Global Peace Index rankings   1 Iceland  2 New Zealand  3 Japan
4 Denmark  5 Czech Republic  6 Austria  7 Finland  8 Canada  9
Norway  10 Slovenia    82 United States of America     Besides
Slovenia and Austria, all of these nations have a massive
atheist population.  Do you think there is a direct link between
the two?  Or do you think that atheism arrises out of more
stable nations?   Any thoughts?  Views: 216  Replies to This
Discussion  I think there is a strong link between religion and
fear.  The more frightened a person is the more likely they are
to turn to religion which (IMO) is why some of the most
dangerous countries in the world are also the most religious.  I
think stability is probably a major contributing factor to
secularism.  However, China has a very large non religious
community, but I am not sure how safe it is there.   I looked up
several lists and consistently these countries were on the most
dangerous list:  Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen.
China is a strange case be