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Thu 24 Dec, 2015 10:58 pm
Context:
While you believe that bringing an end to religion is an impossible goal, it is important to realize that much of the developed world has nearly accomplished it. Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the
United Kingdom are among the least religious societies on earth. According to the United Nations' Human Development Report (2005) they are also the healthiest, as indicated by life
expectancy, adult literacy, per capita income, educational attainment, gender equality,
homicide rate, and infant mortality. Insofar as there is a crime problem in Western Europe, it
is largely the product of immigration. Seventy percent of the inmates of France's jails, for
instance, are Muslim. The Muslims of Western Europe are generally not atheists. Conversely,
the fifty nations now ranked lowest in terms of the United Nations' human development
index are unwaveringly religious.
-Sam Harris
"much" is vague and variable to the context. It generally means something like, "a considerable/significant amount." Too much to be ignored. I think it would generally be less than 50%, though. Over 50% usually gets "most (of)."
Sam Harris seems to be an Islamophobic nutcase.