Comments on: Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/ Helping Mankind Overcome Religion Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:12:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Teotwawki23 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-772 Teotwawki23 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 08:44:19 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-772 Hear hear, see above... <a HREF="http://teotwawki23.blogspot.com/2005/08/non-believing.html" rel="nofollow">or below</a>

Hear hear, see above… or below

]]> By: sinsys http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-630 sinsys Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:38:52 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-630 "‘Non-believers in God is somewhere between 504,962,830 and 749,247,571? - lol. How on earth did he get such precise figures????" These numbers are obviously not precise as they indicate a range in which the real number is likely to lie and thus imprecision. It is only the apparent natural tendancy for us to look for round numbers that makes it seem precise, the range 500,00,000 to 750,000,000 is not really much less precise, it just looks that way.

“‘Non-believers in God is somewhere between 504,962,830 and 749,247,571? - lol. How on earth did he get such precise figures????”

These numbers are obviously not precise as they indicate a range in which the real number is likely to lie and thus imprecision. It is only the apparent natural tendancy for us to look for round numbers that makes it seem precise, the range 500,00,000 to 750,000,000 is not really much less precise, it just looks that way.

]]> By: I Am http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-615 I Am Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:39:15 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-615 PA: Come back after you've read the chapter. steveven: ditto leon: Zuckerman is careful to distinguish "organic" atheism from state-sponsored atheism.

PA:
Come back after you’ve read the chapter.

steveven:
ditto

leon:
Zuckerman is careful to distinguish “organic” atheism from state-sponsored atheism.

]]> By: Seth http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-614 Seth Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:31:56 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-614 Yes, but China is also a Communist state...

Yes, but China is also a Communist state…

]]> By: leon http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-613 leon Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:19:30 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/07/14/atheism-contemporary-rates-and-patterns/#comment-613 China, with a population of 1.6 BILLION people, is officially atheist. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html#People

China, with a population of 1.6 BILLION people, is officially atheist.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html#People

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