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As can be seen below, the dietary practices of atheists are largely dependent on where they live and where they were raised.
The current atheist population mostly resides in East Asia (particularly China) and in secular Europe/Australia primarily among whites.[1] See: Global atheism and Western atheism and race
Contents
- 1 Asian atheists diet
- 2 Western atheists diet
- 3 Atheists and pork consumption
- 4 Irreligion and horse meat eating
- 5 Dietary/culinary practices of atheists
- 6 Atheists and dog eating
- 7 Atheist and cat eating
- 8 Atheism and veganism
- 9 Atheistic cultures and baby/children eating
- 10 Atheism and cannibalism
- 11 Atheism and obesity
- 12 See also
- 13 Notes
Asian atheists diet
See also: Asian atheism
Razib Khan points out in Discover Magazine, "most secular nations in the world are those of East Asia, in particular what are often termed “Confucian societies.” It is likely therefore that the majority of the world’s atheists are actually East Asian."[2] See: Asian atheism
East Asian/Chinese diet
Western atheists diet
Secular Europe
See also: Secular Europe
From a global perspective, Europe is more secular/atheistic than the rest of the world although it does have a considerable amount of religious immigrants who have higher birth rates (see: Atheist population and Global atheism).
European diet
Australia
Australian diet
- The Standard Australian Diet: The Good and The Bad
- Australian diet worse than originally thought, CSIRO study suggests
Atheists and pork consumption
See also: Health risks of eating pork
See: Atheists and pork consumption
Irreligion and horse meat eating
Dietary/culinary practices of atheists
Atheism, culinary arts, food science, inspiration and innovation
See also: Atheism, food science, innovation and inspiration and Atheism, culinary arts, inspiration, innovation and food science
The Institute of Food Technologists defines food science as "the discipline in which the engineering, biological, and physical sciences are used to study the nature of foods, the causes of deterioration, the principles underlying food processing, and the improvement of foods for the consuming public".[7]
Despite the efforts of food scientists and chefs in irreligious cultures to develop more flavorful food, there have been a significant amount of irreligious cultures with bland food that is not exciting from a culinary point of view (See also: Atheism, food science, innovation and inspiration).
Soviet Union and bland food
Claude Lewis wrote in The Philadelphia Inquirer about the food is the former Soviet Union which had militant state atheism: "Many people in the Soviet Union have grown tired of institutionalized food in state-run cafeterias found at state-run cafeterias such as Stolovaya No. 22 and Stolovaya No. 23 where the menus seldom change and often lack variety. Most food in the Soviet Union is unimaginative, tasteless and bland."[8]
Irreligious Nordic countries and bland food
Nordic countries have high atheist/agnostic populations within them (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
Sweden is one of the most atheistic countries in the world and in secular Europe. The website adherents.com reported that in 2005 46 - 85% of Swedes were agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[11] Sweden also has the 3rd highest rate of belief in evolution as far as Western World nations.[12]
Denmark has the highest rate of belief in evolution in the Western World.[13] In addition, in 2005 Denmark was ranked the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 43 - 80% of Danes are agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[14]
Finland was ranked the 7th most atheistic country in the world in 2005.[15] Finland has the 17th highest rate of belief in evolution in the Western World.[16]
Iceland is one of the most irreligious countries in the world according to Gallup International.[17] A Gallup International poll conducted in 2012 reported that 57% of Icelanders considered themselves "a religious person", 31% considered themselves "a non religious person", while 10% defined themselves as "a convinced atheist", which places Iceland in the top 10 atheist populations in the world.[18]
Nordic food is often depicted as being bland.[19]
Irreligious Britain and bland food
A Eurobarometer poll in 2010 reported that 37% of UK citizens "believed there is a God", 33% believe there is "some sort of spirit or life force" and 25% answered "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".[21] See also: British atheism
International food authority Andrew Zimmern said of Britain's food: “Twenty years ago the food of the British Isles was universally considered to be among the world’s worst—boring, bland and boiled.”[22]
(In the last 20 years, Britain has seen a large influx of immigrants many of whom eat spicier food. No doubt that is why Zimmern said "twenty years ago".)
