> fra: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <.....> > >Regarding your nonbelieving minority: According to the news today about 25% > >of all Norwegians believes in God... > > > >DagT > > > > > > > Oh -- "minority of humans in modern times" was phrased badly. Initially > I said that the majority of humans -- that is, throughout all history > and all cultures -- tended to believe that there was a God (or gods.) So > the people who don't, represent a minority of all; but they seem to be > concentrated in this period of human history (i.e., "modern times.") > That said, Norway's not that big and isn't necessarily representative of > the whole world ... :D
True, but China is big and has a lot of buddhists and maybe still some communists who don't believe in any god, and India also have its share of buddhists, so maybe the US isn't representative either. In population the US is the same size as Indonesia, and EU is about 50% larger... .-) DagT
