“We love God, but he didn’t create the world” – Iceland Christians
Iceland is being touted the “most Godless country” in Europe.
Young Icelanders, although claiming to believe in the existence of God, say they don’t believe he created the Earth.
This was revealed in a recent poll.
But Iceland wasn’t always like this. The shift is being blamed on secularisation and scientific advancement.
“Secularisation (in Iceland) has occurred very quickly, especially among younger people,” said Bjarni Jonsson, the managing director of the Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association, an atheist nongovernmental organisation.
“With increased education and broad-mindedness, change can occur quickly,” he added.
Solveig Anna Boasdottir, a professor at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Iceland, agreed that scientific progress had changed religious attitudes in the country, Washington Post reports.
She said about 40 per cent of the country’s younger generation still consider themselves Christian.
But they say they don’t believe God created the Earth.
Who did? Most educated people must have heard of The Big Bang. We guess that should be their likely response..
