New Study Suggests U.S. Has A Lot Of ‘Closet’ Atheists

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  1. dester23
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    dester23 DonChapagneson

    Apr 19, 2017
    U.S. surveys in recent years have calculated atheists make up between 3 percent and 10 percent of the population.

    But the percentage may actually be much higher, because the stigma surrounding disbelief in God likely prevents people from honestly answering pollsters’ questions about their beliefs, according to a new report by University of Kentucky psychologists Will Gervais and Maxine Najle.


    “There’s a lot of atheists in the closet,” Gervais said in a recent interview with Vox.

    Gervais and Najle’s report, to be published in the next issue of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, concluded the true number of American atheists may be as high as 26 percent of the population.

    Here full. article http://huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58f67e31e4b0de5bac41d3eb?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

    Lol, I didn't know US still in century 19th, it's funny.
    Also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_against_atheists#Atheists_ineligible_to_hold_office
     
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    imagine believing social surveys
     
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    imagine believing social surveys and in god
     
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    Nah man, no more atheists after d---.
     
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    #Atheistlivesmatter
     
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    Atheists are secretly gay.
     
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    Yikes at still believing in religion
     
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    Priests are atheist?
    :worm:
     
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    I don't doubt that. I feel that a lot of people may feel obligated to take the belief system of the parents/community.
     
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    I can't understand how could I handle life if it wasn't for the afterlife
     
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    religion = afterlife = live a humble life
    athiest = no afterlife = GIMMIE DRUGS c----
     
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    OwI I was riding on a bike on a very late night

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    Not so accurate
    You can be religious and do drugs(little) .... You just gotta pick the right time to seek forgiveness before you die or you're doomed... You also needs to believe inside
     
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    Like they always say
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    shut the f--- up before i kick you into the afterlife
     
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    Also no
    You'll get afterlife but it'll be lil bit litty
     
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    Still under babidi spell?
     
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    i dont know what to believe in anymore
     
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