See also: Why Does British Food Get Such A Bad Rap? We Examine
Irreligious Germany and bland food
Germany is one of the most atheistic countries in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 41-49% of Germans are agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[24]
Parlour Magazine reported about German food:
“ | From a young age the German palate is adapted to enjoy the simple flavors of salt, wurst (sausage) and breadcrumbs, shunning anything too sweet, too spicy or too complex.
...I do occasionally enjoy a bit of spice and this is the dilemma. I grew up in a West Indian household led by my grandfather who was a chef, to say I was spoiled in terms of flavorful food would be an understatement. The pepper, the curry, the jerk – all flavors that fueled my youth and make me feel at home. How I survive in Germany, the land of bland, is a mystery to most who know me.[25] |
” |
Irreligion, Eastern Europe and flavorless food
Eastern Europe was under about 70 years of atheistic, Soviet communist rule (see also: Atheism and communism). For example, Albania was an atheist state from 1967 to 1991.
The Czech Republic, Estonia, and East Germany have some of the lowest levels of religious belief in secular Europe.
From a historical perspective, the Czechs have been characterised as "tolerant and even indifferent towards religion".[27] According to the 2011 census, 34.2% of the Czech population declared they had no religion, 10.3% was Roman Catholic and 10.2% followed other forms of religion both denominational and nondenominational. Furthermore, 45.2% of the population did not answer the question about religion.[28] From 1991 to 2001 and further to 2011 the adherence to Roman Catholicism decreased from 39.0% to 26.8% and then subsequently to 10.3%.[29]
Estonia is one of the least religious areas in the world. Merely 14% of the population declared religion an important part of their daily lives.[30]
The Guardian reported in 2012 about Eastern Germany:
“ | A recent study called Beliefs About God Across Time and Countries found that 52.1% of people asked whether they believed in God identified themselves as atheists. This compared with only 10.3% in western Germany. Indeed, the survey was unable to find a single person under the age of 28 in eastern Germany who believed in God.[31] | ” |
The Maverick Traveler reports:
“ | Eastern Europe isn’t known for its variety of exquisite dishes. Most of the dishes are a combination of three ingredients: bread, potatoes and meat. While it’s very hearty, it’s also very flavorless. If you’re there on a short trip or in the beginning of a more extended sojourn, you might find the food interesting and even exotic, but I can guarantee that you’ll quickly get tired of it.
Once you get tired of going out and eating bland local food, you’ll have two options: go to restaurants that serve international cuisine or cook your own food. The problem with the first option is that the international restaurant scene is rather limited in Eastern Europe.[32] |
” |
Atheists and dog eating
Atheist and cat eating
Both China and Vietnam practice state atheism.
Please see:
Atheism and veganism
See: Atheism and veganism
Atheistic cultures and baby/children eating
For additional information, please see:
- Chinese cannibalism of infant flesh outrages the world, Washington Times
- Thousands of pills filled with powdered human baby flesh discovered by customs officials in South Korea, The Daily Mail
- Horrifyingly, Ground Baby Pills Are a Real Thing by Alexander Abad-Santos, The Atlantic
Atheistic cultures and children eating
Atheism and cannibalism
Atheism and obesity
See also: Atheism and obesity
The current atheist population mostly resides in East Asia (particularly China) and in secular Europe/Australia primarily among whites.[46] Most atheists are East Asians (see: Asian atheism). See: Global atheism and Western atheism and race
Secular Europe and communist China have significant problems with obesity (see: Secular Europe and obesity and China and obesity). In addition, Australia has a significant problem with obesity (see: Australia, irreligion and obesity).
In the United States at the present time, the greater the degree of irreligiosity in a generation, the higher their obesity rate is.
According to the Gallup Inc., "Very religious Americans are more likely to practice healthy behaviors than those who are moderately religious or nonreligious."[47]
Gallup declared concerning the study which measured the degree to which religiosity affects health practices: "Generalized linear model analysis was used to estimate marginal scores all five reported metrics after controlling for age (in years), gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, education (number of years), log of income, and region of the country... Results are based on telephone interviews conducted as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey Jan. 2-July 28, 2010, with a random sample of 554,066 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, selected using random-digit-dial sampling.[48]
The Gallup study gives some insight into the above average health habits of the very religious and not necessarily the health habits of atheists. The reason is that the Gallup organization defines a non-religious as a person where "Religion is not an important part of daily life and church/synagogue/mosque attendance occurs seldom or never. This group constitutes 29.7% of the adult population."[49] While many Western atheists are non-religious, not all non-religious people are atheists.
