A question really, not a comment.
In the USA how many are atheists - meaning signed up to the concept that there is not and never has been a supreme being except as invented by men?
Reason for asking:
Following up a sequence of wiki articles on Wahabism (of all things!) I came across a reference to Nietzsche and his remark that "God is dead" - in a book called The Gay Science (now there's a name to play with). Going further I came across the term as a religious movement in America and thence to the statement:
That American fundamentalism was not a reaction to Darwin but to the growth of Atheism.
Now I am not concerned with that as an historical statement (immediate thought - it's wrong: but then - err, wait a minute...) as with statistics. My impression was that "christian" fundamentalism started in the late nineteenth century and had grown to be a major force in US life: whereas atheism - as opposed to indifference - was a relatively small movement which had generated hatred and/or distrust out of proportion to its numbers.
So I'm curious. How many? Either as a number or a percentage.
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