In Europe I think Czech Republic/Estonia are the lead atheist countries

Not bedtime stories

no wonder china will dominate the world soon.

Interestingly they're not the most LGBT-friendly. Most people are under the assumption that homophobia is caused by religion for the most part, but these countries aren't religious and yet aren't LGBT-friendly.

And this is the reason. Not because they are "smarter" or something

No, it's because Asian cultures [all of them] revolve around your duty to the family. You're supposed to listen to your parents and continue the family by having children. How do homosexuals do that? You called it "western decadence," but anyone with common knowledge there knows open homosexuality predates western influence in all parts of Asia whether it's India, China, etc. so it's just plain decadence to them because it's all about pleasure anf self-indulgence over duty. That's also why transgender people are more accepted generally than homosexuals...

I also think right-wing Christians and Muslims are more paranoid of homosexuality and women expressing sexuality than murder and stealing because of the same reason. We represent sexual freedom and decadence, which they're scared of and many of them secretly want.

Generally smart people (e.g. scientists and mathematicians) don't believe in a religion.

Yes, the most important thing is being a mother/father and passing down the genes.

On old gay Chinese folklore, I remember the story of the cut sleeve, so cute

Buddhism is inherently atheistic isnt it?

Proud to be Asian.

Depends on how you define atheistic. Atheism, by strict definition, is a lack of belief in God, and, by general definition, a lack of belief in any supernatural entity or substance. Buddhism doesn't deny the existence of God. It just doesn't talk about it. But it believes in other supernatural entities/phenomena like soul/spirit, karma, reincarnation/rebirth, nirvana, etc. It's more appropriate to categorize Buddhism as "nontheistic" (the blanket term for non-Abrahamic religions) rather than atheistic.

Religions have varying degrees of similarities and differences but they all share one common belief among them - that there is more to life than this material universe, and atheism rejects that idea. Usually, in surveys about belief in God there are 3 sets of questions asked and the first 2 are: "Do you believe there is a God?" and "Do you believe there is some sort of spirit or life force?" If you positively answer either of these questions, you're not an atheist. So, no religion that believes in some kind of life force or higher power should be categorized as atheistic.

Sleigh.

I think it's France.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Europe

No, and most people in China and Japan aren't Buddhists.

It's usually uneducated Asians who have no grasp on history who blame the existence of homosexuality locally on western influence and decadence. You see it in tons of online commentary under Indian and Chinese articles about the topic when that's obviously a big lie.

Interesting.