More Americans admitting atheism

[Angrboda]

These forums need to figure a way to share content. Every time something newsworthy happens, the same thread gets created on every atheist forum. And just think of the possibilities for community and more interesting commentary, drawing from a larger community. (And imagine the possibilities for trolling!)

Anyway, since they're not linked yet (c'mon, FIDOnet did it years ago!), I'll just repeat my comments from the other forum.

"The global average of the 39 countries polled in both waves shows Religiosity Index dropped by 9% during these seven years.
Most of the shift is not drifting from their faith, but claiming to be ‘not religious’ while remaining within the faith."

Also note that the increase in convinced atheists is within the error margin for the survey.

"There is however a rise of 3% in atheism as well ... In general the error margin for surveys of this kind is ±3-5% at 95% confidence level."