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= Internet Religion =

[[File:Irreligion and Internet Average.png|thumb|Internet religion spead]]

''Dedicated to the decade of Wikipedia.''

Through the ages [[priest]]s were the keepers of [[knowledge]], as religions were the only source of it for most people. Religion was also the major source of [[news]] and the means to control the common people. One religion came after another together with changes to [[society]] and its [[technology]]. So the new one comes.

As the number of [[literate]] people increases following the general increase of population and the [[normal distribution]] of the [[IQ]]s. As increases the number of people, who have more time to [[educate]] themselves instead of working all day long to barely feed themselves. Old religious forms become obsolete. At least for them.

To find the new religion, we have to look at what this ''[[Brave New World]]'' worships. Find which place except of work these people visit. Every day. Something like a [[temple]], a [[church]]. Or maybe some [[idol]] they worship.

This new source of knowledge, of news, and ultimately control came in the forms of a [[book]], a [[newspaper]], a [[radio]] [[broadcast]], then [[television]] and finally all these [[internets]], which encompassed every single new idol from [[computer game]]s to [[pop singer]]s.

So, when identified, easy to calculate the spread. [[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]] managed to ask people, do they have this new idol at home... But as in any transition period we would be also interested, where the traditional religions yet hold the ground. And thankfully Gallup again provides us with information, asking if [traditional] religion plays an important role in peoples' lives.

No surprise, the new religion has more spread, where the society, the technology or plainly [[civilization]] is more advanced. Yet we can see some undecided regions, like the [[US]] where the new and old religions overlap, creating a potential for a conflict, and the [[PRC]] where the potential for the new idol spread is not yet exhausted.

A [[IQ and Global Inequality|certain level]] of intelligence for a person to accept the new religion would be required. I would call those who qualify [[white people]] for convenience, not meaning the skin color at all. Almost.

