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watchamadoodle · (This post was last modified: February 15, 2015 at 10:28 pm by watchamadoodle.)

Is anybody aware of efforts to promote atheism in developing countries through the internet? IMO allowing theism to run rampant in the developing countries jeopardizes the developed countries due to immigration. The US has a lot of Catholic immigration, and it seems Europe has a lot of Muslim immigration. Also Christianity is being promoted in Africa.

Quote:Sociologist Phil Zuckerman's global studies on atheism have indicated that global atheism may be in decline due to irreligious countries having the lowest birth rates in the world and religious countries having higher birth rates in general.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism

**robvalue** · February 16, 2015 at 8:35 am

Yeah, I'd love to encourage or support potential atheists in those countries. I wonder how that can be done?

Aoi Magi · February 16, 2015 at 8:58 am

Start by not artificially boosting their economies through donations.

Chad32 · February 16, 2015 at 9:24 am

That's one of the last hope spots for theism. Places where people are still uneducated and superstitious, and you can convert them just by holding food and water over their heads.

You'd think immigrating to a more secular country would help open their eyes, but I guess there's also a risk of the local crowd being dragged down.

FreeTony · February 16, 2015 at 9:42 am

(February 15, 2015 at 10:24 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: Is anybody aware of efforts to promote atheism in developing countries through the internet? IMO allowing theism to run rampant in the developing countries jeopardizes the developed countries due to immigration. The US has a lot of Catholic immigration, and it seems Europe has a lot of Muslim immigration. Also Christianity is being promoted in Africa.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/ju...bia-africa

They can't get away with it in the West, so they try it there. They are also using the tactic of framing equal rights activism as Western Imperialism, whilst encouraging attacks on homosexuals.

These are American Christians, trying to spread homophobia to an area where they know this will result in jail or worse for the victims. It is pretty disgusting, but I guess it's what Jesus would have wanted.

Chad32 · February 16, 2015 at 9:57 am

It is if you think Jesus and Yahweh are the same person. Just because he got slightly better towards the end doesn't make him a paragon of virtue.

Dystopia · February 16, 2015 at 10:09 am

We need to procreate. I volunteer to have 7 kids. I think she won't mind

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