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[[France]] has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In addition, France has the 4rth highest belief in [[evolution]] in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> | [[France]] has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In addition, France has the 4rth highest belief in [[evolution]] in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> | ||
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== Rate of secularization in France was zero in 2010 == | == Rate of secularization in France was zero in 2010 == | ||
Revision as of 01:21, April 28, 2016
France has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.[2] In addition, France has the 4rth highest belief in evolution in the Western World.[3]
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Rate of secularization in France was zero in 2010
See also: Desecularization and Growth of global desecularization
In April of 2010, the British academic and agnostic Eric Kauffmann declared that "the rate of secularisation has flattened to zero in most of Protestant Europe and France."[4]
Growth of French evangelical Christianity via immigrants
On July 12, 2012, the Christian Science Monitor reported:
“ | French scholars say, evangelicalism is likely the fastest-growing religion in France – defying all stereotypes about Europe’s most secular nation...
Daniel Liechti, vice-president of the French National Evangelical Council, found that since 1970, a new evangelical church has opened in France every 10 days. The number of churches increased from 769 to 2,068 last year.[6] |
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Atheism vs. Islam in modern France
See also: Atheism vs. Islam
France has the largest number of Muslims in Western Europe.
2015 Muslim terrorists attacks
On November 13, 2015, an Islamic terrorist attack sponsored by ISIS took place which killed 129 people in Paris, France.[8][9]
The Telegraph wrote about the November 2015 Islamic terrorist attack:
“ | The feelings of isolation and exclusion can be overwhelming, with few high profile Muslim role models in business or politics. France's stridently secular state, the banning of the burka and the power of the Front National have not helped to ease tensions between communities.
Mohamed Merah, the Toulouse shooter of 2012, grew up in a tough banlieu, began as a small-time delinquent, was sent to prison, and emerged a hardened jihadi with "meaning" in life... Inside France's prisons, 70 per cent of the inmates are estimated to be Muslims – by law, France cannot ask a person to state their religion, so official data is unavailable. In England and Wales, by comparison, Muslims account for 14 per cent of the prison population, according to Home Office statistics, and five per cent of the population nationwide.[10] |
” |
A USA Today column of the Paris attack declared:
“ | Which should tell you all we need to know about "why France?" Clearly there is no place in civilized society to blame the victims. But there may be some real reasons why France—and not Britain (which is flying way more sorties over Syrian and Iraqi territories held by IS), or Germany or especially the United States. A lot of it is a lingering perception of France as a soft target.[11] | ” |
Charlie Hebdo incident
Charlie Hebdo is a secular left, French, satirical weekly newspaper that often features generally vulgar cartoons (often with stylized cartoon versions of homosexual acts on the cover), articles and profane jokes that "celebrate" freedom of speech for liberal values frequently via blasphemy towards any form of religion, but especially Christianity and Islam. It was first published from 1970 to 1981 and again since 1992.
In November 2011, the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo were fire-bombed by Muslim jihad terrorists and their website was hacked. On the 7th of January 2015, in the gun free zone of Paris, three extremist Islamic terrorist French-born males armed with fully-automatic AK-47s murdered, execution-style, 10 of the staff and 2 policeman and wounded other ten people. Well known socialist cartoonists Charb, Cabu, Honoré, Tignous and Wolinski were all killed.[12]
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Notes
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds
- ↑ British academic Eric Kaufmann says "the rate of secularisation has flattened to zero in most of Protestant Europe and France". Also, Kaufmann writes that secularism "appears exhausted and lacking in confidence"
- ↑ In a France suspicious of religion, evangelicalism's message strikes a chord
- ↑ In a France suspicious of religion, evangelicalism's message strikes a chord
- ↑ 5 facts about the Muslim population in Europe by Conrad Hackett, Pew Forum, November 17, 2015
- ↑ Muslims Around the World Speak Out Against Terrorist Attacks in Paris, Time magazine
- ↑ Paris attacks: Many arrested in raids across France, BBC
- ↑ Paris terror attacks: Why has France been targeted again?, The Telegraph
- ↑ Why France?, USA Today
- ↑ http://cnsnews.com/news/article/world-expresses-shock-attack-charlie-hebdo-newspaper