= The list of countries by Internet Religion adherents =

This list shows the minimum for questions 'Religion important?' -- 'No' and 'Home has access to internet?' -- 'Yes'.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
! Area!!Internet!!Irreligion!!Minimum!!Population!!Netizens
|-
|align="left"| {{CHN}}||27%||82%||27%||1,334,016,197||360,184,373
|-
|align="left"| {{USA}}||85%||33%||33%||312,021,929||102,967,237
|-
|align="left"| {{JPN}}||71%||71%||71%||126,623,502||89,902,686
|-
|align="left"| {{RUS}}||48%||60%||48%||139,000,714||66,720,343
|-
|align="left"| {{DEU}}||77%||59%||59%||82,253,637||48,529,646
|-
|align="left"| {{UK}}||84%||73%||73%||61,386,824||44,812,382
|-
|align="left"| {{FRA}}||68%||69%||68%||64,259,635||43,696,552
|-
|align="left"| {{IND}}||3%||9%||3%||1,182,732,646||35,481,979
|-
|align="left"| {{BRA}}||28%||13%||13%||202,502,183||26,325,284
|-
|align="left"| {{KOR}}||87%||52%||52%||48,711,247||25,329,848
|-
|align="left"| {{ESP}}||56%||50%||50%||40,560,807||20,280,404
|-
|align="left"| {{CAN}}||86%||57%||57%||33,920,309||19,334,576
|-
|align="left"| {{MEX}}||17%||31%||17%||113,217,744||19,247,016
|-
|align="left"| {{UKR}}||36%||46%||36%||45,248,193||16,289,349
|-
|align="left"| {{AUS}}||88%||68%||68%||21,665,415||14,732,482
|-
|align="left"| {{ITA}}||60%||25%||25%||58,063,052||14,515,763
|-
|align="left"| {{VNM}}||14%||73%||14%||90,156,901||12,621,966
|-
|align="left"| {{ARG}}||31%||30%||30%||41,598,827||12,479,648
|-
|align="left"| {{TUR}}||31%||15%||15%||78,391,575||11,758,736
|-
|align="left"| {{NLD}}||89%||66%||66%||16,822,006||11,102,524
|-
|align="left"| {{IRN}}||34%||16%||16%||67,412,156||10,785,945
|-
|align="left"| {{TWN}}||88%||45%||45%||23,053,702||10,374,166
|-
|align="left"| {{POL}}||59%||24%||24%||38,452,255||9,228,541
|-
|align="left"| {{SWE}}||88%||82%||82%||9,082,687||7,447,803
|-
|align="left"| {{CZE}}||73%||72%||72%||10,195,035||7,340,425
|-
|align="left"| {{PAK}}||9%||4%||4%||178,868,052||7,154,722
|-
|align="left"| {{BEL}}||68%||61%||61%||10,428,451||6,361,355
|-
|align="left"| {{PHL}}||12%||6%||6%||101,046,456||6,062,787
|-
|align="left"| {{COL}}||28%||13%||13%||44,515,408||5,787,003
|-
|align="left"| {{VEN}}||29%||21%||21%||27,469,236||5,768,540
|-
|align="left"| {{HKG}}||86%||74%||74%||7,109,937||5,261,353
|-
|align="left"| {{CHL}}||36%||29%||29%||16,832,114||4,881,313
|-
|align="left"| {{KAZ}}||31%||45%||31%||15,497,250||4,804,148
|-
|align="left"| {{HUN}}||47%||58%||47%||9,864,787||4,636,450
|-
|align="left"| {{PER}}||16%||15%||15%||30,118,589||4,517,788
|-
|align="left"| {{DNK}}||95%||80%||80%||5,524,429||4,419,543
|-
|align="left"| {{CHE}}||86%||57%||57%||7,633,409||4,351,043
|-
|align="left"| {{IRQ}}||18%||14%||14%||30,103,794||4,214,531
|-
|align="left"| {{BLR}}||42%||50%||42%||9,591,487||4,028,425
|-
|align="left"| {{AUT}}||77%||49%||49%||8,216,113||4,025,895
|-
|align="left"| {{ZAF}}||8%||15%||8%||49,094,509||3,927,561
|-
|align="left"| {{PRT}}||56%||34%||34%||10,751,083||3,655,368
|-
|align="left"| {{NOR}}||88%||78%||78%||4,685,480||3,654,674
|-
|align="left"| {{FIN}}||75%||69%||69%||5,257,567||3,627,721
|-
|align="left"| {{ISR}}||74%||48%||48%||7,425,250||3,564,120
|-
|align="left"| {{SYR}}||17%||14%||14%||22,455,456||3,143,764
|-
|align="left"| {{NGA}}||9%||2%||2%||154,000,119||3,080,002
|-
|align="left"| {{GRC}}||39%||28%||28%||10,756,973||3,011,952
