Atheism is the fastest shrinking religion in the world. Atheism is in decline worldwide, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world’s population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020,
Real surveys and statistics say atheism is on the decline worldwide. Sorry atheists but atheism is not on the rise nor is it winning. It’s still the minority and a declining one at that.
The Pew Research Center’s statistics show that atheism is expected to continue to decline all the way into 2050 with a continued growth of religion. Other research also shows a huge surge in growth for Christianity in China which is currently the world’s most “atheist” nation because of the atheist communist government suppressing religion, the research suggests that China will soon become the world’s most Christian nation within 15 years.
This is simply history repeating itself: Christianity prospered in Rome back in the ancient era when it was suppressed and it still grew in the militant atheist soviet Russia when it was suppressed there only a century ago with the majority of Russians today now also identifying as Christian. Just goes to show that atheist suppression of religion still doesn’t stop religion.
Sources for the legion of whiny /Redditor/ fedoras that will no doubt show up in this post:
>Atheism is the fastest shrinking religion in the world
>Religion
Justin Cox
Atheism isn't a religion
William Bailey
>Atheism is the fastest shrinking religion
Oliver Green
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Tyler Clark
Oh look, it's this thread again.
Reminder that Islam is the fastest growing religion, on course to overtake Christianity in a matter of decades. Meanwhile, nones continue to grow in Western nations.
>tl;dr the world is becoming secular West vs Muslim shitholes
Ian Jenkins
low quality b8, try again OP
Ethan White
Everyone stop replying to this dumbass thread so it can die
Aiden Myers
Atheism is a belief, therefore it is a religion. you worship Dawkins as if he was Christ
Jaxon Lopez
that means that Atheism/secularism is weak
Oliver Ross
Atheists are the ones letting Muslims grow unheeded.
It's not a coincidence that Trump is Christian and is one of the only western leaders who's stopping shitstains from ruining his country.
Jason Sullivan
gr8 b8 m8
Jeremiah Hall
I believe that homosexuality is something that shouldn't be discriminated against, but does that make it a religion? Theists use the "atheism is a religion" argument when it's so clearly not. It's one of the most retarded arguments theists use, and they have some pretty retarded ones.
Sebastian Clark
Christians are the ones who tend to be against contraceptives. Muslims are growing because they are breeding faster than everyone else.
Sebastian Torres
Muslims and Christians have the same birthrates though
Dylan Sanchez
ATHEISM IS NOT A RELIGION
STOP SAYING ATHEISM IS A RELIGION
FACTS AND STATISTICS ARE B8
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A FAGGOT
Alexander Johnson
No, they don't. Muslims have 3.1 kids. Christians have 2.7.
Kayden Morgan
>being a literal faggot atheist
Matthew Howard
meh
Luis Russell
A significant difference over time, especially with people in the West abandoning Christianity in droves.
Chase Rivera
>people in the West abandoning Christianity in droves. >A far, far worse religion comes in and takes over
do you see why Atheism is so crap now?
Landon Rivera
>A far, far worse religion comes in and takes over >do you see why Atheism is so crap now? No.
Blake Rogers
Atheism is weak and it has failed to defend Europe
David James
Prove that the reason is atheism.
Jacob Lopez
you just said yourself that people in the West are abandoning Christianity in droves and this pic proves it
Carson Cox
>you just said yourself that people in the West are abandoning Christianity in droves Yes, I did. >and this pic proves it No, it doesn't.
Justin Hill
>when Europeans were Christians they defend Europe from invaders >now that they are atheists faggots that are being taking over by a outside force
Lincoln Howard
Correlation does not equal causation.
Luis Green
what if it dose?
Isaiah Taylor
It's something you need to prove, and even if you did, it wouldn't make Christianity true.
Christopher Jones
>moving the goalpost You implied that atheists have nothing to do with the Muslim menace. They do. You got BTFO. Stop trying to trick people with your shitty /r/atheism arguments.
Michael Bennett
>You implied that atheists have nothing to do with the Muslim menace. I didn't. >They do. Prove it. >You got BTFO. Where? >Stop trying to trick people with your shitty /r/atheism arguments. I've never been there.
Joshua Baker
Everytime there's a religion thread, you go in it and say "Correlation does not equal causation" no matter the context. You're an annoying rat.
>Prove it. Get some common sense nigger. If there's a country that's majority atheist, and it's the one getting fucked by Muslims, and the atheists are the ones protesting to let more Muslims in, that's correlation enough. You compare that to a country that's majority Christian, and see that hey, they aren't getting fucked by Muslims. Maybe this Christianity thing actually has useful values.
