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Did he account for a religious population which thinks that suicide is a major sin?
by baursak 8y ago
Did he account for a religious population which thinks that suicide is a major sin?
- WaltPurvis 8y agoIsrael is one of the least religious countries on earth. A much smaller percentage of Israelis are religious than are Americans or the populace of Muslim nations, and Christianity and Islam also generally consider suicide a sin.
- baursak 8y ago> Israel is one of the least religious countries on earth Not according to this Gallup poll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_coun...
- FeralAlien 8y agoAccording to that Israel is less religious than the US, and is among the least religious countries (top 30%) - looks like OP stretched a bit but not by much.
- WaltPurvis 8y agoHuh… well, according to this Gallup poll Israel is indeed "Among the Least Religious Countries in the World": https://www.haaretz.com/israel-china-among-least-religious-nations-1.5350737 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-china-among-least-religious-n...
- hedvig 8y agoWhy do they enable their ridiculous orthodox subset?
- petra 8y agoMost israelies aren't really religious, in the sense that religion guide their actions in a meaningful way .
- baursak 8y agoI'd consider 51% to be a significant chunk of the population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_coun...
- FeralAlien 8y agoRelative to the others it is low. Furthermore that's a 10 year old poll this one is more recent and shows it closer to 42% https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_irreligion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_irrelig...