
open your heart not your mind...
That would be rather stupid coz u need it to pump blood.
cody aldi agreed
***** let them who have ears listen, and let them who have a mind think...
like believing in the nothing of the gaps?
I never meet religious people on a daily basis in my country... they are super rare. *sweden* (native white swedes)
SWEDEN
LiquidFairy Berg i literally dont know a single person who is religious, although i belive us swedes dont want to say we're atheists
Jack Arbiter I'm longing for the day I arrive to the US... when they look at me they will think that all swedes are blonde and blue or in my case grey eyed 😂 and I will call them out on their religious bullshit
lucky lady.
aren't Sweden have lots of Muslim refugees?
Bangladeshi atheist here..We exist.
Be fruitful and multiply :)
Asif Nayem Did you influenced by muffassil Islam??
Sayem Sahadath Who's that?I am not sure what you are asking..
Asif Nayem Then OK!!.. May Allah brought you back to the straight path
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Sayem Sahadath Read his book,not impressed at all,3/10.
That's why Chinese are kicking ass all over the world
Bruno56 i dont agree with israwl politically, but you can't demonize an entire group of people due to the actions of the head of state
+Bruno56 Zionism is the problem, not Judaism
BRparaBR why did it become the first world power? Because the USA won WW2. Why did they win WW2? The atomic bomb! Who created the atomic bomb? American immigrant physicists WHO WERE NOT RELIGIOUS AT ALL, Like Einstein
ni co wtf you just say?? Einstein wasnt atheist at all.. learn some real knowledge.. the Catholic church owns the biggest telescope in the world.. they hold all the scientific knowledge and are a big part in scientific studies.. do some research
GdUpFrm DaFeetUp no...many catholic priests have contributed to science like lamaitre, not the church. And yes, Einstein was an atheist
Finland is starting to have more and more atheists, I love it!
***** I hate cake
+The Duppe all Nordic countries less than 30% religious
So is Norway and I'm so here for it
+Coran Blue a lot of agnostics and spiritual. not necesserily atheists
almost everyone in my class is atheist (i live in germany)
Except muslims I guess...
LoL :D bei mir ist es so das wir 23 Schüler sind und nur 3 (oder 4 bin mir nicht so sicher ) religiös sind :D
Nicht Ich Well I live in the south Baden Württemberg Bodensee so... :D
MrJured100 The younger ones are always inclined to atheism.
4 Fake ALLAHU AKBAR!!! ........ *BOOM*
As a South African I can tell you that there is NO WAY we are 0% atheist. Almost everyone I know is atheist.
Edit: YEP. Just looked it up. 15% of South Africans are atheist/agnostic.
Gina that’s great, hope it staid that way or becomes less religious, South Africa is one of the richest countries in Africa!
He didn’t put Ethiopia on there when they don’t have atheist and they are like 99-100%relogious
Long live Atheism,humanity and secularism.
Yes.
Jasna Strona Mocy SovietVixen
Death to religions you deckhead
Most Israelis don't believe that God exists, but they do believe he promised them Palestine
Muhammad Ali My ex-wife used similar arguments in our divorce...
Thomas Binney God promised her Palestina?
There is a direct correlation between the most religious countries and the poorest countries. This survey only did 65 countries. If you look at the other surveys that are closer to 195+ of the total countries you will find that:
The two most religious countries are also the two poorest countries in the world(Exception of Vatican City).
The least religious, Japan, China and South Korea also have the highest IQ's in the world.
+Brian McClean Correction, South Korea is very religious and very few are atheists.
Declan Newton en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_in_South_Korea
Brian McClean
Remember this was a survey done with a few people and cannot justify the total population, same with the other countries, a select group of people cannot determine the countries' religiosity.
Declan Newton A select group can't. A random group of people, can and has been trusted to determine trends for hundreds of years. You don't survey all 300 million Americans to find a trend, you survey 1,000-100,000.
Brian McClean
Do think the over whelming majority of Republican supports favor Trump, I think not, and random people cannot speak for a nation, the only way to truly what religion is like within a country is a referendum.
China isn't really a win for Atheism in my book, if you don't believe in the proliferation of human rights and well being, your values might as well be religious
Richie Godsil I'm sure most of the citizens believe in the proliferation of human rights
Scott Williams true, but the government views people as expendable. The atheism of China wasn't achieved through enlightenment, it was through oppression
Richie Godsil Better than religion through oppression.
Scott Williams It's exactly the same. It just so happens you agree with it now
Matthew Arthur How are atheism and theism exactly the same?
Algeria 0%atheist what I'm Algerian and a lot of people here are atheist common?!!!!!
queen victoria I believe it is a rounding thing to bring it down/up to the nearest whole percentage.
queen victoria I live in Algeria, there aren't any atheist here
I too live in Algeria and I know some atheists
queen victoria I know and I was wrong when I thought America was not religious but in real life is very religious.
because no one would admit that they are atheists in middle east, they will be dead in no time
Isreal at 30% religious...how? Isn't the population around 3/4 Jewish?
I consider myself protestant and I am part of the protestant church in Norway, but I don't consider myself religious, in fact I consider myself atheist. Likewise it is perfectly possible to be atheist and jewish.
