Highlighting what would happen if all atheists were to leave America. Details of who would leave, what would change, and a look at other countries with virtually no Atheism.
SOURCES:
Over 10% of American population are atheist:
http://www.atheistempire.com/referenc...
Less than 0.25% of prisoners are atheist:
http://holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm
Majority of Nobel Prize winners atheist:
The Religiosity and Religious Affiliation of Nobel Prize Winners (Beit-Hallahmi, 1989)
Majority of University professors atheist:
Religion and Spirituality among University Scientists (Ecklund, 2007)
Majority of scientists atheist:
http://freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/Scie...
Atheist Intellectuals:
http://brainz.org/50-most-brilliant-a...
http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=C...
Atheist Celebrities:
http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=M...
Poverty rate lower among atheists:
Society Without God (Zuckerman, 2008)
IQ higher among atheists:
http://www.interfaith.org/2008/06/20/...
Illiteracy rate lower among atheists:
United Nations Human Development Report (2004)
Average Income higher among atheists:
United Nations Human Development Report (2004)
Divorce rate lower among atheists:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr...
Teen pregnancy rate lower among atheists:
http://www.americablog.com/2009/01/re...
Abortions lower among atheists:
Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005)
STD infection lower among atheists:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news...
Crime rate lower among atheists:
Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005)
Homicide rate lower among atheists:
Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005)
Percentage of atheists in the countries mentioned:
http://www.adherents.com
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