|-
|align="left"| {{BGR}}||41%||59%||41%||7,116,059||2,917,584
|-
|align="left"| {{NZL}}||87%||67%||67%||4,275,030||2,864,270
|-
|align="left"| {{SRB}}||37%||44%||37%||7,324,324||2,710,000
|-
|align="left"| {{ROU}}||41%||12%||12%||22,160,187||2,659,222
|-
|align="left"| {{MYS}}||30%||10%||10%||26,424,654||2,642,465
|-
|align="left"| {{SGP}}||89%||53%||53%||4,725,105||2,504,306
|-
|align="left"| {{IDN}}||9%||1%||1%||244,557,288||2,445,573
|-
|align="left"| {{TZA}}||6%||5%||5%||42,398,491||2,119,925
|-
|align="left"| {{IRL}}||78%||46%||46%||4,277,958||1,967,861
|-
|align="left"| {{MAR}}||22%||6%||6%||31,830,502||1,909,830
|-
|align="left"| {{LTU}}||52%||52%||52%||3,539,417||1,840,497
|-
|align="left"| {{DZA}}||33%||5%||5%||34,828,818||1,741,441
|-
|align="left"| {{SDN}}||7%||4%||4%||42,516,781||1,700,671
|-
|align="left"| {{EGY}}||10%||2%||2%||81,428,713||1,628,574
|-
|align="left"| {{BGD}}||3%||1%||1%||159,259,303||1,592,593
|-
|align="left"| {{SVK}}||26%||51%||26%||5,474,534||1,423,379
|-
|align="left"| {{UZB}}||5%||39%||5%||28,021,465||1,401,073
|-
|align="left"| {{ECU}}||9%||19%||9%||14,919,870||1,342,788
|-
|align="left"| {{MOZ}}||6%||13%||6%||22,297,539||1,337,852
|-
|align="left"| {{THA}}||12%||2%||2%||66,641,562||1,332,831
|-
|align="left"| {{URY}}||37%||64%||37%||3,519,777||1,302,317
|-
|align="left"| {{DOM}}||18%||13%||13%||9,880,668||1,284,487
|-
|align="left"| {{HRV}}||55%||28%||28%||4,485,280||1,255,878
|-
|align="left"| {{GHA}}||6%||5%||5%||24,608,990||1,230,450
|-
|align="left"| {{KEN}}||10%||3%||3%||40,663,206||1,219,896
|-
|align="left"| {{SAU}}||62%||4%||4%||29,511,153||1,180,446
|-
|align="left"| {{LVA}}||50%||58%||50%||2,210,057||1,105,029
|-
|align="left"| {{GTM}}||8%||9%||8%||13,713,172||1,097,054
|-
|align="left"| {{ZWE}}||9%||14%||9%||11,856,212||1,067,059
|-
|align="left"| {{SVN}}||72%||52%||52%||2,001,469||1,040,764
|-
|align="left"| {{UGA}}||3%||5%||3%||34,105,563||1,023,167
|-
|align="left"| {{BIH}}||25%||21%||21%||4,622,148||970,651
|-
|align="left"| {{MDA}}||31%||21%||21%||4,315,686||906,294
|-
|align="left"| {{ETH}}||1%||10%||1%||89,687,918||896,879
|-
|align="left"| {{AFG}}||3%||3%||3%||29,548,922||886,468
|-
|align="left"| {{NPL}} ||3%||6%||3%||29,196,269||875,888
|-
|align="left"| {{CRI}}||22%||19%||19%||4,552,467||864,969
|-
|align="left"| {{EST}}||66%||78%||66%||1,286,257||848,930
|-
|align="left"| {{JAM}}||35%||29%||29%||2,859,928||829,379
|-
|align="left"| {{AZE}}||9%||54%||9%||8,343,499||750,915
|-
|align="left"| {{COD}}||1%||5%||1%||72,252,952||722,530
|-
|align="left"| {{YEM}}||3%||5%||3%||23,873,907||716,217
|-
|align="left"| {{GEO}}||25%||15%||15%||4,591,799||688,770
|-
|align="left"| {{AGO}}||5%||10%||5%||13,228,208||661,410
|-
|align="left"| {{PRY}}||12%||10%||10%||6,425,486||642,549
|-
|align="left"| {{ALB}}||16%||53%||16%||3,671,800||587,488
|-
|align="left"| {{LBN}}||36%||14%||14%||4,140,453||579,663
|-
|align="left"| {{MNG}}||18%||50%||18%||3,114,447||560,600
|-
|align="left"| {{HTI}}||6%||22%||6%||9,303,757||558,225
|-
|align="left"| {{ARM}}||23%||18%||18%||2,967,155||534,088
|-
|align="left"| {{PRI}}||28%||13%||13%||3,984,284||517,957
|-
|align="left"| {{BOL}}||5%||13%||5%||10,049,138||502,457
|-
|align="left"| {{HND}}||6%||15%||6%||8,081,563||484,894
|-
|align="left"| {{MKD}}||40%||22%||22%||2,075,289||456,564
|-