What Americans don't seem to get is that for many religion is a often just a cultural tradition and not somebody's belief.
Hmm, I guess that makes sense. I'd always considered religion specifically to be that belief and behavior tied to it, with cultural tradition just being a separate thing.
Sean Whitehall Think that varies with culture. E.g. there was a study of Thor and Odin worship in Nordic countries vs the US. In the US the practice was completely different emphasizing personal belief, while the Nordic believers primarily emphasized the tradition and cultural elements.
I believe Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian terrorist also approached Christianity primarily from this angle. He emphasized christian traditions and values not the personal faith or belief. I don't think he was religious.
I'm from Canada, so i think I have a skewed sense from news floating up from the states. The religion there seems to be taken PRETTY literally. The creationist museum is kind of scary.
+Sean Whitehall I'm from America, and if you think it's scary living next to us, try actually LIVING here. People have told me to my face to "Burn in hell" just for finding out I'm an atheist.
Proud to be Czech atheist!!!
Interesting how Americans left the UK because of religion, and now our country is more religious than theirs
They left because Britain wouldn't persecute non puritains hard enough.
they left because of usury.
indeed
speak for yourself(jk)
I feel as though this information is incorrect but whatever.
ATHEISTS UNITE!!!
Yeaass!!!!!
MCWon212 Go Communist China!!!!
Atheism is actually slowing down according to statistics.
Fuck atheists.
00maniacmanny00 Dude, you've literally commented "fuck athiests" on like 7 posts... go outside and get some sun instead of sitting in your parents basement, deficating in buckets, and eating frozen food.
trump supporters are confused how Georgia is on the list
Hahaha not everyone get this
😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂
Haha...Is Georgia the state less religious and Trump lost there ?
poland is 96 percent religious
TRUE Donald ew
kek I'm in the 96 but I'm not offended by you, it's kinda fumny
2 of my best friends are polish (I live in U.K.) and they are both atheists. So that percentage surprises me
Finley Castello the young one are less religious, but we're I'm originally from in Poland (I live in UK) my aunt fainted when my cousin came out as atheist
poor of them
Religion is considered true by the masses, false by the wise, and useful by the powerful.
where's New Zealand and Australia? Must be about 40% atheist in those countries I reckon.
you cant reckon real data.people choose to live with same though and idealogy people
What the hell is wrong with religion? Let people practice their religion, unless it harms others.
Origami Master you answered the questipn by yourself...
Liran c Yeah but all religions are essentially peaceful in nature so if you disregard the extremists then there is nothing wrong with religion.
Very interesting, good job TYT, who's crazy and who's not?
Darin Andersen Thanks, and thanks for watching the show. :)
The Young Turks I like watching TYT videos and you guys share information daily I find interesting. Hoping the sharing of information is mutual I mean don't just start the conversation but join in on it which I think you guys do. Don't stunt your intellectual growth by declaring yourself the gurus on something. I like watching Cenk just go off on his perspective on a political issues this dude has passion even when he makes fun of crazy over top religious people. But when he get all philosophical about some religion he might not know much about I know he's a proud Atheists or Agnostic but all I have to say is till modern day Science is just now discovering stuff the Buddhist knew along time ago so again in my opinion categorizing Buddhism with the other main religions is kind of missing the nuances which Cenk rarely misses to explain in other issues. Anyway check my comment below where you can agree to disagree haha
I trust TYT to be honest and fair with their commentary while expressing opinions. I use the broadcast to check my thoughts regarding current events. Nice to know critical, honest thinking is being championed during your two hour live show. THANK YOU AGAIN!
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+Darin Andersen Now both religious and non-religious like your comment!
Huh, according to the article there was no data from a lot of countries. I would've liked to know about other Nordic countries, but I'm pretty sure they're close to Sweden's statistics. At least here in Finland pretty much no one is that religious.
Kill Russians Yeah, I know that feeling :/ Don't worry, we remember our little Southern neighbour!
+KaregoAt Well according to some Danish internal ones we have 84-87% atheist in Denmark.
entZEROspawn Yeah that's not surprising. I'm pretty sure that most young people are not religious here either, so the statistics change, slowly but surely.
+KaregoAt
Sweden is starting to be pretty religious country (much more than used to be), and Even finland is most likely more religious in the year 2016 than it was in 2015.
+KaregoAt Ya but people dont come up and say "hi im religous". Anecdotal evidence is useless in this case
Vietnam, Japan and China is misleading... VN for example is predominantly Buddhist which technically is at its heart athiestic, same with Japan, however people actively participate in religious festivals as part of their cultural heritage. China is misleading because the Gov is officially athiest and skews the statistics, and for the same reason as VN and Japan, people are more culturally active than religious. Also, take Confucianism in all three cases into account because it is also more or less Athiest.
It's not religion. Learn a little bit of history.
@@歌叶-v9e confucianism is religion
As a Muslim, I was always taught to say "Rabbi Zidni Ilma" which means "Oh Lord, increase my knowledge" I don't think all religions are against knowledge 😊
I'm Catholic and I think everybody is loved by God. I hate it when people who call themselves religious say "it's my way or the highway".
