Just noticed something weird. Seems like around 20% of atheists in the United States self-identify as a member of a religion. By atheist, I mean someone who states that they "Do not believe in God." 19% of Buddhists are atheists. 10% of Jews. 5% of Muslims and Hindus. 9% of "Other Faiths." And of course, 22% of the Unaffiliated (those without a religious identification). To get to my 20% number I just went to the Pew US Religious Landscape Survey, checked belief in God by religion and cross-referenced with the proportion within the sample of each religion. I think it's a rather peculiar situation that the same proportion of atheists are religious as non-religious are atheists! Chart and data below the fold....

	% atheist	% in population	% atheist X % in population
Evangelical	0	26.3	0.0
Mainline	1	18.1	18.1
Historically Black	0	6.9	0.0
Catholic	1	23.9	23.9
Mormon	0	1.7	0.0
Orthodox	4	0.7	2.8
Jehovah's Witness	0	0.6	0.0
Other Christian	1	0.3	0.3
Jew	10	1.7	17
Muslim	5	0.7	3.5
Buddhism	19	0.6	11.4
Hindu	5	0.4	2
Other Faith	9	1.2	10.8
Unaffiliated	22	16.1	354.2

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