Iceland

iceland — News has been popping up about a new poll that reveals just how non-religious Iceland is .. Less than half of Icelanders claim they are religious and more than 40% of young Icelanders identify as atheist. Remarkably the poll failed to find young Icelanders who accept the creation story of the […]

Number of under 25s in Iceland who think “God did it” = 0%

This entry was posted in atheism Humanism People religion and tagged belief Iceland poll on January 17, 2016 by Dave

The title of this posting sounds like a B movie plot, but strangely enough it is wholly factual. Up until this happened, Iceland has had a Blasphemy law … Art. 125 Anyone officially ridiculing or insulting the dogmas or worship of a lawfully existing religious community in this Country shall be […]

Icelandic pirates repeal blasphemy laws

This entry was posted in Critical Thinking People religion society and tagged blasphemy Iceland on July 4, 2015 by Dave

Over in Iceland things are getting interesting, because there the largest atheist group named Vantru (a word that translates as “Disbelief”) have announced on their website the following update … (translated via Google, hence the mangled english) … At the last board meeting, the Board of unbelief decided that as […]

Belief and Non-belief by default in Iceland

This entry was posted in atheism Humor and tagged Iceland on March 9, 2015 by Dave

As you might, or perhaps might not, be aware, Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano is building up to a potential eruption … or not. Here below is a quick snapshot of what has been happening during the past 48 hours, and as you can see, not only have rather a lot of Earthquakes […]

Iceland Volcano – How can I find out what is going on?

This entry was posted in Geology science and tagged Barðarbunga data earthquake Iceland tremors Volcano webcam on August 25, 2014 by Dave