David Hess I'm a bit confused. You understand the Catholic Church has ex-communication, right? The "It's my way or the highway" you say you hate.
Just because the Catholic church excommunicates a person for a wrong, does not mean that wrongful person cannot ask for forgiveness. However, that also does not mean that the person who was wronged has to be obligated trust the person that wronged them.
If a woman is living through domestic abuse from a husband that keeps hitting her after he apologizes should not be obligated to remain with such a brute.
Before Vatican II, the Catholic church stated that they were the only path to heaven. After Vatican II the Catholic church revoked that previous statement. I love atheists and agnostics, they make the religious question their own faith and to think analytically without combing through a bible hundreds of times. Because I can think for myself, I can determine that not everything the Catholic church says has to be what I have to believe. I'm glad to know that Pope Francis has stated that people who do good deeds, even if they are atheists are going to heaven.
The Catholic church has to be very progressive in correcting past failures, such as the sex abuse scandal, to earn the trust of other individuals. Intolerance for another being or religious faith is not the path that I follow. However, you are more than welcome to follow that path, I'm not going to make up your mind for you. You are your own person, you have the right to be whatever you want to, or believe in whatever you want to believe in. I don't follow my faith blindly, I follow my faith and support my church with an analytical and critical mind.
David Hess You completely missed the point. The Catholic Church is notorious for having a "my way or the highway" philosophy.
"Before Vatican II, the Catholic church stated that they were the only path to heaven. After Vatican II the Catholic church revoked that previous statement."
Strange how the unchanging Jesus changes his mind all the time.
". I'm glad to know that Pope Francis has stated that people who do good deeds, even if they are atheists are going to heaven. "
um...you know Vatican spokesman denounced that statement, right?
"The Catholic church has to be very progressive in correcting past failures, such as the sex abuse scandal, to earn the trust of other individuals"
It's better than how they use to 'gain trust'. ie. Don't believe us and we'll have you tortured and/or killed.
Anyways, I don't really want to get into a church bashing thing, I just thought I'd point out the 'my way or the highway' is rooted deep in the Catholic Church. A pope saying something offhand in an interview, is not the same as changing Church policy.
I follow my own faith, and support the church with an analytical and critical mind.
I agree with you that the church is notorious for having a "My way or the high way" policy. However, I don't have to follow that policy. I don't agree with the Vatican spokesman, but agree with the Pope. The Catholic church of the past, involving torture and killing, is not the Catholic church that I agree with.
True, the Pope's interview may not be the same as changing Church policy, but it is a step in the right direction.
David Hess To me, you're in contradiction. If you follow your own faith, you are against the church. The church does not say 'pick and choose what you want to believe'.
If you were using an analytical and critical mind, it would be impossible to support even the most basic premises of not only Catholicism, but Christianity as a whole, and same with any other religion or claims that include contradictions in logic and empirical evidence.
It's kinda weird how obsessed with religion TYT is. Especially if you consider the fact that they claim to be atheist & agnostic.
Cenk,did you mean Sky Wizard?
OzTheWizard OfPorn Same shit, different day.
OzTheWizard OfPorn Sky Wizard of Porn.
The Young Turks You replied! again...
OzTheWizard OfPorn sky cake!
The Young Turks Why do you guys hardly read comments on your videos, let alone respond to them? You guys did a video on M855 green tip ammunition and you guys spouted a lot of BS, like how Cenk said that the NRA probably bribed 80,000 people to get them to sign the petition not to ban 5.56 green tip ammunition. People who knew more about firearms and ammunition than you guys actually left a good deal of informational comments, like how the bulletproof vests that the ATF tested the 5.56 green tip ammunition were rated for pistol rounds, not for rifle rounds shot out of a pistol. And since these rifle rounds were being shot out of a pistol they got reclassified as a "pistol" cartridge. Normal civilian 5.56 Full Metal Jacket ammunition can pierce the Pistol rated body armor, so with the same logic you could ban most all rifle ammunition if you chambered a pistol to shoot it "which isn't hard". There are cartridges from the mid 1800's that can defeat the pistol rated body armor used in the testing. I COULD USE A BLACK POWDER MUZZLELOADER PISTOL AND DEFEAT THIS ARMOR! So please for your sake as well as ours, read the comments on your videos so that you can get feedback as well as facts from your audience. Thank you for your time if you read my comment, we appreciate your effort to read the feedback from your audience. Have a great day.
I know the video has nothing to do with a specific religion but I want to clarify something.
Islam is actually very pro-knowledge and as far as I know, the tree of knowledge isn't directly referenced in the Quran. My understanding is that when Adam ate the forbidden fruit he became completely self-aware (He is described as becoming aware of their nakedness, and being embarrassed by it).
Of course, there is an argument to be made that you can only seek knowledge once you've become self-aware. However, even before Adam ate the fruit, he is described as being very knowledgeable (it is even mentioned that he is a teacher to the angles). From this, I think the fruit is supposed to be a representation of corrupting influences i.e. he wasn't unaware of the things that could be detrimental to mankind before eating the fruit.
