Why do majority christian and catholic countries have the highest crime rates and majority atheist/agnostic countries have the world lowest crime and moral issue rate?
Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God doing this and that -- it's astonishing. These numbers aren't duplicated anywhere else in the industrial world. You'd have to maybe go to mosques in Iran or do a poll among old ladies in Sicily to get numbers like this. Yet this is the American population.
- Noam Chomsky
There is a strong correlation between religion and moral decadence and high crime rates.
Crime: Murder
41. Czech Republic 0.01 per 1000 people
19. Poland 0.05 per 1000 people
23. United States 0.04 per 1000 people
Crime: Rape
40. Czech Republic 0.04 per 1000 people
29. Poland 0.06 per 1000 people
9. United States 0.30 per 1000 people
2007-09-12 02:08:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Crime: Robbery
38. Czech Republic 0.39 per 1000 people
11. United States 1.41 per 1000 people
12. Poland 1.38 per 1000 people
Health: HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate
148. Czech Republic less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
65. United States 0.6% (2001 est.)
111. Poland 0.1%
Health: Infant mortality rate
199. Czech Republic 5.46
168. Poland 9.17
184. United States 6.69
Education: Scientific literacy
11. Czech Republic 511
14. United States 499
21. Poland 483
75% of swedes belong to the church, and it is the country with SECOND higest crime rate in the world.
US prison statistics give us a significant clue.
Atheists, make up about 10% of the US population... but they only make up 0.2% of the US prison population. Now, isn't THAT a surprise? That means that on a per-capita basis, atheists are FIFTY (50) times LESS LIKELY to be incarcerated than Christian
(Statistics from US Bureau of Prisons, 1997)
2007-09-12 02:11:26 · update #1
for all that are answering with "the US is a larger country", please notice that the statistics quoted here are PER CAPITA!!!!! the overall size of the country in question is irrelevant.
2007-09-12 02:27:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
As underdude was saying; "For all have sinned and fall shorth of the glory of God." Romans 3:23. Nobody is perfect. Christians aren't perfect. Athiests aren't perfect. Athiests are everywhere. Christians are everywhere. Just because there is a low crime rate and a high percent of the population is Athiest, doesn't mean that Athiests are better. I don't think that Christians are better than Athiests, and I don't think Athiests are better than Christians. We are all sinners, therefore we all deserve to go to Hell. I'm not going to sit and argue with you that Hell is real, but if you refuse to believe then that's your loss. Please. As Christians, we just want to share our faith and only hope that you understand. Anyways, You'll all be in my prayers. God bless you! :)
2016-04-04 16:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is tiny. It is ethnically pure (Czechs at 94.2%, Slovaks 1.9%). Japan is similar in this way. America is completely stratified in every possible way. Conversely, Christian and Catholic countries attract the most immigration or are most willing to accept it.
And your numbers are slightly off, or at least the way you're are breaking them down. According to a 2005 Eurobarometer poll, 30% of Czech respondents do not believe in God, spirit, or life forces. 50% believe in some sort of spirit or life force, and only 19% believe in God, the lowest rate of EU countries after Estonia with 16%. In terms of polling, 19% who respond they belive in God does not suggest that 81% reject all notions of God. This isn't the way polling works.
As far as atheists in prison, this is the easiest to understand. Being part of religious services in prison counts towards "good behavior" which counts toward earlier release. Similarily, claiming to be religious or identifying with a denomination is "honorific" and, in the mind of the inmate, sheds a better light on him or her. Identifying with atheism offers no external benifits in this way. This leaves out the number of outright conversions, which is not rare.
2007-09-12 02:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well I think all of the atheists and agnostics on here knew most of that already. But thanks for putting numbers to it.
EDIT: To the person above me saying unreported crimes weren't figured in the percentage of unreported crimes would even out across the board. That is to say if 10% of crimes go unreported then that would be 10% of crimes committed by atheists as well as 10% comitted by christians.
2007-09-12 02:26:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
All I know is Prague ROCKS.
I was there a little after Bush was elected, and I amazed our friends there, since they really had no clue that he'd lost the popular vote...or that so few Americans voted. Or my nearest megapolis is Toronto.
EDIT: BTW, for your other posters: PER CAPITA statistics don't change by % of people.... it's a percentage. 20% of 100 and 20% of 10000 is still 20%....
2007-09-12 02:19:01 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
And let me join the atheists with this one. Compare the Crime rate of the greatest nation, America and Saudi Arabia(where sharia is applied). You will be shocked. All these rapes and murders is like unknown over there in Saudi Arabia.
2007-09-12 02:31:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mr.POP 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is nice to be able to try to give statistics, but you fail to see that the United States is a much bigger country & also have a more population than these other countries you mentioned, so if you try to use these figures then use it with all these countries having the same population, For example let's say all 3 countries, have a population of 15 Million each. Then that would bring the US down less then your own country. BY the way the USA has a population of over 300 million
2007-09-12 02:21:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
Look, I don't believe in religious miracles, but are you seriously naive enough to believe that *every* or even most crimes get reported in ANY country? Going by your logic, Muslim countries have the lowest crime rates simply because they just don't bother to report all the murders, rapes, etc that happen on a regular basis in those countries. It's the same everywhere. You can't make a direct connection with religion (or no religion) being linked with crime, murder, rape, etc. It depends more on the politics, government and culture of a country/society. Some places are safer than others, but no place is totally safe, and in every place many, many crimes go unreported, unknown.
2007-09-12 02:24:40 · answer #8 · answered by A.H. 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋
1) - population size does impact crime, and
2) - as Imacatholic 2 points out, your 70% atheist is more than flawed
High 5
2007-09-13 08:09:48 · answer #9 · answered by super Bobo 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Where do you get your 70% Atheist statistic?
According to the CIA World Factbook, the Czech Republic has the following religious groups:
Roman Catholic 26.8%
Protestant 2.1%
other 3.3%
unspecified 8.8%
unaffiliated 59%
(2001 census)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ez.html
To the best of my knowledge, unspecified and unaffiliated do not mean Atheist.
And the U.S. State Department website states that Czechs are mostly Roman Catholic and Protestant. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3237.htm
With love in Christ.
2007-09-12 16:29:14 · answer #10 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