Atheism

I fall into the None category. Even if I wanted to be religious, the time, social requirement, and built-in costs just wouldn't work for me around work, school, daily shit that needs to get done. I don't know how people with lower incomes do it.

So many Nuns!

I think it's time we addressed the War On Nothing that's happening every year.
I demand to be greeted with "Hi how are you" in late December, not "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays".

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A new study from Pew Research finds that the religiously unaffiliated – a group comprised of atheists, agnostic and those who say their religion is "nothing in particular" – is now the largest cohort in the U.S.

Back in 2007, Nones made up just 16% of Americans, but Pew's new survey of more than 3,300 U.S. adults shows that number has now risen dramatically.

"And huge numbers say the desire to avoid hurting other people factors prominently in how they think about right and wrong," says Smith.

People of faith also say they use logic and the avoidance of harm to make decisions, but those factors are in concert with religious tradition and scripture.

But digging deeper into the data shows that men are significantly more likely to say they're atheist or agnostic whereas women are more likely to describe their religion as 'nothing in particular.'

Smith says that's consistent with other research as well, which shows, "women tend to be more religious on average than men."

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“ Most Nones believe in God or another higher power, but very few attend any kind of religious service.

They aren't all anti-religious. Most Nones say religion does some harm, but many also think it does some good. Most have more positive views of science than those who are religiously affiliated; however, they reject the idea that science can explain everything.”

Damn, had my hopes up and everything.