To: freebilly
Possibly because most people prefer Christianity over Atheism....
"Most" people?
To: Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy
The World Development Forum reports that if the world were a village of 1,000 people, there would be:
564 Asians
210 Europeans
86 Africans
80 South Americans
60 North Americans There would be:
300 Christians ( 183 Catholics, 84 protestants, 33 Orthodox)
210 without any religion or atheist
175 Moslems
128 Hindus
55 Buddhists
47 Animists
Worldwide, Christianity is more popular than atheism.
To: Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/studies/key_findings.htm
(Link to CUNY webpage)In the US there are 159,030,000 individuals who identify themselves as Christian (76.5% of population).
There are 29,481,000 individuals in the US (14.1% of population) who identify themselves as not religious, atheistic, or agnostic.
To: Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy
nearly 20% of adults who describe themselves as atheist or agnostic also report that either they themselves or someone else in their household is a member of a church, temple, synagogue, mosque or some other religious institutionThe preceding is also from the CUNY website.
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