Correction, they are 12th and 36th.
I don't know why you even bothered to mention "numbers" since it's not a good way of comparing countries (since country size differs by such large amounts). China supposedly has 14% atheist, but 14% of over 1 billion people is A LOT in comparison with 80% of the population of Sweden.
With Russia, the stats stand between 24% and 48%, so either way, it is not a predominantly atheist country. At best, it's an almost 50:50 split, at worst, it's 75% theist. Compare that with Sweden (46-85%), Denmark (43-80%), and Norway (31-72%) and you see where I'm coming from.
Anyway, I'm sure there will be exceptions to the rule, but the results of the studies showed a positive correlation between religiosity and the lack of "peace" a country has. Same as with the link between religiosity and IQ (strong negative correlation). There are exceptions (stupid atheists and clever Christians) but they don't affect the correlation in any significant way.
I don't know why you even bothered to mention "numbers" since it's not a good way of comparing countries (since country size differs by such large amounts). China supposedly has 14% atheist, but 14% of over 1 billion people is A LOT in comparison with 80% of the population of Sweden.
With Russia, the stats stand between 24% and 48%, so either way, it is not a predominantly atheist country. At best, it's an almost 50:50 split, at worst, it's 75% theist. Compare that with Sweden (46-85%), Denmark (43-80%), and Norway (31-72%) and you see where I'm coming from.
Anyway, I'm sure there will be exceptions to the rule, but the results of the studies showed a positive correlation between religiosity and the lack of "peace" a country has. Same as with the link between religiosity and IQ (strong negative correlation). There are exceptions (stupid atheists and clever Christians) but they don't affect the correlation in any significant way.
