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Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2014, 04:18:05 AM »
I think that the FES community is too small of a population to be able to draw any meaningful conclusions. 
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Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2014, 04:21:39 AM »
Now that is a good point that I had not previously considered.

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Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2014, 08:58:46 AM »
Markjo, in the USA, 86% of people identify as Christian. 46% attend a house of worship @ least once a month. I know Western Europe is much more secular, but still, outright atheism is rare there too. Most people in Western Europe prefer a vague Deism. So why is the FES, whose strength has always been the UK & the US, different?

Athiesm is pretty common in the UK.


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Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2014, 01:18:13 PM »
Markjo, in the USA, 86% of people identify as Christian. 46% attend a house of worship @ least once a month. I know Western Europe is much more secular, but still, outright atheism is rare there too. Most people in Western Europe prefer a vague Deism. So why is the FES, whose strength has always been the UK & the US, different?

Athiesm is pretty common in the UK.


No, we have the irritating variety. New atheists. Regular atheists are as rare as rocking horse poo.

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Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2014, 03:07:20 PM »
Define "new atheists".
Read the FAQ before asking your question - chances are we already addressed it.
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Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2014, 03:52:49 PM »
Define "new atheists".

Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atheism
New Atheism is a social and political movement in favour of atheism and secularism promoted by a collection of modern atheist writers who have advocated the view that "religion should not simply be tolerated but should be countered, criticized, and exposed by rational argument wherever its influence arises."[1] There is uncertainty about how much influence the movement has had on religious demographics, but the increase in atheist groups, student societies, publications and public appearances has coincided with the non-religious being the largest growing demographic, closely followed by Islam and evangelicalism in the US and UK.[2]

New Atheism lends itself to and often overlaps with secular humanism and antitheism, particularly in its criticism of the indoctrination of children and perpetuation of ideologies.

Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #26 on: January 20, 2014, 05:04:51 PM »
New atheism is still atheism.

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Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2014, 05:08:19 PM »
Markjo, in the USA, 86% of people identify as Christian. 46% attend a house of worship @ least once a month. I know Western Europe is much more secular, but still, outright atheism is rare there too. Most people in Western Europe prefer a vague Deism. So why is the FES, whose strength has always been the UK & the US, different?

We're an internet community. Internet communities tend to be more secular than physical ones, in my experience. I don't really know why.
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Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.
« Reply #28 on: January 21, 2014, 08:06:12 AM »
Markjo, in the USA, 86% of people identify as Christian. 46% attend a house of worship @ least once a month. I know Western Europe is much more secular, but still, outright atheism is rare there too. Most people in Western Europe prefer a vague Deism. So why is the FES, whose strength has always been the UK & the US, different?

We're an internet community. Internet communities tend to be more secular than physical ones, in my experience. I don't really know why.

less community pressure to conform.

At least when it comes to religion.