Lucas Bennett
Who the actual fuck is not an atheist 2k17?
btw > being religious on Sup Forums > enjoy hell
Colton Diaz
they are literally the same. Why arent you happy about the increase in muslims if atheists are bad?
Carter Roberts
>Based Black Pigeon delivers again.
David Richardson
>Everytime there's a religion thread, you go in it and say "Correlation does not equal causation" no matter the context. I can't recall doing this any other time. It is true though. >Get some common sense nigger. Appeal to common sense is a logical fallacy. >that's correlation enough. Like I already said, correlation and causation are not equivalent. You need to show that the problem is occurring because they are atheist, not that they are atheist and a problem is occurring. >Maybe this Christianity thing actually has useful values. Maybe it also has some harmful values.
Levi Brown
>number of athiests is dropping >world average IQ is also dropping Really makes you think
Jeremiah Foster
can you define your faith based on tenants of a larger group, wildly preached and practiced? looks like you're a religion guy
Brandon Bell
>Appeal to common sense is a logical fallacy. seriously go tip your fedora somewhere else
Aaron Taylor
I don't own a fedora.
Brandon Peterson
>can you define your faith based on tenants of a larger group, wildly preached and practiced? Not with atheism, no.
Nathaniel Hernandez
When Western Euroland falls greater Poland and greater Russia shall rise along with the resurrection of the Austro-Hungarian empire and this time without annexing Serbs who want to remain indepdent. The night is brightest just before the dawn.
Leo Davis
this exact post was here like 2 days ago
Jeremiah Russell
You're saying atheists don't share a similar belief that all gods are false and that only reason and logic prevail? If that's the case then you're just being deliberately ignorant
Ryder Morales
>You're saying atheists don't share a similar belief that all gods are false and that only reason and logic prevail? Right, they don't. > If that's the case then you're just being deliberately ignorant No.
Anthony Reyes
Define atheism?
Landon Gomez
This exact post has been here multiple times across several days.
Jace Thomas
The lack of belief in the existence of gods.
Angel Morales
but you ascertain that conclusion based entirely on faith?
Jace Sanders
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Grayson Myers
It isn't even necessarily a conclusion, let alone one that needs to come by faith.
Someone who concluded that gods didn't exist through faith would certainly be an atheist, but so would someone who has never even heard of gods.
Kayden Richardson
>It isn't even necessarily a conclusion, let alone one that needs to come by faith. But you have heard of gods and are basing your beliefs on faith that no god exists
Ryan Martin
I have heard of gods, but I have no faith-based belief that no gods exist. Instead, I do not believe in gods because I see no good reason to believe in gods.
Brandon Foster
So if a christian said I have good reason to believe in gods, would his argument no longer be based on faith?
Luke Wright
Correct.
Tyler Kelly
faith fāTH/ noun noun: faith
1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something
Jaxon Gonzalez
2. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
Anyway, #1 works too. The key word there is complete.
Ryder Martin
Trump is a Christian? hahahahaha he was just saying that to appease the evangelical GOP dumbfucks
Cooper Cox
You have no proof to discredit the idea of there being a god or gods, and you're basing this on a (albeit not complete) leap of faith?
Daniel King
who gives a shit? I'll be dead by then. I have no kids, and I don't care what happens to yours. Let Sharia Law take over the whole world. People are assholes and deserve it.
Ryder Martin
>You have no proof to discredit the idea of there being a god or gods Correct, which is why I don't claim that there can't be any gods. >you're basing this on a (albeit not complete) leap of faith? I don't even make the claim, and I've already told you why I don't believe in gods.
Adam Taylor
Right, and I'm not attacking your reasoning not to believe in god I'm just saying if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...
Christopher Gutierrez
Sure, with the duck being named reason. If you can show where I've used faith, go for it.
Matthew Wright
m'edgelord
Hudson Ross
Drown in your ideals and die.
Levi Ward
Why don't you believe in the existence of a god? I know you said you don't see a reason to, but that must bee rooted in something
Elijah Wilson
You got beaten, atheism is a religion, you can disagree but thats doesnt make it less true.
Colton Cruz
It really is that simple. I grew up in a home where we didn't talk about religion, so I didn't have any religious indoctrination to get over.
Jacob Walker
>You got beaten Where? >atheism is a religion, How?
