Yes. Their numbers are growing.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Tom Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless they're all Randians... > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> from SLATE: >> >> Poll Shows Fivefold Increase in Ranks of U.S. Atheists >> The survey also shows a downward trend in the number of people who say >> they are religious. >> >> By Jeffrey Bloomer | Posted Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at 2:44 PM ET >> >> A new poll suggests that 1 in 20 Americans now call themselves >> atheists, a fivefold increase from the last time the survey was taken >> in 2005. >> >> The Religion News Service reports that, to go along with the jump, >> just 60 percent of Americans now identify as religious, down from 73 >> percent the last time the Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism poll >> was taken seven years ago. The decline has also been felt in many >> other countries around the world, including double-digit drops in >> several European and North American countries. >> >> Here's the question pollsters asked 50,000 or so people from 57 >> countries and five continents: "Irrespective of whether you attend a >> place of worship or not, would you say you are a religious person, not >> a religious person, or a convinced atheist?" >> >> Overall, the WIN-Gallup International-conducted poll found about 13 >> percent of respondents worldwide consider themselves atheists, and >> also showed notable disparities in atheism among faiths. >> >> The stark findings set off some expected resistance, including a >> theory that the poll shows less a rise in atheists than in people who >> are willing to identify as one, especially with the rise of popular, >> outspoken skeptics like Richard Dawkins. Others questioned the poll's >> international standards. >> >> Sharp as the rise in self-identified American atheists may seem, the >> poll also notes that the new findings merely bring the United States >> in line with Saudi Arabia, which also reports 5 percent convinced >> atheists. China remains the global leader, with 47 percent. >> -- >> Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you >> should at least know the nature of that evil. >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Tom Walker (Sandwichman) > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
