What would an atheist nation look like?

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Skeptigator

Here’s an interesting YouTube video with some statistics regarding atheism. It’s an interesting video however there are not enough citations of where these statistics came from. There is one statistics that 16% of Americans are atheists and references a Pew study, hmmm…. that number I believe a) significantly diverges from the 4%-5% that I believe is generally agreed upon (and I discussed on my personal blog), and b) that number seems to neatly correlate with this Pew study’s categorization of the number of U.S. citizens that are “Unaffiliated” with any particular religion, not necessarily that they are atheist/agnostic. Ah well, you know what they say about statistics…

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3 Responses to “What would an atheist nation look like?”

  1. Some Very Encouraging Statistics… « Starbix’s Weblog, on April 8th, 2008 at 2:45 pm Said:

    [...] Thanks to Skeptigator. [...]

  2. Ted Goas, on April 14th, 2008 at 9:41 pm Said:

    Nice video. I agree with your PEW comment; I always thought the number hovered around 4%. Perhaps PEW surveyed a certain group and did not attain an even group? Doesn’t sound like the Pew, though.

    Perhaps the maker of the video spun it the way he/or she wanted… Always a concern when one finds stats on sites like YouTube…

  3. Skeptigator, on April 14th, 2008 at 10:36 pm Said:

    Always a concern when one finds stats. period ;)

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