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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #30 - Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:10pm

OK, you didn't make the original claim. I accept that. So just to put the issue to bed, the top ten least educated countries in the world are:

1. Burkina Faso
2. South Sudan
3. Chad
4. Niger
5. Guinea
6. Benin
7. Sierra Leone
8. Ethiopia
9. Mozambique
19. Senegal

Most of those countries are over 99% religious. They are also poor countries. I think that poverty is more of an indicator than religion when it comes to education levels.

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Reply #31 - Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:14pm

xiena wrote on Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:10pm:

OK, you didn't make the original claim. I accept that. So just to put the issue to bed, the top ten least educated countries in the world are:

1. Burkina Faso - black
2. South Sudan - black
3. Chad - black
4. Niger - black
5. Guinea - black
6. Benin - black
7. Sierra Leone - black
8. Ethiopia- black
9. Mozambique - black
19. Senegal - black

Most of those countries are over 99% religious. They are also poor countries. I think that poverty is more of an indicator than religion when it comes to education levels.

Yep, could be.

There's also another correlation that you may not have noticed, which could be a factor. By putting our heads together, we might just get to the bottom of this.

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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #32 - Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:18pm

xiena wrote on Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:10pm:

OK, you didn't make the original claim. I accept that. So just to put the issue to bed, the top ten least educated countries in the world are:

1. Burkina Faso
2. South Sudan
3. Chad
4. Niger
5. Guinea
6. Benin
7. Sierra Leone
8. Ethiopia
9. Mozambique
19. Senegal

Most of those countries are over 99% religious. They are also poor countries. I think that poverty is more of an indicator than religion when it comes to education levels.

Defiantly, but there are studies that show religiosity is inversely correlated to education. Also poverty is directly correlated to education levels.

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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #33 - Jul 14^th, 2014 at 6:59pm

... wrote on Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:14pm:

Yep, could be.

There's also another correlation that you may not have noticed, which could be a factor. By putting our heads together, we might just get to the bottom of this.

I don't think so. Zimbabwe and Namibia have higher literacy rates than Turkey, Equador, Mexico and even China. Keep going. Eventually you'll get the hang of it.

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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #34 - Jul 15^th, 2014 at 7:53am

xiena wrote on Jul 14^th, 2014 at 6:59pm:

... wrote on Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:14pm:

Yep, could be.

There's also another correlation that you may not have noticed, which could be a factor. By putting our heads together, we might just get to the bottom of this.

I don't think so. Zimbabwe and Namibia have higher literacy rates than Turkey, Equador, Mexico and even China. Keep going. Eventually you'll get the hang of it.

So what? You were talking about the "most educated countries" which is related to literacy, but it's not the same thing. Even so, finding 2 black countries that have higher literacy than a couple of other non-black countries isn't much of a finding.

What is it about noticing patterns that troubles you? Further, if you don't want other people to notice them, don't bring them to the discussion.

But since we're noticing - I notice that the importance of religion is strongly correlated with dark skin. As a general rule, the darker the skin, the more important religion is.

Why do you mock and sneer at the culture and beliefs of all the worlds tinted peoples? Sounds like the new face of white supremacy.

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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #35 - Jul 15^th, 2014 at 7:43pm

I can't post links, but all the sites I have quoted from used literacy rate as a measure of education level. The title was education level and the measure was literacy rate.

The only correlation I can come up with is that you have a fixation with the color black.

I think the correlation is with equatorial regions. Maybe religion is caused by being too hot - Certainly not black.

Egyptians, Libyans, Moroccans, Saudi Arabians and Qataris are not black.

... wrote on Jul 15^th, 2014 at 7:53am:

Why do you mock and sneer at the culture and beliefs of all the worlds tinted peoples? Sounds like the new face of white supremacy.

Why do you jump to all the wrong conclusions so often? I was born in Australia but all my antecedents are/were Chinese.

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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #36 - Jul 16^th, 2014 at 8:07am

xiena wrote on Jul 15^th, 2014 at 7:43pm:

Egyptians, Libyans, Moroccans, Saudi Arabians and Qataris are not black.

