Large minority of atheists are religious
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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