I just want to point out a few things. Aside from being curious how "atheism" was defined in this poll, you can be a Buddhist and an Atheist since it doesn't require the belief in gods. Also, Atheism and Agnosticism are not mutually exclusive. You can be Agnostic AND Atheist/Theist.
Chibi Cosmos Totally agree with the last part, but this survey was about religion, not specifically theism.
nah, i brought it up cuz Cenk has mentioned it a few times and it sounded to me like he meant u can't be both.maybe i'm wrong about that but yeah irrelevant to this poll
Chibi Cosmos
Fair enough, outside of Wolf Pac I tend not to listen to Cenk much anymore.
Chibi Cosmos Agreed, most Buddhists are atheist in the Abrahamic sense.
Chibi Cosmos You can be? I'd say you have to be either a theist or an atheist, there is no alternative, whether you are agnostic or not. Either you do believe in a god or you do not. But you are totally right in saying that an atheist can be agnostic. Most of them that I know, including me, are.
Estonia - 84% dont admit any religion
His definition of agnostic doesn't sound right to me, isn't he atheist if he is devoutly against religion? an agnostic is just a person who is in doubt, a person who is only willing to believe if he or she recieves proper proof of whatever religion he or she decides to join? by the way i consider myself agnostic and have lived by my definition for a long time.
Freedom FROM religion is the greatest freedom of them all
I am a total atheist but the way this guy went about this was very rude and condescending imo
Algeria 0% atheist? lmao more than 50% are atheists there, including me. where does that statistic come from?
are you working in the desert as a import because i have never met an athiest algerian in my life
Vexilator i am 100% algerian and i am an atheist. so are all my family and friends. you westerners believe everything that your media tells you. there's less than 10% muslims in north africa.
Jimmy Reynolds Man you are lost and what kind of Algerian is named Jimmy Reynolds. plus what media i go there every year
Vexilator this is not my real name obviously.I don't understand what you mean by"plus what media i go there every year ". say again
so off all the generic white names you chose jimmy raynolds?? no jonh smith? bill jackson? i smell bullshit
my religion is the Jedi send me one dollar and i will use the force for you.
JEDISIM IS THE BEST
Many Israelis believe there isn't a god...but he definitely promised them Israel. :)
cheekyboy5000 Wait, they why the f-ck are they fighting with Palestine? I guess the new found atheism is a result of the fighting.
Sarah Connor That is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Populations don't just change their entire appearances in 2000 years. True, climate changes the appearance of people, but it doesn't happen *that* fast. Ethiopian Jews and Ashkenazim Jews are just Jewish by culture.
cheekyboy5000 oh the irony...
Prince Asim then why do they share more similarities in DNA than f.e. an Ethiopan Jew vs- Ethiopian Christian or Somali Muslim or a Ashkenazi Jew -vs- Russian caucasian ? Yes, the DNA of an Ashkenazi Jew and a Sefardi Jew and an Ethipian Jew are closer linked than with their (former) countrymen. There have been e-tensive studies about it in recent years, and not only by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem but all over the world , most prominently in Finland and the USA !
+Prince Asim Without looking into the science of things on how long does it take for a group of people to change their appearance there is one thing that you over looked. That is that groups can mix in with other groups and this can/does change the way that both groups look, However if a small group moves into a big group and over lets say 2,000 years you have mixing then you can slowly see a population change in appearance.
Not trying to make a judgement call or anything just pointing out a flaw that I commonly hear people use in an argument as they are assuming that no mixing occurred. A great example of heavy mixing vs low levels of mixing are people of African decent living in the US and people of African decent living in Mexico. Most people wouldn't know this but far more Africans were taken to Mexico then were taken to the US. The big difference is that the African population in Mexico completely mixed in with the native population as well as Europeans mixing in with the native population.
Because of this in the US you have something like an average of 20% mixing for African Americans with the general mixed group being European. This is actually really common in the Americas outside of the United states, Canada, and Argentina which all saw massive waves of immigration from Europe for a period of time in their recent histories (last 200 years so relatively recent). Out of something like 10,000,000 African salves less then 500,000 went to the United states.
Warning the comment section is cancer
Ali Jiwani Of course dude it's a debate about religion LuL
It's not actually. I was expecting much worse lol
Ali Jiwani its cancerous coming from both hard core atheists and hard core theists, but from what I'm seeing mostly hard core "right fighting" atheists.
Ali Jiwani Why it's entertaining lol
I live in the Netherlands and around Amsterdams there are some muslims but not a lot, and some christians but they live in the south
Phinix wow even in Amsterdam ?
I'm from the UK and I'd say if you were to do a full study of the entire country, I'd say it would be about 75% atheist and the rest different religions.
True. But I think there is a difference between being christened and being religious.
igallagher4 Why? If you are an atheist, of even agnostic, why go to the effort to christen/baptize?
A lot of people do it just for the occasion, people who aren't even religious themselves.
Thomas Binney Because a newborn baby can't decide that he doesn't want to be baptized.
lolkitty
Right, a newborn baby can't decide, so the baptism means absolutely nothing.
