Talk:Demographics of atheism

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I believe "Under God" was added to distinguish the US as a religious nation, in opposition to the official atheism of the Soviet Union... if someone is sure of this, please edit. I do not believe the 1950s were a period of significant religious resurgence.

Contents 1 Map request 2 Changed 10% to 9% 3 Vital shortfall 4 new survey - December 20 2006

[edit] Map request

It is requested that a map or maps be included in this article to improve its quality.

Why does this page fail to mention China?

[edit] Changed 10% to 9%

I will change the Atheism in North America statistic from 10% to 9 % since the article that was cited says:

"In most of the countries covered, well over 80% said they believed in God or a higher power. In Nigeria the figure was 100% and in the US 91%, with the UK scoring lowest at 67%." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/wtwtgod/3518375.stm selfworm 08:33, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

"God or a higher power". Atheism is about belief in God (well, lack of it), and the article states those "who don't believe in a god" - if you download the pdf of the survey, you can see that the figure includes 5% who answered "I do not believe in God but I do believe in a higher power". So in fact 86% believe in God, and the figures for those who don't sum to 10% (the remaining 4% is made up of "None of these", "Don't know" and rounding error). Mdwh 23:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vital shortfall

Every article needs a lead. This does not have one. See WP:LEAD for more information. Seegoon 00:31, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new survey - December 20 2006

I think we should add the following survey: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=1131 should we simply copy the first table, or rewrite it? --Toitoine 00:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)