Theos-Talk Archives (June 2008 Message tt00197)

> > Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
> > note: officially atheist (2002 est.)

This data is published by the U.S. government. I copied those two
lines just as they published. I wish it was in more details, but that
is what they have published. If you add Christians and Muslims, it
becomes around 5% population believing in God. Remaining population is
Taoist and Buddhist, as can be seen from the above data. Both Taoism
and Buddhism don't believe in God. It is no wonder that China is
officially atheist.
Anyone who analyzes China's condition today, I don't think he will
consider China a better nation than theist countries in America or
Europe. 


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Konstantin Zaitzev"
<kay_ziatz@...> wrote:
>
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand" <AnandGholap@> wrote:
> 
> > Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
> > note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
>  
> > This data is officially published and is most reliable.
> 
> Firstly, the data quoted qbove isn't a statistics at all, as it gives 
> no percentage neither for buddhists, nor for taoists nor atheists;
> Secondly, we cannot believe any official data published by Chinese 
> government, as its only purpose is to improve image of the country 
> abroad.
>