Thursday, May 29, 2008

Godless people

Quite interesting article about religion in USA, a hot topic.

"The fastest-growing faith in the country is no faith at all. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released the results of its “Religious Landscape” survey in February and found that 16 percent of Americans have no religious affiliation. The number is even greater among young people: 25 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds now identify with no religion, up from 11 percent in a similar survey in 1986."

Does anybody know the percentage of atheists in Sweden?

5 comments:

PP said...

Godless peop[le posted today

O.K. said...

Depending on how the poll is formulated the percentage of atheists/agnostics/non-believers it is somewhere between 40 and 80 percent. Last year an american study rated Sweden as the least religious country in the world with 85% atheists/agnostics/non-believers.

It is usually rated as one of the most secular countries as well.

O.K. said...

Can't find the study now, but Denmark, Norway and Finland placed in the ten least religious too.

LS said...

The Heathen north you know...

O.K. said...

Yes, by Thor! ;) Island is up there too.