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Talk:Essay: 2018 will be a terrible year for atheists (view source)
Revision as of 02:37, February 10, 2018
, 02:37, February 10, 2018→Most atheists live in East Asia and the explosive rise of Christianity in China is raising living standards (and intelligence scores) and part of the reason is the Protestant work ethic
*[http://blog.tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China] By Hugh Whelchel on September 24, 2012</ref><ref name="Are human beings becoming smarter">[http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31556802 Are human beings becoming smarter], BBC, March 2, 2015</ref> See also: [[Growth of Christianity in China]] and [[Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]] and [[East Asia and global desecularization]]
*[http://blog.tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China] By Hugh Whelchel on September 24, 2012</ref><ref name="Are human beings becoming smarter">[http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31556802 Are human beings becoming smarter], BBC, March 2, 2015</ref> See also: [[Growth of Christianity in China]] and [[Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]] and [[East Asia and global desecularization]]
In addition, compared to China, [[Singapore]] and [[South Korea]] (which have higher degrees of religion/religious freedom) have higher national IQ scores of 108 and 106 respectively.[https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country] In addition, [[Hong Kong]], which has a greater degree of religiosity than China as a whole and greater religious freedom than mainland China, has a regional IQ score of 108.<ref name="CountryIQ"/> See also: [[Growth of Christianity in China#China, state atheism and persecution|China, state atheism and persecution]]
In addition, compared to China, [[Singapore]] and [[South Korea]] (which have higher degrees of religion/religious freedom) have higher national IQ scores of 108 and 106 respectively.[https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country] In addition, [[Hong Kong]], which has a greater degree of religiosity than China as a whole and greater religious freedom than mainland China, has a regional IQ score of 108.[https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country] See also: [[Growth of Christianity in China#China, state atheism and persecution|China, state atheism and persecution]]
=== Secularization has stalled in Europe and religious fundamentalism is rising ===
=== Secularization has stalled in Europe and religious fundamentalism is rising ===