RE: What about Atheist country?
October 22, 2012 at 6:38 pm
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2012 at 6:44 pm by Something completely different.)
(October 19, 2012 at 4:40 am)rozbif Wrote: I don't want to expand the question by adding the large sub text, i only want to know what is the first thought that came to mind when when you read the question "What about Atheist country?"
Albania, or better put "The Peoples Republic of Albania", which was the first nation to, under the brutal rule of Enver Hoxah, inforce "atheism" - to become a completly nonreligious country, by burning down churches, mosques and synagogs, and brutaly persecuting those who practiced their religious beliefs.
Maybe also the dutch. The Netherlands are the 14th rank, in nations with biggest atheist population in the world with 39 to 43 percent of the population being atheist. But still their national anthem is about how "god" is the protecctor of their nation. (probably because of it`s calvenist history)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8rGO4K_d...re=related
My nation, Germany, sinceit is the 11th rank of nations with a high amount of atheists with almoust 50 percent of the population being atheist.
and then of course Sweden with 80 percent of it`S population being atheist.