The word I used was 'tinted'.

xiena wrote on Jul 15^th, 2014 at 7:43pm:

Why do you jump to all the wrong conclusions so often? I was born in Australia but all my antecedents are/were Chinese.

OK, so it's not white supremacy. But still, why mock and sneer at the culture and beliefs of all the worlds tinted peoples?

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xiena Junior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 60 Canberra Gender:	Re: Will God and religion become redundant ? Reply #37 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 6:26pm Your posts have been sneering, not mine. Apart from that unless you're an albino, you're tinted too.
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Will God and religion become redundant ? Reply #38 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:26pm xiena wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 6:26pm: Your posts have been sneering, not mine. Apart from that unless you're an albino, you're tinted too. yes, I do sneer at racist asswipes, especially if they don't own their racism.
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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #40 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 10:07pm

... wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:26pm:

xiena wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 6:26pm:

Your posts have been sneering, not mine. Apart from that unless you're an albino, you're tinted too.

yes, I do sneer at racist asswipes, especially if they don't own their racism.

Careful. If you sneer too much in the mirror, the look can stick.

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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #41 - Sep 10^th, 2014 at 5:57pm

... wrote on Jul 15^th, 2014 at 7:53am:

xiena wrote on Jul 14^th, 2014 at 6:59pm:

... wrote on Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:14pm:

Yep, could be.

There's also another correlation that you may not have noticed, which could be a factor. By putting our heads together, we might just get to the bottom of this.

I don't think so. Zimbabwe and Namibia have higher literacy rates than Turkey, Equador, Mexico and even China. Keep going. Eventually you'll get the hang of it.

So what? You were talking about the "most educated countries" which is related to literacy, but it's not the same thing. Even so, finding 2 black countries that have higher literacy than a couple of other non-black countries isn't much of a finding.

What is it about noticing patterns that troubles you? Further, if you don't want other people to notice them, don't bring them to the discussion.

But since we're noticing - I notice that the importance of religion is strongly correlated with dark skin. As a general rule, the darker the skin, the more important religion is.

Why do you mock and sneer at the culture and beliefs of all the worlds tinted peoples? Sounds like the new face of white supremacy.

Considering no major religion was ever started by those with light (ie white) skin it should come as no surprise that the importance of religion is strongly correlated with dark skin.

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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #42 - Nov 10^th, 2014 at 10:33pm

Raven wrote on Sep 10^th, 2014 at 5:57pm:

... wrote on Jul 15^th, 2014 at 7:53am:

xiena wrote on Jul 14^th, 2014 at 6:59pm:

... wrote on Jul 13^th, 2014 at 5:14pm:

Yep, could be.

There's also another correlation that you may not have noticed, which could be a factor. By putting our heads together, we might just get to the bottom of this.

I don't think so. Zimbabwe and Namibia have higher literacy rates than Turkey, Equador, Mexico and even China. Keep going. Eventually you'll get the hang of it.

So what? You were talking about the "most educated countries" which is related to literacy, but it's not the same thing. Even so, finding 2 black countries that have higher literacy than a couple of other non-black countries isn't much of a finding.

What is it about noticing patterns that troubles you? Further, if you don't want other people to notice them, don't bring them to the discussion.

But since we're noticing - I notice that the importance of religion is strongly correlated with dark skin. As a general rule, the darker the skin, the more important religion is.

Why do you mock and sneer at the culture and beliefs of all the worlds tinted peoples? Sounds like the new face of white supremacy.

Considering no major religion was ever started by those with light (ie white) skin it should come as no surprise that the importance of religion is strongly correlated with dark skin.

hmmmmm, so where does religion stand with these dark skin people in the future as the white race is in decline.

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Re: Will God and religion become redundant ?
Reply #44 - Nov 11^th, 2014 at 2:25pm

Will the concept of god and associated religions become redundant? (don't you just hate people who repeat a question?)

I don't think so a) because they have been around since before pre-history and still are, and flourishing, and b) because there is something in the psychological nature of man that seeks answers to questions that can never be rationally answered.

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