According to the author of this video:
- Atheism is growing (3 times as many people losing their faith than gaining a faith).
- Safest countries in the world have a positive correlation with atheism.
- Education and intelligence have a positive correlation with atheism.
- Atheists less likely to be criminals and less likely to divorce.
Statistic Report Sources:
European statistics are from the religious organization called Tearfund:
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf
American statistics are from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life:
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/743/united-states-religion
Atheism growths are from the Adherents:
http://www.adherents.com
Societal Health statistics are from numerous sources, such as The Journal of Religion and Society:
http://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/2005/2005-11.html
and the specific quotation are from "The Cambridge Companion to Atheism" by Zuckerman. More in these videos:
The Atheist Paradise
These statistics are from worldwide surveys and you can find some of them on:
http://www.aneki.com/Sweden.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden
or just use google it and you will find them right away...
National Academy of Sciences statistics are from a study in the Journal Nature, by Larson & Whitham in 1998:
http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm
Intelligence and Education statistics are from the Tearfund organization as linked previously as well as DOZENS of studies that can be summed up by Paul Bell in an article in Mensa magazine. Bell, Paul. "Would you believe it?" Mensa Magazine, Feb. 2002, pp. 12--13
Prison Statistics are from the Holy Smoke:
http://www.holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm
Divorce Statistics are from Religious Tolerance:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm
"In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." ~ Thomas Jefferson
Monday, April 7, 2008
Atheism: 2008 Statistic Report
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The countries on the videos have largely homogenous populations, and as such aren't fairly compared with the U.S., which has a very diverse citizenry. These countries also have strict gun laws and maintain a close watch on their citizens behavior in regard to criminal activity.
But the sexual tolerance of these societies can certainly be compared to the U.S., which in essence places restrictions on its citizens based primarily on the religious mythology of those who claim such belief, which finds many contradictions in actual practice, however.
As a nation, the U.S. likes to claim that was founded on the right to worship any god; in practice, though, only the Christians are making the policy, which has left us with laws against homosexual conduct while slyly winking at pornography and prostitution, gambling and gun ownership, the sale of alcohol and the prohibition of marijuana, and the application of the death penalty. A very confusing mix which varies from state to state with little consistency.
It's no surprise they're better educated and more intelligent. It's still striking that people believe in religions. "Heaven", i.e. the sky (It. 'cielo'), is just this: clouds, birds, winged angels... This is everywhere in the Holy Scriptures, but see especially the Gospel of Thomas...
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