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Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialBanned to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

CNN: Atheists are still reluctant to ‘come out’

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CNN: Atheists are still reluctant to ‘come out’

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Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialBanned to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Why people are reluctant to call themselves atheists | CNN
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Many people are hesitant to identify as atheists because of the social stigma they may face, making it hard to pinpoint connections and differences among this group.
  • JimSamtanko@lemm.eeBanned
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    Try again.

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      Here is a map of dominant religions.

      https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-exec/

      Note carefully which areas of the world are primarily Christian. Now consider a map from Wikipedia on what language articles written on a country are written in.

      https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Eys48MCj4gGW2hhd6OwmtvXxS1I=/0x0:1399x1000/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1399x1000):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/694828/84558g59-1408117223.0.png

      Its immediately obvious that there is a pretty big but not 100% overlap. It is pretty clear in context that the majority of the English speaking web (which isn’t the entire web by any means) is going to be composed of people living in Christian dominant areas.

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        Again, this has nothing at all to do with my point. I’m not going to fall for your goalpost moving rhetoric. Stay within the topic of discussion, or walk away.

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          You literally side tracked the entire discussion to discuss the semantics of my response and demand proof that English speaking forums are dominated by Americans. My broader point was the reason for the shit talking is the people you are conversing with are those who have to deal with Christians. If you re-read it my point is pretty clear but I think we are done in any case.

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