Atheist Statistics.

-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

Note: This Is To All The Christians who Call Us Evil,heartless, sinners,dumb,immoral. and this is for all of you who think that Atheism will only lead to death and hell fire. Educate your Self before making such statements.

Sources:
Statistics in regards to Europe came from religious organization called Tearfund.
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/ar...

Statistics in regards to America came from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/743/united-states-religion

Atheism growing came from..
http://www.adherents.com/

Societal Health statistics come from numerous sources, such as The journal of Religion and Society
http://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/2005/2005-11.html
but the specific quotation comes from "The Cambridge Companion to Atheism" by Zuckerman. More information can be found in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEcrW3CUtek


National Academy of Sciences statistics come from a study in the Journal Nature, by Larson & Whitham in 1998.
http://atheists.org/flash_line/atheism1.htm

Intelligence and Education statistics come 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 can be found here..
http://www.holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm


Divorce Statistics can be found here..
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm

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[DIVAD291]

What's the rate for gnostic atheist

[pyr666]

@MegaSage007

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[88rat88]

A while back, I shared those prison statistics with a Christian friend of mine. Know what he said? He said they're inaccurate and invalid because "people facing prison will naturally claim to be Christian in hopes of getting leniency". WTF? I told him that even if the statistics are inaccurate by a FACTOR OF 40, per capita there are STILL fewer atheists in prison than Christians. He still dismisses it. A lifetime of delusion requires perpetual denial.

[Diomedes01]

"Asians tend to have higher IQs than EVERYONE on average-MUCH higher"

First off, they are my MUCH higher. Average IQ for white is 100, while for Asians, it is 106. Secondly, there is a general skew that exists since many asians that are tested are from afluent and intelligent immigrant families, which move to places of higher employment. Try running the same IQ test in rural China and see what you get.

Race and IQ are not that strongly correlated. Environment and demographic factors are larger.

[psford1]

@ikcjjtt Oh, no. I agree with what you're saying. I understand that atheists tend to be more intelligent. But, yeah, its definitely not them being atheist that makes them smarter. I think its just that the smarter you are the less likely you are to be believe in something that seems to disagree with science. I just dont like how vids ike this sometimes seem to imply that BECAUSE someone is atheist they are inherently more intelligent - thats certainly not true...

[ikcjjtt]

@psford1 look at the data- Asians tend to have higher IQs than EVERYONE on average-MUCH higher. They are on top of every graph. White people are next, blacks are at the bottom. This is far better correalted with race than some beleif system, and even then interpretation is still inaccurate and evidence is largely inconclusive. Y make videos with miss interpreted statistics? That's not ethical at all.

[ikcjjtt]

@psford1 this video has nothing to do with scientific theories, who is right, who is wrong, or none of that political crap. Athiest tend to have higher intel on average is what this vid is about. The reason why this statistic doesnt mean anything is because white people,higher ed, more $, less crime stats,better socio status, better nutrition, upbring/culture, lack of disadvantaged position, and about 30 others factors ALL correalate with being athiest, as well as being white.

[psford1]

@akolbinger Well I guess I should've said 'ID should be considered a valid scientific theory...' And I stick by that one lol. I can only imagine that we'll disagree on this one but I feel that if you look objectively at popular origin theories (evo, abio, ID) you will find that there really is no theory. And certainly not a scientific one. They are full of so much conjecture and opinion that it shouldnt be possible to classify them strictly as science. Just a thought, not trying to argue. Peace

[akolbinger]

@psford1 everythig you said was well reasoned, excepting the final sentence.

[Trampadoo]

@PayPayOkaii: The 20% are atheists but the approx. 70% are accurate when it comes to no personal god/believing in an actual god and the video does state exactely that. ;)