If you need Faith to be a good person why is there less Crime and Poverty in Scandinavia?

Question

Majority of Swedes and Danes are Agnostics/Atheists

sorry if this has been asked before

Answer 1

It has and was proved wrong. The majority there are Luthern.

Answer 2

I would say that Scandanavia has a well-run socialist system of economics (I have friends who lives in Sweden). Most crime is caused by poverty, or is a result of the desperation caused by poverty. So, when poverty is eliminated, the people who would rob or get violent because of poverty disappear, and those who commit crimes because of selfishness are the only ones left. Faith probably has nothing to do with it.

However, I do accept the FACT in the United States that atheists are far underrepresented in prison compared to their numbers in society. (Over 12% in society, less than 1% of the prison population.) And even Pat Robertson lamented that atheists are the least likely to get divorced, while evangelicals are the most likely.

However, I have noticed that those who are "naughty" tend to gravitate towards the stronger-based faiths...those we tend to call Fundamentalist, Evangelical, or Pentacostal. And when speaking to some of these people in the past, many admit they would ape sh** if they learned today there was no God, stealing and raping, drinking and using drugs. So frankly, although I tend to be a little snarky towards them, I'm actually rather thankful that these stronger-based faiths exist to keep these people in line.

Answer 3

I am assuming by "Faith" you mean a belief in some religious system of some sort. Faith by definition is really just a trust in what you believe and its corresponding relevance to reality, whether it be your own or objectively speaking that which does not depend on your belief for its truth claims. These agnostics and atheists you refer to have faith in their belief that there is either no God or that God cannot be known. You have not specified what you mean by a "good" person. Cannabals believe that a good person to be one that is cooked to the desired tenderness and seasonings agreeable to the pallate.
In a moral sense, I do not know of a truth regarding ones particular world view that excludes one from knowing that which is "good" from that which is "bad."
You might want to reword your question and inquier as to what is the correlation between ones object of faith and their ability to hold to behaviors that might be seen as a direct result of their holding to that faith.
I suspect however that what you really want to know is how many people on yahoo agree with you that its fun to ridicule those who have a faith in any reilgious or spiritual ideology, which might be thought to be a bit intolerant and in some cultures a crime. This would then disqualify you from citizenship from those countries that champion tolerance would it not?

Answer 4

They are very liberal, if less things are illegal then there will be less crime. I personally think they have things good, I don't think it would hurt to be like them. I think Scandinavia has a high case of suicide though!! so that's not the best thing in the world. Something to do with the amount of sunlight they get.

Answer 5

Jajabalo and I will be on the same plane together but the Scandanavians don't want immigrants anymore than Americans want Mexicans...they'll tell us...go home and fix your own country and leave us alone! They think we should fix our own corrupted system instead of bringing America's problems to Scandanavia.

That's exactly what Jajabalo and I are trying to do...get Americans to quite being superstitions, fearful and judgemental and to start becomeing a more rational people.

Kudos Jajabalo...let's keep doing what we can.

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WRONG LYNC...They have a much lower suicide rate than we do in the U.S.!!! They are only social church goes...they don't believe it they just go to be social Lutherans...Christians know that going to church doesn't make you a christian!!!

Answer 6

The Scandinavian countries have a strong sense of altruism -- and they do it without compromise to their personal independence, which puts paid to that false dichotomy touted about by U.S. American pundits.

That combination makes for a healthy society. The U.S. and the UK would do well to learn a few things from the Scandinavians.

Answer 7

Who said you need faith to be a good person?

You need morals, and a decent upbringing that's right for the individual to be a "good person"

It proves that english for example just shouldn't give birth because they're breeding more and more bad things.

It could be that many factors of their countries are better managed etc... but I like any chance to criticise my fellow people :)


ignore my answer just give props to the edsawyer answerer...I have a calming feeling all over me like I've just been blessed by something devine.

Answer 8

I read about crime and killings in Denmark every day in the Danish newspaper. Many times more than before

Answer 9

Just because someone does or not have faith, does not make them "good or bad". You are looking at it as humans do, not as God does. We are humans, we mess up, we do right, we do wrong. God loves us either way.You have to look at other things, what is permenant, what is temporal.Things of the earth are temporal.. You shouldn't try and create controversy where none is needed. Those that have God in their life will more than likely understand what i am meaning.

Answer 10

This may be a stretch, but I would say that a certain element of faith _is_ necessary - just not necessarily faith in any kind of sky-pixie (TM).

Scandinavians might have faith in society or in themselves - alternately, they may have faith in the police system to catch criminals...

As for me, I believe in no God, but I consider myself very faithful to myself. Committing an offense against other people would make me untrue to my own sense of right and wrong, and I'd hate myself for it.

It all depends on what 'faith' means...

Answer 11

Fewer things are illegal. When everything is legal it is pretty hard to break the law. The method of reporting may be different and population plays a very important role.

Satan does not temp those that already chose him.