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According to the 2008 ARIS, only 2% the US population was atheist, while 10% were agnostics. [9] One 2018 research paper using indirect methods estimated that 26% of Americans are atheists, which is much higher than the 3%-11% rates that are consistently found in surveys. [10]
"I've been an atheist for many years, but I've remained fascinated by religion. If anything, I've become more fascinated by religion and faith after I lost mine." [1] Clark Adams: 1969–2007 Freethought leader and atheist activist. "In college, after reading material from American Atheists, he became, in his words, 'a pretty hard core atheist ...
Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) [1] was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state.In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her.
According to a 2012 Pew Report on the "Nones", 19.6% of the population identified as "no religion", atheists made up 2.4% and agnostics made up 3.3% of the US population. [ 49 ] The Pew Religious Landscape survey reported that as of 2014, 22.8% of the American population is religiously unaffiliated, atheists made up 3.1% and agnostics made up 4 ...
American Atheists is a non-profit organization in the United States dedicated to defending the civil liberties of atheists and advocating complete separation of church and state. [1] It provides speakers for colleges, universities, clubs, and the news media. It also publishes books and American Atheist Magazine. [1] [2] [3]
Atheist as a label of practical godlessness was used at least as early as 1577. [14] The term atheism was derived from the French athéisme, [15] and appears in English about 1587. [16] An earlier work, from about 1534, used the term atheonism. [17] [18] Related words emerged later: deist in 1621, [19] theist in 1662, [20] deism in 1675, [21 ...
American atheists, people with an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist.
A Rough History of Disbelief, known in the United States as Atheism: A Brief History of Disbelief, is a 2004 television documentary series written and presented by Jonathan Miller for the BBC and tracing the history of atheism. It was first shown on BBC Four and was repeated on BBC Two. It was first shown in the U.S. on PBS in 2007.