Also why do I think people in China were mostly saying one thing like I'm non religious but secretly are? That said, East Asian religious like Budda Tao Shinto etc are very different and unsarally don't cause major troubles.
I don't know any much about shinto，but budda and tao has no god or higher worship inside.And you still need to learn some Chinese culture for homework，religion is not the maintream of our history，Confucianism is，which is a philosophy.
What about Ethiopia, Saudi, Vatican and Eritrea they are 100% religious. I mention some of religious countries, their would be other countries that I don't mention.....Any way, your statics is full of error.
not acurate, im atheist and am a south african
Roy James Spreek je ook Afrikaans?
Filipino atheists. Raise ur hands😊
I am from the Czech Republic and I say 23% religious is still too much. Personally, I am an atheist and I am very glad that our country is so low there.
Voltorb1993 Sweden Czech France are the best and smart ones!
@@ericlouclair2585 HAHAHAHHA USA, Qatar, UAE, and Brazil are religious and better than those countries
@Турция сердце why do you have turkish flag lol. (Im turkish)
No God= No war
You=Idiot.. For believing that!
There will be still war even we're all athiest. I'm an atheist myself, and I believe that there will be war always. It's just part of human nature
Um i thought china it was illegal to practice religion? So the China number doesn't shock me at all.
Jonathan Lavoie something beside wike
The Smoking Man It is legal if you practice State approved version of the religion.
Maybe you should visit China and see for yourself.
The Smoking Man ... but Cent still loves China. Communism not mentioned.
The Smoking Man
It isn't illegal, not at all, seriously, a bunch of ignorant fools here in the comment section talking about something they know nothing about.
Cenk asking people why they are offended by "sky god" is talking to a jewish person and calling them "a Jew." In the context you are saying it is derogatory for people of faith. I just don't understand why you have to hate a group of people if they practice.
Before some one jumps on my ass, no unlike Cenk I don't assume every religious person is on a mission to harm other people.
He knows. He's too smart to not know.
1. It's "the tree of knowledge of GOOD AND EVIL" not just the tree of knowledge. 2. Judaism, Christianity and Islam emphasize gaining knowledge, they don't go against it.
Umar Outstanding As long as that knowledge doesn't go against their scripture. If it does then censor it.
Like what?
Umar Outstanding
Gallileo proving the Earth orbits the sun. The Church didn't like it, put him under house arrest, and hid his findings.
And that was because of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
Umar Outstanding
"Judaism, Christianity and Islam emphasize gaining knowledge, they don't go against it."
If those cults emphasized gaining knowledge they wouldn't censor something that is demonstrably true.
Are you saying China are more knowledgeable than the USA?
There is nothing wrong with religion. For the vast majority of people religion doesn't do anything to them, even if they consider themselves to be religious. I know a few people who have turned their life around by worshipping the Gods that I don't believe in, and I think that's a wonderful thing - difference in thoughts and opinions should be widely encouraged and accepted, not something to be ashamed of. I have my own religious beliefs, beliefs that tie into science and knowledge to gain insight rather than revealed scriptures. I believe everything that is written has some meaning to someone. There are the people who will abuse religion to justify their own causes, but that can be said to just about any motive. I'm just sick and tired of all these people, both in TYT and in the comment section, that believe there must be something wrong with you because you don't think like they do. The only thing wrong with religion and the people who are in it are the ones who are causing the oppression to people like you who oppress them. It's pathetic and we really need to evolve as a species if we are going to survive.
Netherlands 15% atheist..... yeah I've lived there all my life (and still do) and I would say 80% atheist x)
It doesn't matter what you'd say. It's about statistics. A recent study fron the VU in Amsterdam found out that just 25% of the country is atheist. 53% is officially affiliated to a religion. So more than half of that country is religious.
Noworldlikethisone lol idk how..... I literally don't know any Dutch people with a religion.... o_O
+DJTommyGames It depends on your environment. Chances are you're from a city in the west where people tend to be less religious. Or you just happened to have friends, family and relatives that aren't that religious. There is nothing to be ashamed of.
Noworldlikethisone hmm.... could be... I live in Noord-Brabant (southern Netherlands)
Many are in some religion. It doesn't mean they are religious. You don't have to be atheist to be non-religious.
I think we only want the facts, not your agnostic beliefs or opinion.
the thing that bothers me about the china number is the government frowns upon religion, its like asking how many people in the usa do heroine, people are scared to answer truthfully... im sure the ussr was very unreligious... i want real free atheists, thats why i invest in stocks from japan sweden and israel
OMG this makes me so happy im British, just 30% religious!
Finley Castello But the majority of religious people believe in Allah... Why are people so ignorant?!
The comment had nothing to do with Islam. Nothing about the comment is ignorant.
Hayden Cooper V, absolutely, thanks
Hayden Cooper V My last sentence wasn't for you. I 'spoke' to all religious folk especially to muslims. I was a bit unclear.
Loek Gerrits, i dont understand what u mean but ok ✌️
I'm South African and I'm an atheist
What was their definition of religious? I suppose many would call themselves "spiritual" but not "religious".
