[Marxism] Twenty-one percent claimed no religious affiliation [September 2004].

["Aduku Addae" <countrybwoy@xxxxxxx>]

Comment: 

Official statistics record that  21 percent of the Jamaican population declared 
that they have no religious affiliation. 

To break it down further, this means that 557130 Jamaicans, out of a population 
of 2,653,000, are not religious animals. 

And when those declaring that their religion is an unknown "other" (234198 
persons) are added to this total we arrive at another interesting figure.  
29.81 percent of Jamaicans have no affiliation to organized religion. That 
means that 791,328 out of a population of 2,653,000 do not subscribe to 
organized religion.  ( Here is an interesting aside.This figure, 791, 328, is 
more that the total that voted for the leading political parties all together. 
In the February 2002 General Elections held in Jamaica 734,628 persons voted). 

This, in my estimation, makes Jamaica one of the most enlightened populations 
on the planet. 

Perhaps more important than anything else, these statistics disproves the 
notion that the Jamaican proletariat are not receptive to scientific ideas.  It 
shows that, contrary to the opinion of  some 'socialist thinkers,'  Jamaican 
workers are supremely ready to take their place in the epic struggle against 
global Capital.  To put it plainly,   the Jamaican proletariat is ready for the 
social revolution!

The excerpt on religious demography follows.

Respect,

Aduku

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Religious Demography [Jamaica] 

The country has an area of 4,244 square miles, and its population is 
approximately 2,653,000. According to the 2001 census, the population's 
religious affiliation is Church of God 24 percent, Seventh-day Adventist 11 
percent, Baptist 7 percent, Pentecostal 10 percent, Anglican 4 percent, Roman 
Catholic 2 percent, United Church 2 percent, Methodist 2 percent, Jehovah's 
Witnesses 2 percent, Moravian 1 percent, Brethren 1 percent, unstated 3 
percent, and "other" 10 percent. The category "other" included 24,020 
Rastafarians, an estimated 5,000 Muslims, 1,453 Hindus, approximately 350 Jews, 
and 279 Baha'is. Twenty-one percent claimed no religious affiliation.

Read the full report here: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35545.htm
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