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#1367677
jesusFacepalms
You'll have to look outside the downtrodden countries for it, though xP
1/20/2012 4:16:03 AM
#1367678
Mithras
Also, there's a difference between a regime that forces atheism on all its citizens, like some communist states did, and a secular government which simply keeps religion out of politics.
State mandated atheism is equivalent to a theocracy. A secular government (which will usually consist of mostly atheists and moderate whatever-religionists) on the other hand is the only solution that's fair for all imo.
1/20/2012 4:20:59 AM
#1367680
Mudak
You might want to go through the some of the poorest neighborhoods in the USA and then check out their church attendance before you make blanket statements like that.
1/20/2012 4:27:18 AM
#1367683
darwinduck
show me a smart funndie,and i'll tel you are lying.
1/20/2012 4:33:39 AM
#1367690
Nerikull
*jawdrop*
So, explain all of those Islamic theocracies and latter-day monarchies that instill a religious angle to their rule? Oh, right...I forgot! If they aren't "Christian", then they have to be atheistic! *head-desk*
aFundieMoron might want to look at the real world from time to time.
1/20/2012 5:10:04 AM
#1367694
Tempus
Obviously, Pakistan is an atheist nightmare.
1/20/2012 5:14:37 AM
#1367698
michael3ov
I give you the Nordic countries.
Who just happen to be some of the most secular, free, and prosperous.
1/20/2012 5:28:01 AM
#1367710
Bollox
Sudan. You lose.
1/20/2012 5:56:37 AM
#1367718
Raised by Horses
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Indonesia are "Atheist Regimes" now?
1/20/2012 6:15:09 AM
#1367721
Robespierre
Haiti, Somalia, Afghanistan, East Timor, Sierra Leone... nope, still nothing.
The only states with an officially atheistic ideology are China, Vietnam, North Korea, Laos and Cuba. Of those, Cuba invites the Pope every few years, North Korea has a disturbing personality cult, Vietnam and Laos do nothing to hinder or persecute monks or reduce superstition, and China is faring quite well.
1/20/2012 6:20:25 AM
#1367729
Mister Spak
Like Sweden, or Germany, or China.
1/20/2012 6:31:19 AM
#1367732
KrimzonFlygon
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Afghanastan
Pakistan
Iran
Sudan
Iraq
I could do this all day.
1/20/2012 6:33:57 AM
#1367738
dionysus
Saudi Arabia, Uganda, Israel. Your move.
1/20/2012 6:46:34 AM
#1367743
Brendan Rizzo
Show me a peaceful and tolerant country, and I'll show you a secular people.
1/20/2012 6:57:43 AM
#1367753
John
Of course by "atheist" he means anyone who isn't one of the 30 members of his independent fundamentalist church ...
1/20/2012 7:12:41 AM
#1367773
Doubting Thomas
Iran. Downtrodden. Islamic theocracy.
You lose.
1/20/2012 7:31:45 AM
#1367794
farpadokly
Where ARE these atheist regimes? So thirsty for the bounty, the beneficence and wisdom of theocratic rule? So needful of the liberty and peace which can only come from the wonderful Abrahamic religions?
Why, everyone is happy and free in a theocracy!
1/20/2012 8:26:02 AM
#1367802
Iran
1/20/2012 8:41:24 AM
#1367807
Afghanistan. Somalia. Ethiopia.
Oops, they are all fundamentalist religious states...
1/20/2012 8:46:38 AM
#1367815
Bright Angel
Read the whole thread it got some fun quotes.
Somalia for one, Zimbabawe for two, Saudia Arabia for three, Iran for four, Indonesia for five to name a few countries. What was that dumbass?
1/20/2012 8:52:25 AM
#1367816
Anon-e-moose
"Show me a downtrodden country, and I'll show you an atheist regime."
Oh, you right-wing twats really do walk straight into your own argumental Claymore mines, don't you...:
America: 99% Literacy
Cuba: 99.8% Literacy
As for...:
...0% Literacy.
China: 95% Literacy.
So that's 95% more than you & your ilk then, unCulture(d)Warrior.
1/20/2012 8:53:14 AM
#1367820
TB Tabby
I really would like to hear you list the ways in which Sweden is downtrodden.
1/20/2012 8:57:10 AM
#1367821
aaa
Show me material like this, and i will show you what an intellectually lazy person looks like.
1/20/2012 8:59:23 AM
#1367828
Papabear
Show me a theocracy and I'm show you a failed nation.
1/20/2012 9:07:43 AM
#1367842
Osiris
Iran.
1/20/2012 9:30:17 AM
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