In first world (the most educated) nations, what is compelling people in increasing numbers to become atheists? In the eleven industrial democracies with population over twenty million, non-religious have made more converts than they lost between 1990 and 2000. Atheists had a net loss from conversions in Germany, no doubt because East Germans turned to religion after the fall of communism, but in the other ten large industrial democracies the atheists had net gains through voluntary conversion. Furthermore, atheists were an increasing portion of the population in First World countries, with the exception of Germany, and non-religious people were an increasing portion of all eleven First World countries with populations over 20 million.
Is satan all of a sudden tempting the educated first world citizens, or are people just "waking up?"
(Source: David Barrett's World Christian Encyclopedia, the standard source of religious membership statistics, used by Encyclopedia Britannica.)
2006-10-05
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