Gallup further declares:
“ | Very religious Americans make healthier choices than their moderately religious and nonreligious counterparts across all four of the Healthy Behavior Index metrics, including smoking, healthy eating, and regular exercise. Smoking is one area of particular differentiation between the very religious and less religious Americans, with the nonreligious 85% more likely to be smokers than those who are very religious.[50] | ” |
A 2010 study reported in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion found that for Korean women living in California, religion "may help prevent obesity."[51]
See also
Notes
- ↑ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live, By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post, May 23, 2013
- ↑ Most atheists are not white & other non-fairy tales, Discover magazine
- ↑ A Brief Introduction to French Food and Cooking BY Rebecca Franklin
- ↑ 21 Intriguing Horse Meat Consumption Statistics
- ↑ 21 Intriguing Horse Meat Consumption Statistics
- ↑ 21 Intriguing Horse Meat Consumption Statistics
- ↑ Heldman, Dennis R. "IFT and the Food Science Profession." Food Technology. October 2006. p. 11.
- ↑ Making A Beef About Soviet Food
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/2013/11/13/244600582/new-nordics-cool-but-old-scandinavian-food-holds-its-own
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds
- ↑ Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ "Iceland Ranks High on World Atheist List". Iceland Review. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "GLOBAL INDEX OF RELIGION AND ATHEISM" (PDF).
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/2013/11/13/244600582/new-nordics-cool-but-old-scandinavian-food-holds-its-own
- ↑ Christopher Hitchens: Despite Cancer, I'd Drink & Smoke Again
- ↑ Special Eurobarometer, biotechnology, p. 204". Fieldwork: Jan-Feb 2010.
- ↑ Five myths about British food
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ Black in Berlin: Surviving Germany’s Food Culture, Parlour Magazine
- ↑ Czech alcohol consumption figures highlight rising number of problem drinkers, 23-02-2011 16:29 | Chris Johnstone
- ↑ Richard Felix Staar, Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, Issue 269, p. 90
- ↑ Richard Felix Staar, Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, Issue 269, p. 90
- ↑ Population by denomination and sex: as measured by 1921, 1930, 1950, 1991 and 2001 censuses (Czech and English). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.
- ↑ Estonians least religious in the world. EU Observer (11 February 2009). Retrieved on 9 January 2014.
- ↑ Eastern Germany: the most godless place on Earth
- ↑ 13 Things They Don’t Tell You About Eastern Europe by James Maverick, Maverick Treveler
- ↑ The Chinese Government Must Stop Pet Dogs Being Stolen For Meat by JERRY GADIANO, Unilad website
- ↑ Chinese Dog Meat Festival | Undercover Cameras Reveal Brutality Chinese Dog Meat Festival | Undercover Cameras Reveal Brutality, ABC News, YouTube
- ↑ Does God Love Dogs? by Rabbi Levi Welton, Jan 4, 2014
- ↑ Trying to get cat off the menu in China, The Star, 2009
- ↑ Inside a sickening cat meat market: Photos reveal the horror of barbaric cat trade, Express, 2018
- ↑ Most atheists are not white & other non-fairy tales, Discover magazine
- ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)
- ↑ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live, Washington Post By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013
- ↑ Vegetarianism by country
- ↑ Chinese cannibalism of infant flesh outrages the world, Washington Times, 2014
- ↑ Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer blames Atheism and Evolution belief for Murders
- ↑ Causes of obesity
- ↑ Very Religious Americans Lead Healthier Lives, Gallup Poll, 2010
- ↑ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live, By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post, May 23, 2013
- ↑ Very Religious Americans Lead Healthier Lives, Gallup Poll, 2010
- ↑ Very Religious Americans Lead Healthier Lives, Gallup Poll, 2010
- ↑ Very Religious Americans Lead Healthier Lives, Gallup Poll, 2010
- ↑ http://www.gallup.com/poll/145379/Religious-Americans-Lead-Healthier-Lives.aspx
- ↑ Can religion help prevent obesity? Religious messages and the prevalence of being overweight or obese among Korean women in California. J Sci Study Relig. 2010;49(3):536-49. Ayers JW1, Hofstetter CR, Irvin VL, Song Y, Park HR, Paik HY, Hovell MF.