Where is the most non-religous place to live in the world? Really.....

by oompa 20 Replies latest jw friends

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  oompa

  wednesday...where in the US

  It's all about the West...found this in a Reno newspaper.:

  More Nevadans were religious in 2000 than 1990, but the Silver State is the nation’s least church-friendly state, according to a religion census released Friday.

  With an estimated 34.3 percent of the state belonging to a church, synagogue or mosque or having some religious affiliation, Nevada ranked third from the bottom for the nation in church membership, according to the Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States: 2000.

  Although Nevada’s 2000 estimate was up from 1990’s 30.4 percent, only Oregon and Washington lagged behind the Silver State in the percentage of religious membership in proportion to their populations.

  Nevada was dead last in the ratio of churches to population, at five churches per 10,000 people. North Dakota ranked first with 23, according to the religious census data released by the Glenmary Research Center in Nashville, Tenn.

  heading west now.....................oompa
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  Luka

  Most European countries are very secular
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  Satanus

  Girls in sweden are supposed to be the easiest ;)
  
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  changeling

  I see a move to Sweden in my future!!!!!

  I love IKEA!!!!!

  changeling
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  flipper

  Mr. & Mrs. Flipper's home in Northern California ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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  changeling

  In the US which city do you think is the most liberal, accepting, and non-religious? San Francisco, NYC???

  changeling
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  changeling

  Religious demographics in the US according to Wikipedia

  Self-Described Religious Identification of U.S. Adult Population: 1990 and 2001 [5]
  All figures after adjusting for refusals to reply, which jumped from 2.3% in 1990 to 5.4% in 2001

  	1990	2001	Change in % point	Numerical growth in % terms
  Total Christian	88.3%	79.8%	-8.5%	+5.3%
  Catholic	26.8%	25.9%	-0.9%	+10.6%
  Baptist	19.8%	17.2%	-2.6%	-0.4%
  Methodist	8.3%	7.2%	-1.1%	-0.2%
  Christian - no denomination reported	4.7%	7.2%	+2.5%	+75.3%
  Lutheran	5.3%	4.9%	-0.4%	+5.2%
  Presbyterian	2.9%	2.8%	-0.1%	+12.3%
  Protestant - no denomination reported	10.0%	2.4%	-7.7%	-73.0%
  Pentecostal/Charismatic	1.9%	2.2%	+0.4%	+38.1%
  Episcopalian/Anglican	1.8%	1.8%	--	+13.4%
  Mormon/Latter Day Saints	1.5%	1.4%	-0.1%	+12.1%
  Churches of Christ	1.0%	1.3%	+0.3%	+46.6%
  Congregational/United Church of Christ	0.3%	0.7%	+0.4%	+130.1%
  Jehovah's Witnesses	0.8%	0.7%	-0.1%	-3.6%
  Assemblies of God	0.4%	0.6%	+0.2%	+67.6%
  Evangelical	0.1%	0.5%	+0.4%	+326.4%
  Church of God	0.3%	0.5%	+0.2%	+77.8%
  Seventh Day Adventist	0.4%	0.4%	--	+8.4%
  Eastern Orthodox	0.3%	0.3%	--	+28.5%
  Other Christian (less than 0.3% each)	1.6%	1.9%	+0.3%	+40.2%
  Total other religions	3.5%	5.2%	+1.7%	+69.1%
  Jewish	1.8%	1.4%	-0.4%	-8.1%
  Non-denominational	0.1%	1.3%	+1.2%	+1,176.4%
  Muslim	0.3%	0.6%	+0.3%	+109.5%
  Buddhist	0.2%	0.5%	+0.3%	+169.8%
  Hindu	0.1%	0.4%	+0.3%	+237.4%
  Unitarian Universalist	0.3%	0.3%	--	+25.3%
  Others (less than 0.07% each)	0.6%	0.7%	+0.1%	+25.4%
  No Religion/Atheist/Agnostic	8.4%	15.0%	+6.6%	+105.7%

  The American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) 2001 was based on a random digit-dialed telephone survey of 50,281 American residential households in the continental U.S.A (48 states). Respondents were asked to describe themselves in terms of religion with an open-ended question. Interviewers did not prompt or offer a suggested list of potential answers. The primary question of the interview was: What is your religion, if any? The religion of the spouse/partner was also asked. If the initial answer was 'Protestant' or 'Christian' further questions were asked to probe which particular denomination.

  Key findings: [7] (Not adjusted for increase in refusals to reply)
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  changeling

  I have a cousin in Santa Cruz, CA. He tells me people there have bumper stickers that say: "Santa Cruz - Keep it Weird!"

  Sounds like and interesting place to me.

  changeling
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  stillajwexelder

  I am suprised China is not higher in the rankings
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  kifoy

  Sweden is great, mostly because they have a great neighbour
  
  But, to respond to the topic, yes Scandinavia is very secular. Here in Norway it depends on where you go, though. The west and south parts are very religious. But I think it's getting less and less religious the further to the north you go.
  
  The difference between Norway and Sweden is that Norway has a state religion (lutheran) and Sweden has no state religion. So I guess Sweden is a bit more secular.
  
  kifoy