Atheism in the world today
Atheism is now the third most practiced "faith" in the world after Christianity and Islam. 9-10% of citizens in the United States identify as Atheist, and the number is slowly rising as it is becoming more and more accepted. There are 1.1 billion people in the world do not practice a religion, and 62% of the unaffiliated population live in China alone. In many other countries, Atheists are being persecuted and discriminated against. In some countries,such as Pakistan, non-religion can be punishable by death. There has been a marked increase of discrimination against atheists and humanists all over the world. In Saudi Arabia atheists are equated with terrorists. Egypt has launched a campaign run by the youth against atheists, they say atheists are "danger to society".
Percentage of practicing Atheists in every country of the world. More than half are under 10 percent, and some others are up to almost 50% of citizens as devout Atheists.
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If Atheists ruled the world, what would happen? Three men have very different opinions on this topic, and each of them think that Atheism ruling would be very impactful, but in different ways. |