0.0% of Icelanders 25 years or younger believe God created the world, new poll reveals

http://icelandmag.visir.is/ ^ | 01/16/2016 | n/a

[massmike]

Iceland seems to be on its way to becoming an even more secular nation, according to a new poll. Less than half of Icelanders claim they are religious and more than 40% of young Icelanders identify as atheist. Remarkably the poll failed to find young Icelanders who accept the creation story of the Bible. 93.9% of Icelanders younger than 25 believed the world was created in the big bang, 6.1% either had no opinion or thought it had come into existence through some other means and 0.0% believed it had been created by God.

The poll, which was conducted by the polling firm Maskína on behalf of Siðmennt, The Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association, an association of Icelandic atheists, found that 46.4% of Icelanders identify as religious, which is the lowest figure to date.

Older people are far more likely to profess religious beliefs and to identify as Christian than those who are younger. 80.6% of those older than 55 identified as Christian and only 11.8% said they were atheists. At the same time 40.5% of people who were 25 years or younger said they were atheists, and only 42% said they were Christian. Traditional Christian beliefs also seem more common outside of Reykjavík, where 77-90% of people identified as Christian and 7.1-18 were atheists, compared to 56.2% of people in Reykjavík who identified as Christian and 31.4% as atheist.

[doc1019]

To bad, so sad.

[Parley Baer]

Fine, the world was created with the big bang. Who or what created the big bang?

[oldbrowser]

93.9% of Icelanders younger than 25 believed the world was created in the big bang, 6.1%

And who do they think created the big bang?

[rey]

If I had to live in Iceland and listen to some of the Icelandic bands I might question God’s existence too.

[boycott]

So nothing exploded and created everything?

Cool story, bro.

These guys aren’t really deep thinkers.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“Who or what created the big bang?”

Exactly. And why? What was there before the ‘big bang’?

[ConorMacNessa]

You mean it wasn't Bush's fault?

"If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape
and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."

[massmike]

These guys aren’t really deep thinkers.

Permanent brain freeze!

[ICE-FLYER]

The belief in nothing requires greater faith than that of believing in Creator God. They all reap the deleterious reward which is the very breeding grounds of selfishness and man-centered thinking that leads to hell on earth. Some would suggest Iceland will never be that, twas said of Germany too!

[txrefugee]

Good grief....and they are living on a volcano! On the bright side, this gives our Freedom from Religion cult a place to live where they aren’t offended by Christians.

[doc1019]

LOL! Not familiar with Icelandic bands, I will take your word for it.

[Moonman62]

That’s why God put them in Iceland.

[massmike]

I’ve only heard of Bjork. If THAT’s a singer,then I’M Sinatra!

[Katya]

Iceland was settled by people who were not willing to convert to Christianity... so this is not very surprising.

Many European Nations have made the mistake, and so have the churches of having the govt collect tithing.. it also means people who want to save the cost literally must officially leave the religion. Many Germans I know who still officially belong to the church... don’t go, as they pay their tithing via paycheck, and feel they’ve done their part.

[sparklite2]

“. 93.9% of Icelanders younger than 25 believed the world was created in the big bang, “

Dear religionists,

Don’t feel bad. The kids don’t understand science, either.

[steve86]

“Big Bang” and “Created by God” are not mutually exclusive.

[onedoug]

Too many volcanoes and too much alcohol.

[Fungi]

And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shall thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. Exodus 3:13-14. "This distinctive name of god identifies Him as the one who is eternally self-existent. All created entities have a beginning, including time itself (Genesis 1:1.). As creatures, we must reckon in terms of the past and future, but to the Creator of time, all is present. He is transcendent to time as well as space." This is not pagan mythology with a never-ending king of the heavens such as Zeus, or wait, Cronos. This is real expository truth if you want to accept it. "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." Deut. 29:29.

We are finite and there is only so much we can understand, and much we cannot, those are the secret things we will never know in our lifetime. To demand an answer is one thing, to expect one and understand it is another. (The first quote is by Henry Morris.)

[dfwgator]

I blame Bjork.