according to Britannica, there's roughly 1 billion of "non-believers". and, of course, the majority of people who have ever lived on earth live right now,
best, mishka On 2/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > fra: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > <.....> > > >Regarding your nonbelieving minority: According to the news today about > > >25% of all Norwegians believes in God... > > > > > >DagT > > > > > > > > > > > Oh -- "minority of humans in modern times" was phrased badly. Initially > > I said that the majority of humans -- that is, throughout all history > > and all cultures -- tended to believe that there was a God (or gods.) So > > the people who don't, represent a minority of all; but they seem to be > > concentrated in this period of human history (i.e., "modern times.") > > That said, Norway's not that big and isn't necessarily representative of > > the whole world ... :D > > True, but China is big and has a lot of buddhists and maybe still some > communists who don't believe in any god, and India also have its share of > buddhists, so maybe the US isn't representative either. In population the US > is the same size as Indonesia, and EU is about 50% larger... .-) > > DagT > >