|align="left"| {{CMR}}||2%||4%||2%||19,541,918||390,838
|-
|align="left"| {{KGZ}}||7%||36%||7%||5,554,803||388,836
|-
|align="left"| {{PAN}}||15%||11%||11%||3,440,281||378,431
|-
|align="left"| {{ZMB}}||3%||5%||3%||12,173,046||365,191
|-
|align="left"| {{TCD}}||3%||5%||3%||10,671,337||320,140
|-
|align="left"| {{TUN}}||16%||3%||3%||10,650,090||319,503
|-
|align="left"| {{ARE}}||86%||6%||6%||5,080,901||304,854
|-
|align="left"| {{SLV}}||5%||16%||5%||6,063,938||303,197
|-
|align="left"| {{LUX}}||85%||59%||59%||500,969||295,572
|-
|align="left"| {{CYP}}||64%||24%||24%||1,113,559||267,254
|-
|align="left"| {{JOR}}||21%||4%||4%||6,489,363||259,575
|-
|align="left"| {{TKM}}||5%||18%||5%||4,974,403||248,720
|-
|align="left"| {{CUB}}||2%||64%||2%||11,492,471||229,849
|-
|align="left"| {{LKA}}||5%||1%||1%||21,623,988||216,240
|-
|align="left"| {{CIV}}||1%||12%||1%||21,322,968||213,230
|-
|align="left"| {{GIN}}||2%||3%||2%||10,486,678||209,734
|-
|align="left"| {{ISL}}||94%||60%||60%||310,196||186,118
|-
|align="left"| {{MNE}}||51%||28%||28%||663,638||185,819
|-
|align="left"| {{MWI}}||1%||1%||1%||15,700,974||157,010
|-
|align="left"| {{TJK}}||2%||11%||2%||7,569,841||151,397
|-
|align="left"| {{KHM}}||1%||6%||1%||14,909,447||149,094
|-
|align="left"| {{CAF}}||3%||6%||3%||4,906,856||147,206
|-
|align="left"| {{flag|Kosovo}}||51%||8%||8%||1,815,048||145,204
|-
|align="left"| {{SEN}}||2%||1%||1%||14,310,539||143,105
|-
|align="left"| {{LAO}}||2%||3%||2%||7,088,984||141,780
|-
|align="left"| {{MLI}}||1%||4%||1%||14,010,432||140,104
|-
|align="left"| {{NAM}}||6%||8%||6%||2,139,986||128,399
|-
|align="left"| {{PSE}}||29%||3%||3%||4,182,264||125,468
|-
|align="left"| {{NIC}}||2%||15%||2%||6,057,954||121,159
|-
|align="left"| {{SOM}}||9%||1%||1%||10,281,392||102,814
|-
|align="left"| {{BDI}}||1%||2%||1%||10,071,869||100,719
|-
|align="left"| {{TTO}}||16%||8%||8%||1,228,034||98,243
|-
|align="left"| {{BEN}}||1%||6%||1%||9,214,299||92,143
|-
|align="left"| {{COG}}||2%||6%||2%||4,194,844||83,897
|-
|align="left"| {{GUY}}||19%||11%||11%||746,039||82,064
|-
|align="left"| {{BWA}}||4%||22%||4%||2,051,506||82,060
|-
|align="left"| {{BLZ}}||25%||33%||25%||318,449||79,612
|-
|align="left"| {{LBR}}||2%||7%||2%||3,745,982||74,920
|-
|align="left"| {{TGO}}||1%||13%||1%||6,300,836||63,008
|-
|align="left"| {{KWT}}||79%||2%||2%||2,847,169||56,943
|-
|align="left"| {{SLE}}||1%||2%||1%||5,314,930||53,149
|-
|align="left"| {{MLT}}||72%||10%||10%||407,714||40,771
|-
|align="left"| {{QAT}}||78%||4%||4%||845,276||33,811
|-
|align="left"| {{DJI}}||7%||2%||2%||750,126||15,003
|-
|align="left"| {{COM}}||3%||1%||1%||785,960||7,860
|-
|align="left"| {{BHR}}||79%||1%||1%||743,445||7,434
|-
|align="left"| {{BFA}}||0%||6%||0%||16,541,150||0
|-
|align="left"| {{MMR}}||0%||3%||0%||53,763,689||0
|-
|align="left"| {{MDG}}||0%||7%||0%||21,660,154||0
|-
|align="left"| {{MRT}}||7%||0%||0%||3,250,220||0
|-
|align="left"| {{RWA}}||0%||5%||0%||11,241,335||0
|-
|align="left"| {{LBY}}||30%||||||6,542,893||
|-
!align="left"| Total!!!!!!!!!!1,222,070,280
|}

= Further reading =
* 1776 [[The Wealth of Nations]]
* 1798 [[An Essay on the Principle of Population]]
* 1859 [[On the Origin of Species]]
* 1867 [[Das Kapital]]
* 1917 [[Introduction to Psychoanalysis]]
* 1931 [[Brave New World]]
* 1949 [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]