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Not American, but i was surprised by atheism at only 3%. Im aware that USA is strongly religious, but wow.
by Freeboots 5y ago
Not American, but i was surprised by atheism at only 3%. Im aware that USA is strongly religious, but wow.
- pbuzbee 5y agoHowever, 29% of Americans are non-religious: https://www.pewforum.org/2021/12/14/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-are-now-religiously-unaffiliated/ https://www.pewforum.org/2021/12/14/about-three-in-ten-u-s-a...
- izzydata 5y agoI'm not even sure why atheism has a name. It doesn't feel like a category that anyone would identify with. Lots of people are simply not religious which is more like being null in the religion category while atheism is like -1.
- DangitBobby 5y agoAs an American, I (roughly correctly) estimated Christians to be about 65%, and my wife and I both estimated athiests to be about 20%... I guess "athiest" is too strong of a term here, and most people (self included) would more accurately desribe themselves as non-religious or unaffiliated.
- qgin 5y agoAtheism is a dirty word in America. Way more people have no particular religious beliefs, but they’re turned off by the word.