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Line 20: − [[Image:Torii-gate.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most frequently found at the entrance of or within a [[Shinto]] shrine. − <br /> − <br /> − Nearly everyone in atheistic Japan is careful to have a new car blessed by a Shinto priest.<ref name="ReferenceA">''The Triumph of Faith: Why the World is More Religious Than Ever'' by Rodney Stark, Introduction section of the book</ref>]] Line 30:
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→East Asia, atheism, superstition and irrationality
''See also:'' [[Irreligion and superstition]] and [[Atheism and science]]
''See also:'' [[Irreligion and superstition]] and [[Atheism and science]]
''Discover Magazines'' declares:
''Discover Magazines'' declares:
This is not to say that East Asia is necessarily a haven for a [[Critical rationalism|critical rationalist perspective]], what with the prominence of Chinese medicine, [[geomancy]], Korean [[shamanism]]...<ref>[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/11/most-atheists-are-not-white/ Most atheists are not white & other non-fairy tales] By Razib Khanm, Discover Magazine</ref>}}
This is not to say that East Asia is necessarily a haven for a [[Critical rationalism|critical rationalist perspective]], what with the prominence of Chinese medicine, [[geomancy]], Korean [[shamanism]]...<ref>[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/11/most-atheists-are-not-white/ Most atheists are not white & other non-fairy tales] By Razib Khanm, Discover Magazine</ref>}}
In 2015, Rodney Stark wrote in his book ''The Triumph of Faith: Why the World is More Religious Than Ever'' about [[secular Europe]]an countries and [[Atheism|atheistic]] [[Japan]]:
In 2015, Rodney Stark wrote in his book ''The Triumph of Faith: Why the World is More Religious Than Ever'': "35 percent of the French believe in astrology, 35 percent of the Swiss agree that 'some fortune tellers really can foretell the future'..."<ref name="ReferenceA">''The Triumph of Faith: Why the World is More Religious Than Ever'' by Rodney Stark, Introduction section of the book</ref>
== Chinese atheism and the growth of Christianity in China ==
== Chinese atheism and the growth of Christianity in China ==