Originally posted by scherzo There aren't enough to tell. I mean, how many atheists do you know? Given that there are maybe 1 or 2 million in the US, do you think that's an accurate representation?
Well, I choose Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, George Soros and Larry Flint as our entry for "atheist team with the green".
Originally posted by scottishinnz Well, I choose Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, George Soros and Larry Flint as our entry for "atheist team with the green".
Originally posted by scherzo Larry Flint is atheist?!? 😲
Apparently.
Flynt writes "I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism" in the epilogue of his autobiography An Unseemly Man: My Life As A Pornographer, Pundit And Social Outcast by Larry Flynt and Kenneth Ross (1996) ISBN 0-7871-1143-0
Flynt writes "I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism" in the epilogue of his autobiography An Unseemly Man: My Life As A Pornographer, Pundit And Social Outcast by Larry Flynt and Kenneth Ross (1996) ISBN 0-7871-1143-0
Originally posted by scherzo There aren't enough to tell. I mean, how many atheists do you know? Given that there are maybe 1 or 2 million in the US, do you think that's an accurate representation?
The website above lists the percentage of agnostics/atheists in the US as being between 3 and 9 percent. If we take the lower figure that equals some 8.8 million people. The higher figure comes out to a whopping 27 million. Personally, I think the figure is probably closer to the 9 percent mark, but that it typically goes underreported. There are many atheists who are afraid to 'come out of the closet.' Those who report themselves as being 'nonreligious' on surveys goes as high as 14 percent. That would figure out to some 42 million people.
Originally posted by rwingett http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html
The website above lists the percentage of agnostics/atheists in the US as being between 3 and 9 percent. If we take the lower figure that equals some 8.8 million people. The higher figure comes out to a whopping 27 million. Personally, I think the figure is probably closer to the 9 percent mark, but that ...[text shortened]... ous' on surveys goes as high as 14 percent. That would figure out to some 42 million people.
And don't discount the people who treat their religion as part of their tradition or culture. A lot of atheist Jews for example would still report themselves as being Jewish and the same goes for a lot of Atheist - Christians.
Originally posted by rwingett http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html
The website above lists the percentage of agnostics/atheists in the US as being between 3 and 9 percent. If we take the lower figure that equals some 8.8 million people. The higher figure comes out to a whopping 27 million. Personally, I think the figure is probably closer to the 9 percent mark, but that ...[text shortened]... ous' on surveys goes as high as 14 percent. That would figure out to some 42 million people.
I was just giving a somewhat conservative estimate that way no one could accuse me of having bad numbers. Thanks though. 🙂
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