Atheism in the USA & Around the World

What is it like to be an atheist in a Western country? Why would anyone care how many people are atheist? What's the relationship between atheism and humanism?

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[funkskull]

yeah wow, I hope I was drunk when I wrote that. what I attempted to describe was that at least at the schools on the east side, (read affulence) mormonism was prevalent yet uncool, sorta eurocentric, this was the '80's so I'm likely older than your friend. really my comment was more a defensive protest at lumping in utah mormons with evangelical southerners, though weird is the word for all ;)

[ReligiousFiction]

@funkskull - Oh, I bet affluence (and therefore education and being well-traveled) does have a lot to do with it. Even Methodism, the denomination I grew up in, has different personalities when you compare small town with affluent urban areas. The more affluent/traveled/educated the community, the more accepting and less dogmatic religions tend to be.

[iamblizzardandsocany]

Fear drives all the mistrust against minority groups

[Baltasar2000]

You cant get more "fast food philosopy" than Dawkins.

[DraftMasterJohn]

@Aanthanur A great military commander once said, "I cannot confirm actions that I did not witness." What I am saying is that it did appear in several books, especially a school text book. You stated that it would first appear in a journal, and I believe you, and that makes perfect sense. I never read nor have any knowledge about the journal that it appeared in. However, if you are sure about discoveries appearing in journals before text books, then we can draw an educated assumption. Can't we?

[Aanthanur]

@DraftMasterJohn so that alleged discovery about the moon was never published im any peer reviewed journal, is that what you are saying?

[DraftMasterJohn]

@Aanthanur I believe you. So what you are saying is that DNA was a discovery, when it was first discovered it was published in the journal called "Nature", and now it appears in numerous books and textbooks? And that finding Pluto and Charon were also discoveries and followed a similar path: Discovery, publishing in a journal, and later books and textbooks? Does that seem like what you are saying? Thanks.

[Aanthanur]

@DraftMasterJohn DNA was a discovery and was published in the Journal "Nature"

Pluto was a discovery and was published in "Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific"

Charon's discovery was published in the journal "Astronomical Journal"

that is what scientists do when they present theyr evidence. publish a paper in a respected journal.

[DraftMasterJohn]

@Aanthanur I do. What kind of example would I be if I didn't let you show that you do also. That was a good response for avoiding answering the questions. I give you 7.5 out of 10 for the effort. My challenge still stands: Was finding DNA a discovery? Is it discussed in books? If so, is it also in text books? Was finding Pluto a discovery? (same follow up questions) and; Was finding Charon a discovery? (Again, same follow up questions). The court is rented, the ball is in play. Are you able?

[Aanthanur]

@DraftMasterJohn ??? you really dont know the difference between a discovery and a invention?

[DraftMasterJohn]

@Aanthanur True. Then if 'not an invention' is a limiting factor, what about DNA? Was finding out about DNA a discovery? Since my original blog in this line was about stellar objects, what about Pluto and it's natural satelite, Charon. Were each of them discoveries?