Does anyone find it striking that North Korea (15%) is less atheistic than South (32-50%)?

Question

and yet the North Koreans have their human rights violations blamed on atheism.

SOURCE: http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

Answer 1

No - but I do find it strinking that there are liars running around on Y!A spreading lies about Atheism....

On second thought, I dont find that striking either. I find it typical.

Thank YOU for setting the record straight and providing some real statistrics rather than your ignorant opinion - like the last ninny did.

Id just like to point out that America is a Christian nation - and look at the Human Rights Violations we have. Can anyone say GUANTANAMO prison? Abu Ghraib? All done in the name of the Christian God...

Answer 2

Your "source" has a disclaimer specifically for North Korea. It says that these are only estimates, and that they cannot be relied upon as accurate.
Hey, you gave it as a source.
They also state on your "source" that most of the North Koreans didn't understand what Athiest really meant.
In addition, these are numbers of those polled. That means that if they polled fifty people, and fifteen percent clearly understood what the word even meant, then they said they were athiest.
Your source is ridiculous, at very best.
Nice try, though, in response to the other guys question, but perhaps you should have checked it out a bit better before you rushed in and made a fool of yourself.

Answer 3

The atheists are in charge in North Korea (they have all of the power), so it is obvious that any human rights violations are being carried out by the powerful (the atheists) against the powerless (the religious), not the other way around.

What is your point?

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You point seems to be that you are naively assuming that North Korea is a democracy, and that what the majority believe actually influences state policy.

News flash: North Korea is a dictatorship, and what the majority believe has no influence on public policy. All of the thumbs down in the world won't change that fact.

Answer 4

I do find the (your source of information) web sight very biased, an extremism with the idea that atheistic are the same with those whom do not belief in god, or depend on god. I would agree on the definition with the non-believers of god, but not as an atheistic definition.

Atheistic do not belief in an after live, and after you die there is nothing to look forward to, and consciousness ends.

This web sight, as I see it, would count Buddhism as an atheistic religion which doesn't deny a god but also doesn't relay on a god for salvation also, and also believes that consciousness continues after death. Also that region is more heavy in the Buddhist teachings.

Also with North Korea being so closed up from the rest of the world, I won't relie on any information about that country until it open for more reliable sources.

Answer 5

America has influenced the south koreans more than the north koreans with its constant troop presence and support. The North Koreans are more to their roots because of this. It makes sense that south korea would question religion, when everyone is saying bad things about US but South Korea wouldnt survive without us.

Answer 6

Now that is a statistic that truly amazes. If true, perhaps it is a reflection on more affluent countries, such as South Korea. Does a country's development and the role of religious dogma have a negative or a positive correlation with it's GDP and how does it's human rights record fit into the equation ?

Sorry, just answered your question with a question,
but , if the statistic is accurate, your question is quite profound and worthy of closer study.

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Answer 7

The problem with states like North Korea are that the dictator makes himself a god. It isn't that they don't have a religion, it is that the state becomes one.

The only part that surprises me is that South Korea is that high.

Answer 8

and clearly christianity has no longer something to do with the present conflict in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Darfur... now to not teach christianity remains operating off the human rights abuse tab it worked up in the course of the inquisition... the completed argument is specious as there are various, many different factors in touch... with assistance from breaking it down right into a strictly non secular argument, you're extremely over-simplifying the case. having suggested that, religions have a historic past of doing that...

Answer 9

South Korea has the largest Church in the world (Christian Church) and it is Pentecostal, with over 700 thousand

The largest church in the world is the Pentecostal Yoida Full Gospel Church of Seoul, South Korea, with a membership of around 800,000 people!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoido_Full_Gospel_Church

Answer 10

That is funny. Especially after that silly question a few minutes ago stating the opposite.

What's also weird is the others crazy violent countries at the top of the list with all their atheists.

Sweden, Denmark, Norway