18-08-2005 20:20									#61
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quote: Originally posted by Chemical Ollie What is Finland doing in that map at all?

Finland is evil, so their government is Satanist

You know, I used to think Poland was kind of cool, but now they just weird me out. They're like the Kansas of the EU...

	18-08-2005 20:22									#62
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quote: Originally posted by Heresson I've made a map of Poland. Religiousness and political sympathies are connected at least here, and there are some long- lasting trends in political sympathies of the regions.

Perhaps you should include a legend so that we know what all the pretty colours mean.

	18-08-2005 20:23									#63
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quote: Originally posted by Kontiki Perhaps you should include a legend so that we know what all the pretty colours mean.

QFT!

	18-08-2005 20:49									#64
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quote: Originally posted by Kontiki Perhaps you should include a legend so that we know what all the pretty colours mean.

I thought You'd surmise. The more red, the more left-winged and anticlerical, the more blue the more conservative and clerical. Yellow spots are three places I live/lived in.

quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison Finland is evil, so their government is Satanist You know, I used to think Poland was kind of cool, but now they just weird me out. They're like the Kansas of the EU...

What weirds You out exactly?

	18-08-2005 21:04									#65
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A lot of things. Mainly you

	18-08-2005 21:07									#66
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Hm. The most religious part of Sweden (at least by the measure of voting for the Christian Democrats) is the area around Jönköping, where "arable land" means "the boulders are so small you can drive a tractor over them".,

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quote: Originally posted by boann Figures compiled from government and academic sources show that 930,000 Muslims attend a place of worship at least once a week, compared with 916,000 Anglicans. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/articl...-976226,00.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1064634/posts

That just means Europeans are a bunch of dirty atheists, not that there is a huge number of Muslims. That article also mentioned that there are an estimated 1.5 - 1.8 million Muslims total in the UK. With a total population of around 60 million, that makes the Muslims a bit less than 3% of the population.

Not much.

	18-08-2005 21:15									#68
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Atheists >> god-botherers.

	18-08-2005 21:26									#69
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What's with the thinking that "doesn't attend church" = "atheist" anyhow

In any case, Europe doesn't have a Bible belt

It has a Bible blotch

And it's name is Poland

	18-08-2005 21:28									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison A lot of things. Mainly you

	18-08-2005 21:39									#71
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	18-08-2005 21:41									#72
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Some of the Western Isles of Scotland are very religious. You could add them to the Bible Smear.

	18-08-2005 21:44									#73
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@Az

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You missed a bit

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Greece isn't that religious, Provost.

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I was thinking Turkmenistan actually

	18-08-2005 22:07									#77
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Shouldn't Israel be black as well?
Religious parties have a lot to say, orthodox Jews don't have to serve in the army, people are divided by their religion (like Israel's divide et impera politics towards druses), the importance of religion when it comes to immigration etc

	18-08-2005 22:07									#78
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Well PHd

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quote: Originally posted by Az Greece isn't that religious, Provost.

You missed a bit of israel.

	18-08-2005 22:11									#80
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Since when is Soqotra particularly irreligious?

Turkmenistan is essentially a theocracy these days, with Niyazov as God Emperor.

	18-08-2005 22:13									#81
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Also, I'm not sure if eastern Turkey (Kurds that is) s necessarily the most religious. There are a lot of yesides in the east, and more importantly alevites, which - as far as I know - are more secular than sunnis. But I recall one Turkish election map and religious part won everywhere but Thrace and coastlines...
Anyway, the city that I heard is the most pius is Konya, and it's in the centre.

	18-08-2005 22:13									#82
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Are there supposed to be markings on that map? I assumed Az was saying that the entire map was a bible belt, but Ludd's comment at least doesn't make sense with that.

	18-08-2005 22:17									#84
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker Are there supposed to be markings on that map? I assumed Az was saying that the entire map was a bible belt, but Ludd's comment at least doesn't make sense with that.

Do You see that great black cover over half of the map?

	18-08-2005 22:24									#85
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No I don't. It's not there for me.

I'll post an SS in a second.

	18-08-2005 22:28									#87
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This is sure weird ...

	18-08-2005 22:29									#88
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It probably has something to do with the image cache. Though why I would have that image cached, I don't know...

	18-08-2005 22:38									#89
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This is glorious.

I've mistakenly posted the unedited map, but quickly fixed it. Probably a server messup.

quote: Shouldn't Israel be black as well? Religious parties have a lot to say, orthodox Jews don't have to serve in the army, people are divided by their religion (like Israel's divide et impera politics towards druses), the importance of religion when it comes to immigration etc

That's why a large chunk of Israel is black. But you can hardly say that the parts that are not coloured really are.

Man, you guys are slow. Notice how I didn't colour all of turkey?

	18-08-2005 22:38									#90
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The most religious are probably Poland, Portugal, Ireland and Malta. Maybe some of those crazy Balkan states too, but I don't know much about them.
Finland and Czech don't belong in that belt IMO, they are maybe among the least religious countries.