(September 19, 2008 at 6:21 am)Tiberius Wrote: My friend lives out there and says it is around 85%, and this poll says "46-85%" which I can't understand.
http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf
I think the number represents how many say they do not believe in god, and how many say they are atheists. So 85% of people do not believe in god, whilst 46% of people say they are atheists. I guess it's a labeling thing
Ah, Thats where weve been going wrong.
Also there's another thing to look into. What is the worlds non-religious population and what's the worlds atheist population.
I heard the atheist population is over 450 million. If you counted every person who does not believe in god, It would be 850 million. Now budhists do not believe in god so I guess you can count them in, And there's 350 Million of them, so by adding them into the total would be around 1 billion 200 million people who don't believe god. I know I'm missing many others, Like those who are non-religious but are not counted. So the expected total is much higher than the amount mentioned above.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
