Which Do You Trust More, IKEA or Religion? The Flat-Pack Beats God in Sweden
It doesn’t say a lot for Christianity when a cheap flatpack wardrobe is more popular than the peace of lutefisk that surpasseth all understanding:
Swedes trust Ikea more than the church
Swedes have more faith in their local Ikea store than in the church.
According to a survey by Dagens Industri, eighty per cent of Swedes said they trusted the furniture chain.
And though four-fifths of all Swedes claim to be members of the protestant Swedish Church only 46 per cent of those polled said they trusted the religious group.
People also trust Volvo (69 percent), Ericsson (59), Saab (57) and even pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca (47) more than the Church.
According to Der Spiegel,
There was, however, some positive news for the church: It got better marks than the conservative party of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (30 percent). And it fared better than foreign companies like Coca-Cola, which only 22 percent of Swedes said they trusted.
I’d love to see what a similar nationwide poll in the US, or any other nominally religious nation, would say, especially in light of the whole Pastor Ted Haggard affair and other religious scandals. Which do you trust more, Walmart or religion?
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