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According to reports from the WIN/Gallup International's (WIN/GIA) four global polls: in 2005, 77% were a religious person and 4% were "convinced atheists"; in 2012, 23% were not a religious person and 13% were "convinced atheists"; [2] in 2015, 22% were not a religious person and 11% were "convinced atheists"; [3] and in 2017, 25% were not a ...
Of the global atheist and non-religious population, 76% live in Asia and the Pacific, while the remainder reside in Europe (12%), North America (5%), Latin America and the Caribbean (4%), sub-Saharan Africa (2%) and the Middle East and North Africa (less than 1%). [10] The prevalence of atheism in Africa and South America typically falls below ...
Conway Hall, home of the Conway Hall Ethical Society, is the oldest freethought community in the world (established 1793).. Irreligious organizations promote the view that moral standards should be based solely on naturalistic considerations, without reference to supernatural concepts (such as God or an afterlife), any desire to do good for a reward after death, or any fear of punishment for ...
When asked, around a third (24%-34% in different years) answered they were "not religious", and another 8% as atheist. [46] Many of these identify/affiliate themselves with established religious groups and most believe in God. [45] [47] In one survey, 88% considered themselves as at least moderately spiritual. [44]
According to the 2014 General Sociological Survey, the number of atheists and agnostics in the U.S. grew over the previous 23 years. In 1991, only 2% identified as atheist, and 4% identified as agnostic; while in 2014, 3.1% identified as atheists, and 5% identified as agnostics. [8]
“Being an atheist, nonbeliever, unaffiliated, whatever you want to call yourself, lends itself really well to chaplaincy because we naturally don’t project our own stuff on the people,” he says.
Peter White (born 1947): English broadcast journalist and DJ. [291] Alissa White-Gluz (born 1985): Canadian Singer and songwriter. [292] Robyn Williams (born 1944): Australian science journalist and broadcaster. [293] Ted Willis (1914–1992): British television dramatist, also politically active in support of the Labour Party. [294]
A study by the World Inequality Database (WID) of Irish political and social attitude surveys found that the share of Irish adults who attended church regularly (monthly or more) declined from 80% in the 1990s to 28% in 2020. [6] [7] In 2012, Ireland ranked in the Top 10 Atheist Populations in a survey which questioned 50,000 people from 57 ...