So Sweden, Switzerland and, uh, Shina 😇
True right there Robin Laurén , obviously as an African person, I were inclined at other time to research the validity of the stereotyping that Africans could have had never been able to have a belief in the Creator & were said to be vile / evil due to that exertion, as they do not have religion, but in further research of the subject you find these worlds actually have belief systems, and are, as you queried- spiritual-practicing groups...I guess one tends to wonder as to who, what, how are these things really managed...accepted, or understood...
I also thought that many Chinese were spiritual. So in short, Bad Research.
Ja coz jys a poes
What about the vatican?
How about Philippines in the most religious country??.. Even on weekdays, churches are always full of people..
you're from Philippines or how do you know?
"belief of the past" how arrogant...
cardett75 How so?
sMr. Cenk...have you ever heard of figurative speech? The book of Revelation uses symbolic language to help describe things. I respect your opinion(s) but not all religions are there to harm people...or keep people in darkness...just saying.
*As usual, you are wrong about Islam:*
"and say: `My Lord! Increase me in knowledge" [Quran, 20:114]
"Whoever follows a path in the pursuit of knowledge, Allaah will make a path to Paradise easy for him." (Al-Bukhaari)
Cenk is an athiest what do u expect i doubt he even studied islam or discussed stuff with muslim imams
The Batman lol You just quoted the Bukhari. That's rich, guess now you can't deny Aisha was 9 years old and played with dolls. The Bukhari also explicitly says to kill apostates.
But if you want to scramble back to the Quran:
quran.com/48/28
It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion. And sufficient is Allah as Witness.
And it tells you to kill nonbelievers, just because they choose not to believe.
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Muslims can call themselves whatever they want, but they aren't fully "appreciating" the ethics of Islam which is basically Hitler's Mein Kampf. There are things that Muslims exclusively do when in secular countries too. You find disenfranchised Muslims going fundamentalist and joining ISIS? What about the honor killings and forced marriage that happens in secular countries?
Islam is demonstrated to be at this time worse than all religions when 25% support suicide bombings and a bigger % support Shariah Law. Just look at any Muslim dominated country where Islam has free reign.
www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/infographic-the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-and-society/
I'm against all religion but Islam should be under the most scrutiny for its current status, but instead these "Muslims" say the soundbyte Islam means peace, but it means submission. They also say it's an option to wear the hijab. They haven't read the thing at all and those who do read it are going to be led down a violent path.
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The Batman Ask me another religious question I dare you. You have an immoral religion. Once you figure that out you'll accept all the arguments disproving your fairytales.
Ioganstone Another question? I haven't even asked you one yet.
If you want to believe you're a monkey, have at it, I'm not stopping you.
I don't know why you're talking about honour killings and forced marriage, as that's forbidden in Islam, its more of a cultural issue. Its the same as women not being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. It has absolutely no Islamic basis.
"Acquire knowledge and impart it to the people" - Prophet Muhammad
how are anti-theists any better than people like pat robertson? why can't we all just piss off and acknowledge that we can't be sure of anything beyond our existence as humans and beyond that literally anything is possible, I mean there a tons and tons of unexplained miracles and events that have happened and are still happening so claiming that YOU KNOW that the only things that exist are things we can see and can explain and rationalize is just arrogant and narrow minded
***** that's the point, only using evidence that we can find is foolish because not only do not know shit about anything, but we are infants to this universe and claiming to know the answer to whether or not their is something more than just what we can comprehend is unbelievably foolish and naive, I mean using reasoned judgments doesn't always work, like as an example the hum; a mysterious hum that has affected several thousands of people across the world that cannot be explained using our logic, it has caused most people affected to go insane and on occasion for them to commit suicide, and we can't explain it and I can't really say anything else because I can't explain trying to use my human logic
***** I'm not saying because we can't explain something therefore god did it (which why exactly is that not an option I mean do you know?) uh no usually there is not a logical explanation, take for example this one Mary statue (in some monastery I don't remember you can just look it up) where the people in the monastery heard crying on nights, and then days later it began to bleed and cry, and when examined by professionals they concluded that the tears and blood were real and not a figment of all their imaginations, so I ask how exactly can a logical explanation be used to answer this phenomena? (and also basically any other extreme medical miracle deemed unexplainable) my point is clearly there is something that we cannot comprehend as infants to existence and claiming that you know there is nothing aside from what we can deduce is just absolutely foolish and naive, and okay I understand that religion can be attributed to some pretty bad things (though usually religion is just a cloak to be used for someones real agenda/a way to recruits for a cause, but that aside) but I ask again why are anti-theists any different from say a nazi? (to use a pretty radical example) I mean Jews have done some pretty bad things before and even now and they just want to destroy it, and I will finish on this: the good does not wash out the bad nor the bad the good, so yes religious people have done/are doing bad things in the name of religion before, but they have also done/is doing amazingly good things so trying to destroy it because it can do bad also means you destroy its ability to do good, and the average day religious person is not the same as an ISIS fantatic; they just want to live there lives in peace and believe what they want to believe and most will respect others belief of no belief (as in a religion)
***** I doubt you have heard the hum, mostly because it effects urban, suburban and rural (like villages) areas, and there are people who work to find out how it is caused and still have not found the answer, aye our logic has served us quite well for thousands of years, but I have 2 questions; swords and arrows served militaries well for thousands of years so why change from that? and just because something has been around for a long time, does that make it all we need? and yeah I guess you could claim those things, there's nothing proving you otherwise so who knows maybe you are right, I do not claim to know something I do not just because any alternative seems preposterous to me, well trying to use only human logic to try and solve the unsolvable is a waste of time, so yet again I ask you this: a wife and her children are watching their husband/father walk and then all of a sudden he disappears, then weeks later one night they here him scream for help, look outside and see nothing and never hear from him again, now explain to me how we can honestly explain that using human logic (by the way that is a real story)
***** I have also heard the hum, but I've been told tinnitus is un-treatable :(
Pray for my healing, as medical science has failed me ;)
***** - Technically, neither Theism nor Atheism advances societies. They're just philosophical views, they don't have much practical value in creating technology or economics. That's why highly or fairly religious societies like Italy are better off than very atheistic societies like North Korea or fairly atheistic societies like Norway are better off than very religious countries like Chad. There are dozens more important factors that advance society than atheism or theism.
