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Americans were asked "What percentage of American adults _____" compared with the true proportion.
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That number is wrong.
28% of people in the US don't have a religion. People here just don't like the word atheist.
Not having a religion =/= atheist in surveys like this.
Believing there is no god is still a belief. Not having a religion means you dont subscribe to any belief
To paraphrase a famous quote: Saying atheism is a belief is like saying not playing tennis is a sport.
That doesn't make any sense. Believing the absence of something is still a belief.
The more famous, and more apt comparison would be, "if you choose not to decide, youve still made a choice."
You are conflating faith with acceptance. I donβt believe in science I accept science as fact and do not accept superstition as anything more than superstition. I donβt have a belief that there is no god I simply have no evidence to support their existence. If there were evidence to support the existence of a supreme being then there would no longer be any need for faith.
Which takes me back to my first point. Believing there is no god is not the same as "no religion." The survey has clearly delineated the two seeing as the atheist group is 3% and other surveys have shown "no religion/religious affilitation" to be as high as 30%
Your first point is wrong, you repeating it doesn't make it more true.
Look at the data in this thread. How can you say im wrong? 3% vs 30% is not a rounding error. These surveys clearly delineate between "no religion" and "atheist"
Shit, even just google it