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13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death

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13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 11:07 am
Officially maybe, but Buddhism is practiced freely and openly.
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 11:11 am (This post was last modified: September 18, 2014 at 11:11 am by Mister Agenda.)
And as the fundamentalists are fond of pointing out, there are many millions of Christians in China. But the graphics are about how atheists are treated.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 11:19 am
I bet Texas would love to join that list.
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 12:34 pm
I'm skeptical of this map - what are its sources and does it claim to be comprehensive?

How did India not make it to the map? We have anti-blasphemy laws here (an obscure and archaic residue of colonial era common law) which can and have been used to curb free speech. It doesn't happen very often, but it happens.

Most recently, Sanal Edamaruku, an Indian Rationalist, was charged under those laws upon a complaint from Bombay's Catholic branch when he showed that the water dripping from the feet of a Jesus statue (locally regarded as miracle and people getting in line to collect the 'holy' water) was actually sewage water. He has since fled to Finland.
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 12:41 pm
(September 18, 2014 at 12:34 pm)genkaus Wrote: I'm skeptical of this map - what are its sources and does it claim to be comprehensive?

Looks like the OP lifted the entire article:
http://www.thewire.com/global/2013/12/13...th/355961/

Here's a link to the IHEU site covering the report:
http://freethoughtreport.com/
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 1:09 pm
Based on this page, I'd say the map need some work.

http://freethoughtreport.com/map/
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 2:22 pm
Crap! I have been to many of those countries!
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 2:33 pm
I think the aborigines should definitely kill all of the non aborigines Angel
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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm
(September 18, 2014 at 5:40 am)Sejanus Wrote: New Zealand? There is absolutely no punishment for being an atheist here. Most people in NZ are apathetic about religion. Source: I live in New Zealand.

As do I, currently.

The map is complete and utter nonsense.

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RE: 13 Countries Where Atheism Is Punishable by Death
September 18, 2014 at 4:00 pm
(September 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm)Beccs Wrote:
(September 18, 2014 at 5:40 am)Sejanus Wrote: New Zealand? There is absolutely no punishment for being an atheist here. Most people in NZ are apathetic about religion. Source: I live in New Zealand.

As do I, currently.

The map is complete and utter nonsense.

There's a law on the books that allows for up to one year imprisonment for publishing blasphemous libel, but it is not enforced. In fact, the last time a case was tried was in the 1920s, with no conviction. So, it's ridiculous that NZ was included.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_l...ew_Zealand
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