Atheism, Agnosticism is kinda underreported yeah?

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Atheism, Agnosticism is kinda underreported yeah?

http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

Someone TOLD me it's actually 14-17% now here in the U.S. as far as atheist, agnostic and other non-believing heathens x).

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http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

Someone TOLD me it's actually 14-17% now here in the U.S. as far as atheist, agnostic and other non-believing heathens x).

What sources do they use for these statements? Census?

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Thats funny. Like 5 minutes

Thats funny.

Like 5 minutes ago, I was just watching Glen Beck on Headline Prime. Right after he interviewed and promoted a right wing fascist, he had a conversation with some other guy... mocked disbelief, and called atheism a religion..

fuck i hate tv. the us media is a brainwash machine.

I wish like 55% of your country were freethinkers, but at least its not 5% anymore Laughing out loud

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The people who told me it

The people who told me it was more like 14-17% now or the people who put together that chart in that link?

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Hmmmm ugh I almost never

Hmmmm ugh I almost never watch tv besides me not trusting much news it just plain bores me. Sadly a great majority of my country is um WASP's.

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haha yeea. turns out i live

haha yeea.

turns out i live in a 19-30% nation. I know its even less in the region where i'm located.

TV does suck, sure does.
the only thing worth watching is TRAILER PARK BOYS.

serious, that shit is funny.

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Yey! I come from a 46 - 85%

Yey! I come from a 46 - 85% nation. Where active christians are the ones viewed as suspicious...


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Australia: 24 - 25% I heard

Australia: 24 - 25%
I heard one time it was about 45% or something.... can't remember where.


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The Netherlands 39-45%

The Netherlands 39-45%


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apparently I'm 19 - 30%

apparently I'm 19 - 30% too....and judging from the Trailer Park Boys reference, and the saskatchewan in your profile, we live in the same country, spentley! ^_____^


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W-O-W what country you in?

W-O-W what country you in?


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canada: 19-30% not

canada: 19-30% Cool

not including me and my family Cool

canada= Cool

hooray for the 3 people that are from canada here.

I WISH I LIVED/WAS FROM GERMANY. 88.2 percent atheists?!


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Holy crap, I was looking

Holy crap, I was looking around, and I found that the province I live in has the highest percentage of "no religious affiliation" in all of Canada! O_O
We're higher than the national average.....

Population by religion, Canada and BC
(2001 Census) Canada B.C.

Total population - 3,868,875
No religious affiliation - 1,388,300 - 36%
Protestant - 1,213,295 - 31%
Catholic - 675,320 - 17%
Christian - 200,345 - 5%
Sikh - 135,310 - 3%
Buddhist - 85,540 - 2%
Muslim - 56,220 - 1%
Christian Orthodox - 35,655 - 1%
Hindu - 31,500 - 1%
Jewish - 21,230 - 1%
Eastern religions - 9,970 - 0%
Other religions - 16,205 - 0%


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That is awesome.....too bad

That is awesome.....too bad my region here in the US isn't like that.