Zero % of Icelanders under 25 believe Bible creation story
Poll found 0% of Icelanders under 25 believe Bible creation story
BY KEN HANLY JAN 18, 2018, Digital Journal
Reykjav - A new poll suggests that Iceland is becoming more secular. Religious belief among young people in particular appears on the decline as the poll found zero percent of Icelanders under 25 believed in the Biblical account of creation.
Results of poll
Less than half of Icelanders polled claimed to be religious with more than 40 percent of those under 25 claiming they were atheist. 46.4 percent of Icelanders as a whole identified as religious the lowest percentage to date. The least religious Icelanders are young people and inhabitants of the capital and main city Reykjavik.
Results vary with age
80.6 of those older than 55 identify as Christians and only 11.8 percent said they were atheists.
Only 42 percent under 25 said they were Christian.
Rural residents more religious than urban dwellers
There was an astonishing difference between Icelanders in rural areas and those in the main city and capital Reykjavik.
Belief that God created the universe increases with age
Age was an important factor in belief that God created the world. Of those between 25 and 44, 77.7 percent believed in the big bang theory and 10.1 believed God created the world. However with those over 55 only 46.1 percent accepted the big bang theory while 24.5 percent believed God created the world.
Separation of Church and State
Of those expressing an opinion on the subject, 72 percent supported a full separation of church and state while 28 percent opposed the separation.
The fastest growing Icelandic religion Zuism
Zuism is an ancient Sumerian religion. People have been registering as Zuists in order to protest current Icelandic law and state funding of religious groups. The Zuists are basically a protest group. A history of the Zuist church in Iceland dates back to 2010 and in 2013 it became a government recognized religion...
