Religious Minorities Through the aid of text, pictures, and graphics, explore the history of non-Christian religious minorities in the United States. International Maps World and regional maps for measures of religious adherence, socio-economics, and religion and state relations. Search QuickLists:. Stay Connected. Subscribe to the ARDA:. GIS Maps. All Rights Reserved. Most Atheist Nations Korea, North Democratic Republic of. About seven-in-ten U.
The median age for atheists is 34, compared with 46 for all U. Self-identified atheists also tend to be aligned with the Democratic Party and with political liberalism. Fresh data delivered Saturday mornings. At the same time, many do not see a contradiction between atheism and pondering their place in the world. In fact, the Religious Landscape Study shows that atheists are more likely than U.
Atheists also were more likely than Americans overall to describe finances and money, creative pursuits, travel, and leisure activities as meaningful. Not surprisingly, very few U. Now a map has shown degrees of religion around the world according to the countries with the most people saying they are "convinced atheists". Yet despite a trend towards fewer people believing in God around the world, it appears only a few countries have more than 20 per cent of citizens who are comfortable about rejecting the notion of a diety entirely.
China has by far the highest percentage - and even then not quite half - of convinced atheists out of all the world's countries. Communism, in which name the ruling party of China has governed since , regards religion as a means of oppressing the proletariat, with religious movements suppressed under Mao Zedong throughout his 27 year reign until One of the country's oldest philosophical worldviews, Confucianism, is also noteable for its lack of a belief in a supernatural deity.
China's neighbour is another of eastern nations with many people committed to a worldview without God in it. Between 30 and 39 per cent of the people on the Japanese islands say they are "convinced atheists". Religion in Japan has historically been centred around Shintoism, which is based on ritual and a mythology surrounding the ancient past of Japan, rather than an all-seeing god. However, it remains spiritual in nature and could not be called atheistic. And it seems the answer is yes.
Gervais and Najle also concurrently replicated the study with a second sample of 2, participants, and got similar results. Even online, people might be uneasy answering the question. Bizarre indeed. But they still think their measure is valid. Still, more research is needed. Overall, kudos to Gervais and Najle for being forthright about their curious finding. In the past, psychologists have had incentives to avoid printing this type of contradictory finding in their papers.
Many of us have a complicated relationship with religion. Pew regularly finds data that supports this multifaceted view. About a quarter of the US population say they believe in God but are less than absolutely certain of it, Smith says.
Not everyone is certain about what they feel; many people have shades of gray. But in the data, they also find some small evidence that the stigma around atheism is changing.
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