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Again, trying to insinuate an argument that a country is underperforming because they allow something people may disagree with is not factual, and leads to bigotry.</ref>

Again, trying to insinuate an argument that a country is underperforming because they allow something people may disagree with is not factual, and leads to bigotry.</ref>

== Nations that are increasingly [[atheist]]ic ==

== Nations that are increasingly reasonable[==

*[[Britain]]

*[[Britain]]

*[[France]]

*[[France]]

*[[Australia]]<ref> Since the 2001 Australians have increasingly answered "no religion" in the official census.  The growing numbers of those answering "no religion" has coincided with fewer people self-identifying as Christian: [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/636F496B2B943F12CA2573D200109DA9?opendocument Year Book Australia, 2008]</ref>

*[[Australia]]<ref> As stated before, what a person choses to believe may differ from what the country officially states as their religion.  But this begs a bigger question.  Does it even matter what another country calls their national religion? I believe it doesn't.  We are all on this planet and we need to understand that people differ.  We have no control over their choices, and, for the most part, as long as their choices are not infringing on how others live their lives, what they do does not matter. </ref>

 

Underachievement by atheistic nations will be particularly evident in the '''''team''''' sports, where spiritual motivation is usually non-existent.  Expect the atheistic nations to underachieve most notably in soccer, where teamwork is paramount.

 

Also, since Great Britain is the host nation, it may receive a boost in performance in spite of its increasingly atheistic nature. One should be careful to account for this when comparing Britain's performance this year to that in previous Olympic Games.

== Winners ==

== Winners ==