ConversationWithA — January 01, 2009 — Highlighting what would happen if all atheists were to leave America. Details of who would leave, what would change, and a look at other countries with virtually no Atheism.
SOURCES:
Over 10% of American population are atheist:
http://www.atheistempire.com/referenc…
Less than 0.25% of prisoners are atheist:
http://holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm
Majority of Nobel Prize winners atheist:
The Religiosity and Religious Affiliation of Nobel Prize Winners (Beit-Hallahmi, 1989)
Majority of University professors atheist:
Religion and Spirituality among University Scientists (Ecklund, 2007)
Majority of scientists atheist:
http://freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/Scie…
Atheist Intellectuals:
http://brainz.org/50-most-brilliant-a…
http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=C…
Atheist Celebrities:
http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=M…
Poverty rate lower among atheists:
Society Without God (Zuckerman, 2008)
IQ higher among atheists:
http://www.interfaith.org/2008/06/20/…
Illiteracy rate lower among atheists:
United Nations Human Development Report (2004)
Average Income higher among atheists:
United Nations Human Development Report (2004)
Divorce rate lower among atheists:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr…
Teen pregnancy rate lower among atheists:
http://www.americablog.com/2009/01/re…
Abortions lower among atheists:
Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005)
STD infection lower among atheists:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news…
Crime rate lower among atheists:
Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005)
Homicide rate lower among atheists:
Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005)
Percentage of atheists in the countries mentioned:
http://www.adherents.com
Great information- thanks for sharing!
I thought it was great information as well. All of the info in this post comes from the maker of the video. I was familiar with some of this info, but it’s nice to have it all gathered together.
You may be interested in my blog on atheism: http://freedomofusa.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/freedom-from-organized-religion/ I have linked to some pretty interesting articles on there as well.
I just visited your blog on atheism. It was nice. I like that you combine both data and personal experience. That is something I try to do in some of my blogs.
You might like a previous post of mine:
https://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/moral-decline-in-us/
And you might like the post I just now finished:
https://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/liberal-pragmatism-conservative-dogmatism/
If all Atheists were to leave the US, the National IQ would drop over night.
A lot of things over night.
I wouldn’t be surprised that the US in a short period of time would become a very oppressive country, possibly even become either a theocracy or a fascist state. Not all religious people in the US are fundamentalists, but most religious people in the US are far from being liberal. There is a strong connection between liberalism and atheism. The country has already been pushed center right, but without liberals as a balancing force this would be an ultra-right country.
Also, atheists are more represented among the young than the old. If atheists disappeared, so would a large chunk of the younger generations. It would become a country of the old which would destroy the economy.