Robert Parker
so you're still choosing to believe there is no god? despite having no proof to contradict its existence? Based entirely on conviction?
Benjamin Bell
>so you're still choosing to believe there is no god? No, I just don't believe in gods because I see no reason to. > despite having no proof to contradict its existence? It's the same reason I don't believe in ghosts and unicorns. We don't believe things until we have a reason to believe them (or at least, we shouldn't).
Elijah Kelly
>I just don't believe Its a conclusion you've come to after synthesizing arguments from both sides of the argument. Not believing wasn't just assigned to you at birth
Luke Thomas
So? I'm an atheist not a populist.
Brandon Ortiz
>Not believing wasn't just assigned to you at birth Well, I mean, it kinda was. You don't start out believing in particular gods. >Its a conclusion you've come to after synthesizing arguments from both sides of the argument. The conclusion that I came to is that none of the arguments for the existence of anything that I would label a god are both valid in structure and have premises that I accept. Therefore, I have no good reason to believe in the existence of gods. That doesn't mean that I believe that there can't be gods, it just have no reason to believe there are, so I don't.
Aiden Martin
>someone makes christian bait >christians make it stronger by contributing >atheists fall for it >now people aren't having an argument, but a contest on who can get the other to pull the gnostic "it could be right, it could be wrong, idunno" as soon as possible
Justin Jenkins
>Atheism is the fastest shrinking religion Atheism isn't a religion. Is it?
Dylan Reed
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Jaxon Evans
You also didn't pop out averse to the idea either. So in conclusion you choose to believe there is so credible argument for why a god would exist, so given that information you choose to believe there isn't one?
Evan Perry
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Luke Torres
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Joshua Powell
>You also didn't pop out averse to the idea either. Sure. >So in conclusion you choose to believe there is so credible argument for why a god would exist I wouldn't say that I chose to believe it. It's the belief that resulted after I chose to investigate the arguments. >given that information you choose to believe there isn't one No, given that information I simply don't believe there is one. There's no belief switch that I flipped.
Landon Thomas
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Zachary Gray
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Caleb Johnson
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Nathan Perry
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David Powell
More Spider-Man please
Xavier Bailey
Atheism is not an affirmative belief that there is no god nor does it answer any other question about what a person believes. It is simply a rejection of the assertion that there are gods.
Atheism is too often defined incorrectly as a belief system.
To be clear: Atheism is not a disbelief in gods or a denial of gods; it is a lack of belief in gods.
Agnostic isn’t just a “weaker” version of being an atheist. It answers a different question. Atheism is about what you believe. Agnosticism is about what you know.
If you lack an active belief in gods, you are an atheist.
Being an atheist doesn’t mean you’re sure about every theological question, have answers to the way the world was created, or how evolution works. It just means that the assertion that gods exist has left you unconvinced.
Wishing that there was an afterlife, or a creator god, or a specific god doesn’t mean you’re not an atheist. Being an atheist is about what you believe and don’t believe, not about what you wish to be true or would find comforting.
Jordan Diaz
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Liam Russell
there is no 'we' to atheism. Each atheist has their own beliefs, opinions, values, and ideas.
The only time an atheist should even profess their lack of belief is when the believer of a fairy tale tries to press their misled, morally void views on the rest of the world.
'We' are not saying to stop believing in your imaginary friend, 'we' are saying stop forcing fucked up values on your fellow citizens based on the ridiculous and unscientific claims of men who knew virtually nothing thousands of years ago.
Eli Bennett
Not user, but you are so full of specious reasoning and faulty logic, it's almost unbelievable.
There is no good reason to believe in any concept of God, because it's not based on a shred of empirical evidence, and until proven otherwise, it's purely a construct of the human imagination. No one can disprove the existence of God, but that's not saying much, given that you can't disprove the existence of any supernatural entity. However, we can say, beyond a reasonable doubt, that any concept of God comes from the human imagination... and stays there.
Make no mistake, the burden of proof lies on the claimant--especially when the claims are utterly baseless.
Adrian Morris
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Jordan Turner
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Lucas Wright
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Noah Rodriguez
>definitively DECIDES one side of the argument is correct >refuses to call it a choice
Ayden Harris
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Lucas Brown
When you hear someone say that 2+2=7, do you choose to believe that they are wrong or does that belief result from your knowledge of mathematics?
Easton Campbell
So does each christian. There are gay Christians, murderous Christians, devout Christians, and casual Christians. They each may have wildly differing values but are united under the same umbrella term