Nice straw man there.
"-- you don't believe in -- talking bushes and Allah talking to you on a mountain top --"
:-\ we don't think any religion says that don't go for knowledge....
for me as a Muslim , although in Islam says that travelled around the world ask gain knowledge where you get from gain it...
so , its not religion but they are people who stops don't go for school... we know why because there are lot of reasons that I can't explain here either If explain here atheists still disagree with it.
so, simply do it whatever you want
Wtf why is estonia not one of the least religous, like really.
is that not equal to 2,3 Billion of atheist? IS it not then the biggest 'religious' view?
1.atheism
2.christian
3.Muslim
4.Hindu
I would call this a win.
Fi☪†i☯N Hmmm... that's an awesome way to look at it. I think my whole day just got better and it's only 5:45am. THANKS!
***** Well i think it depends on what Deism you are.
Like AgnosticDeist or GnosticDeist.
But i guess you could technically be incorporated.
No it totals 1.7 billion so 2nd place also christianity places at 2.7 billion people.
XxRavenwing19xX chrustianity is 2.2 billion, and according to this video, 2/3 are religious. witch puts 2.3 billion not following a religion
Fi☪†i☯N In a few nations.
Only video I disliked by TYT. I don't appreciate the pessimism on religion. I'm an atheist, but I respect religious people as long as they have modern morale. You can be progressive and religious. I view it as not much of a factor to the world that atheism is increasing and religion is decreasing. There's always going to be religious conflict in the middle east, but that doesn't say that religion is bad. It's the extremists that make it seem bad. Yet again, I am an atheist. I disagree with what the Bible says. I have progressive morals.
I wouldn't consider China a win. They have created a hostile environment for all religion through the government. I wish you would talk down less to people who choose to be religious. Just like you don't like being told to be religious others don't like being criticized for choosing to have a belief or spirituality. Tolerance goes both ways.
The Han population in China accounts for 92% of the total. The Han Chinese believe in ancestors, Confucianism and Taoism, but they are not religions, but philosophy. Confucius said: Respect for ghosts and gods far away, we believe that man will conquer heaven, and this is not the government's prohibition of believing in religion.
Sciencw can be a religion too. Idealism is the only system based on logic.
We need more atheists
Hytherdel In reality there are far more Atheists in the world than statistical analyses will show. Most Atheists are closet Atheists, too afraid to express themselves due to how society views the non-religious. Especially in third world countries.
@@isaacsdanny shut up and stop lying
I like donuts.
Me too
My dog is called fluffy
im religious but i believe in knowledge
As an Atheist, living in a highly religious country would be impossible
Happy to be an atheist in Vietnam :) lol it'll be quite strange if u have a religion here
It's true that 81% of Vietnamese are atheits?
@@anonymous7930 no
@@anonymous7930 yes
@@anonymous7930 yes ,but i think 90%
Atheism in China is all Mao. He was a really incompetent leader who made a lot of really bad decision (great leap forward and things like that), but it was not all bad. He outlawed religion (not sure how to think about that), he redestributed farmlands, gave people education, gave them healthcare. But yeah, a hundred million people dying from starvation is awful
Mathias Signebøen The Han population in China accounts for 92% of the total. The Han Chinese believe in ancestors, Confucianism and Taoism, but they are not religions, but philosophy. Confucius said: Respect for ghosts and gods far away, we believe that man will conquer heaven, and this is not the government's prohibition of believing in religion.
I wonder where Australia Canada etc stand...
And I think Cenk is being a lit too much. We shouldn't oppress individual beliefs unless they effect anyone else in a harmful way. He doesn't make that distriction between a person or organization.
TheWinnipegredhead hey gday I love Winnipeg hope the weather is warmer up there ;) Go Jets and Blue Bombers!
Mathew Clemence When was the last time you saw a religion not effect other people in a negative way?
Cynthric it's been a while.
TheWinnipegredhead where your comment go?
