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To: freebilly
Possibly because most people prefer Christianity over Atheism....

"Most" people?

109 posted on 08/27/2002 4:12:46 PM PDT by Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy
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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.

141 posted on 08/27/2002 7:38:12 PM PDT by freebilly
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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.

146 posted on 08/27/2002 7:55:17 PM PDT by freebilly
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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 institution

The preceding is also from the CUNY website.

"I might be an Atheist, but in case I'm wrong, I'm not STUPID..."

148 posted on 08/27/2002 8:53:48 PM PDT by freebilly
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