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Originally Posted by tomwed
However, many of the country's 46 million unaffiliated adults [33 percent of Americans are simply unaffiliated and 13 percent are atheist/agnostic] are religious or spiritual in some way. Two-thirds of them say they believe in God (68%).Oct 9, 2012
Pew: 20% of Americans Are Now Atheist, Agnostic or ...
No group faces more discrimination in politics than atheists, according to a 2012 Gallup poll. The poll found 43 percent of voters said they would not vote for an atheist candidate for president -- a higher percentage than Muslims or gays and lesbians. There are currently no openly atheist members of Congress.Apr 2, 2015
Religious freedom debate now includes atheists — aka the ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../religious-freedom...
13% is higher than the Black population, Gay population or Muslim population yet no openly atheist members of Congress. I think people are afraid to call themselves atheists because a repercussions. |
Tom,
I don't believe that discrimination is the reason for atheists not declaring their belief...I believe they are superstitious and are afraid if they say it out loud then suddenly die, they won't go to heaven.