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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
32. #Whataboutism
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 07:30 AM
Mar 2019

You never responded here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1218&pid=309509


https://www.equaldex.com/surveys/pew-global-attitudes-on-homosexuality-2013

25. Russia - 16% accept homosexuality. Majority of the population is religious (Christians about 50%).
26. Lebanon - 18%. Majority religious. (54% Muslim, 41% Christian)
27. Turkey - 9%. Majority religious. (98% Muslim)
28. Malaysia - 9%. Majority religious. (61% Muslim, 20% Buddhist, 9% Christian)
29. Kenya - 8%. Majority religious. (85% Christian)
30. Pakistan - 2%. Majority religious. (95-98% Muslim)
31. Palestine - 4%. Majority religious. (80-85% Muslim)
32. Indonesia - 3%. Majority religious. (87% Muslim)
33. Egypt - 3%. Majority religious. (95% Muslim)
34. Uganda - 4%. Majority religious. (84% Christian, 14% Muslim)
35. Ghana - 3%. Majority religious. (71% Christian, 18% Muslim, 5% traditional)
36. Senegal - 3%. Majority religious. (94% Muslim)
37. Jordan - 3%. Majority religious. (93% Muslim)
38. Nigeria - 1%. Majority religious. (50% Muslim, 40% Christian)

Religious statistics pulled from Google ("<country name> religious demographics" ).

Please, go on screaming "whatabout China" and pretending that religion has nothing to do with intolerance. You're dead wrong and doing a great disservice toward ending intolerance.

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What a strange finding, huh? trotsky Mar 2019 #1
I know. It's a shocking result from those surveys. MineralMan Mar 2019 #3
It helps that atheists don't have a book that recommends stoning homosexuals marylandblue Mar 2019 #10
To be fair Mariana Mar 2019 #14
Command is a metaphor. My kid doesn't take my commands literally either. marylandblue Mar 2019 #16
The comfy pillows? Iggo Mar 2019 #17
Yes the comfy pillows! Monty Python skits are really documentaries. marylandblue Mar 2019 #21
We are also constantly reminded of how theists are so tolerant Major Nikon Mar 2019 #8
All trumpsters I am guessing. AJT Mar 2019 #2
Well, I try not to judge, see, without specific data... MineralMan Mar 2019 #4
Trump's base redstateblues Mar 2019 #5
That could well be. And most of Trump's base is religious, too. MineralMan Mar 2019 #6
And in other news: guillaumeb Mar 2019 #7
Yeah, whatabout China? Major Nikon Mar 2019 #9
I honestly don't think anyone in this group is familiar enough with China or polling practices there marylandblue Mar 2019 #11
Given that some here regularly give their opinons about theists everywhere, guillaumeb Mar 2019 #18
Well this is the religion group, not the China group or the Communist group. marylandblue Mar 2019 #19
Talking with the atheists here might give me insight into those particular atheists. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #20
But you seem to think Chinese politics gives you insight marylandblue Mar 2019 #22
When humans in every country behave in the same way, guillaumeb Mar 2019 #24
Humans behavior is astonishingly diverse. marylandblue Mar 2019 #25
The diversity is superficial. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #27
"You ignore all distinctions as superficial, then make an even more superficial statement, like marylandblue Mar 2019 #28
Humans are capable, as individuals, of a wide range MineralMan Mar 2019 #29
However, guillaumeb Mar 2019 #30
That does not have anything to do with my statement. MineralMan Mar 2019 #31
"we are all humans and we react as humans" trotsky Mar 2019 #33
#Whataboutism trotsky Mar 2019 #32
But, those are inconvenient numbers, see. MineralMan Mar 2019 #34
I had to deal with that while growing up. LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #12
Is God fundamentally good? That really is the big question. Mariana Mar 2019 #13
The Bible is a mess. LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #15
If there's only one god, there's no reason whatsoever Mariana Mar 2019 #23
Whatever society thinks is not the point...being LGBTQ has nothing to do with being accepted or ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #26
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