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| | [[File:Flag of Sweden.png|thumbnail|280px|right|Sweden is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> | | [[File:Flag of Sweden.png|thumbnail|280px|right|Sweden is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> |
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| | The ''International Business Times'' reported in 2014: "Sweden has the highest rate of rape in Europe, with the UN reporting 69 rape cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2011."<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/top-5-countries-highest-rates-rape-1434355 Top 5 Countries with the Highest Rates of Rape] By Ludovica Iaccino, ''International Business Times'', January 29, 2014 16:34 GMT</ref> See also: [[Atheism and rape]] ]] | | The ''International Business Times'' reported in 2014: "Sweden has the highest rate of rape in Europe, with the UN reporting 69 rape cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2011."<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/top-5-countries-highest-rates-rape-1434355 Top 5 Countries with the Highest Rates of Rape] By Ludovica Iaccino, ''International Business Times'', January 29, 2014 16:34 GMT</ref> See also: [[Atheism and rape]] ]] |
| | [[Sweden]] is one of the most [[atheism|atheistic]] countries in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 46 - 85% of Swedes were agnostics/atheists/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> Sweden also has the 3rd highest rate of belief in [[evolution]] as far as [[Western World]] nations.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> | | [[Sweden]] is one of the most [[atheism|atheistic]] countries in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 46 - 85% of Swedes were agnostics/atheists/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> Sweden also has the 3rd highest rate of belief in [[evolution]] as far as [[Western World]] nations.<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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| | === Irreligion, Sweden, sexual assaults and domestic violence === | | === Irreligion, Sweden, sexual assaults and domestic violence === |
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| − | In March of 2014, the [[Sweden|Swedish]] news website ''The Local'' published an article entitled ''Sweden stands out in domestic violence study'' which declared: | + | In March 2014, the [[Sweden|Swedish]] news website ''The Local'' published an article entitled ''Sweden stands out in domestic violence study'' which declared: |
| | {{cquote|A new EU review of violence against women has revealed that one in three [[Europe]]an women has been assaulted, and one in twenty has been raped, with the Scandinavian countries at the top of the league tables. | | {{cquote|A new EU review of violence against women has revealed that one in three [[Europe]]an women has been assaulted, and one in twenty has been raped, with the Scandinavian countries at the top of the league tables. |
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| | === Muslim rapists, lax secular/liberal government and a large increase in rapes in Sweden === | | === Muslim rapists, lax secular/liberal government and a large increase in rapes in Sweden === |
| | [[File:StarCresent.png|thumbnail|250px|right|Atheism and [[Islam]] have both had very violent pasts (see: [[Atheism vs. Islam]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]). | | [[File:StarCresent.png|thumbnail|250px|right|Atheism and [[Islam]] have both had very violent pasts (see: [[Atheism vs. Islam]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]). |
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| | Dr. R. J. Rummel's mid estimate regarding the loss of life due to atheistic [[communism]] is that communism caused the death of approximately 110,286,000 people between 1917 and 1987.<ref>Rummel, R. J. (November 1993). [http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM "How many did communist regimes murder?"] University of Hawaii website; Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide, and War. Retrieved July 19, 2014.</ref> | | Dr. R. J. Rummel's mid estimate regarding the loss of life due to atheistic [[communism]] is that communism caused the death of approximately 110,286,000 people between 1917 and 1987.<ref>Rummel, R. J. (November 1993). [http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM "How many did communist regimes murder?"] University of Hawaii website; Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide, and War. Retrieved July 19, 2014.</ref> |
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| | In addition, in the United States, the irreligious population is more likely to engage in domestic violence (see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] and [[Atheism and women]]).]] | | In addition, in the United States, the irreligious population is more likely to engage in domestic violence (see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] and [[Atheism and women]]).]] |
| | In 2015, the Gatestone Institute reported: | | In 2015, the Gatestone Institute reported: |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| − | [[Category: Atheism]] | + | [[Category:Atheism]] |
| − | [[Category: Sweden]] | + | [[Category:Sweden]] |