When was the last time you saw any catholics killing people cause they didnt convert? 400/500 years ago! When was the last time you saw a catholic in Syria helping was stricken famalies? Every single day
I'm an agnostic and I'm a Christian as well. Agnostic doesn't mean you are AGAINST religion, it means you think it's impossible to prove or disprove the existence of religion.
I'm a Christian and I KNOW it's IMPOSSIBLE to prove or disprove my religion.
Yay Germany for ranking in the least religious countries xD Feeling proud here for once~
You're lucky, I live in Brazil and everybody here is religious, I can't wait to get the hell out of this place.
never felt like Germany was not religious tho, probably because when i'm in Germany i'm in the west of Germany.
What about the Netherlands (y)
Well with all the Islamic migrants that swarmed your country, your position is likely to have changed. Bless you Germany, I worry for your future.
Jerry Genes you are always welcome to Western Europe, Germany France Netherlands Sweden!
How much ignorance of religion from this guy. Crazy. May Allah guide you. This channel should be called "The Young Atheists/Agnostics"
Alim Hasanagić why let allah guide him? He just doesn't believe in Islam.besides your perful photo makes yourself Islamist
Glad I'm in one of the most least religious countries! , I'm surprised there wasn't a higher percentage of atheists, to be honest!? but overall this study is probably right, we, on the whole, do not care about religion in the UK either way! a lot of agonists here!
Must be agonizing.
I live in US it feels like everyone is religious here.
The invisible sky fairy is gonna be mad at u......
Don't tell anyone. I want to write a new bible and get rich....
Allan Koivu well, the first one sold pretty well
Why buy... You can get them free in hotel room drawers
id like to see a documentary on the progression toward atheism in china...... its just massively huge to not do futher research.
The country of China became atheistic after the communistic and atheistic government slaughtered most religious people. If you want a documentary, then look up the horrors of Mao ze ' dong documentary, something will probably show up.
They communist party tried to destroy almost all of traditional Chinese culture, leaving most people without a god.
emotionzdepress They were forced to give up their religions when communism took over.
Thanks i knew of it just not all of it.the numbers just shocked me. lool
emotionzdepress Yeah the way they got rid of religion was pretty horrible, but in the end it will be a positive for the country.
Looks like I'm moving to China.
fifthgear93 Well, I'm not really a liberal so... Okay. I support whatever is in my best interest.
fifthgear93 I know it's communist, but what freedoms do we have here (U.S) that aren't available in China?
***** you can be liberal as much as you want as long as you dont get too much influence and start to use that influence to affect politicians negatively, it isnt the goverment that oppress you but 99% of of the human right issue are caused by individual politicians...
Well, in terms of liberals, you cant have guns and porn website are limited... but dont be fooled, China might be most atheist but the majority belives in pseudoscience and superstition like acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine
fifthgear93 Many of the freedoms you have in our countries you don't make use of really. Yes, it's nice to have the option, but in all reality living in China is not that much different than anywhere else. Just think about what you plan to say before saying it (We need more of that in reality).
***** dont be a damn commie
I am Chinese and I am atheist.
muslim countries 100% religious
Clearly no?
nope
You would get killed if you are not so.... Ye....
Vitamin A I live in a muslim country and I'm atheist
+Troll in the Wall dude I'm from Muslim country and we welcome all people religious or not.
i believe in a creator and i consider it as a fact because it is match with logic and the signs around me which prove it SO yes i am religious
You're a nobody.
nobody - If you don't follow a religion but you believe in spirits and a higher power then the right term would be spiritual... religious means you follow the rituals of a certain religion.
you're an idiot.
If religion does not interfere in the social, economic and in political functioning I don't mind them. It's should be personal.
Meitei Luwang I agree entirely
Meitei Luwang of course! But religion always try to interfere social issues! That is the reason why religion and tradition clan are destroyed!
I am Chinese. Actually Chinese are very religious, we just dont know it because our region is a mix of buddism, taoism and confusiousm. Most people dont consider themselves religious, but they still practice a lot of religion based activities. Just not under a single god's name.
It really pains Cenk to talk about how religion still holds the majority! Lol!
YES CHINA!
Israel non-religious? 😂wtf?
Its wrong to interpret this "poll" in this way. I will give you clear example. When asked of Jews in Israel (vast majority of whom are NOT Atheists) if they are "Religious" they will say no, the question is why and how do they perceive "religious" as? Most people interpret it as keeping Shabbat fully, going to pray 3 times a day, fasting on all the fasts, and even some think of either the "Ultra-Orthodox" outfit and other things. MANY still pray on Shabbat, keep Kosher, some keep the Shabbat, and definitely keep Yom Kippur (day of atonement) where most of the country and roads are empty (because people are fasting and praying). And also keep the Holidays as well. ON THE OTHER HAND, this same poll can ask a Christian in the United States if they are Religious, and they can answer "YES" but all it could mean is that they celebrate Christmas once a year and believe in jesus. Soo see the disparity here?
Sam Hawes most of the country are not religous...
it's much more secular state than religous state.
I so happy to see Aestheticism on the rise it is the cure to all wars
I follow the tenets of Anestheticism, myself.
WHAT?!?
Religion is nightmare!