how come most of atheist are from wealthy countries?
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People in wealthy countries are better educated.
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No, actually it is growing in the West, despite the efforts of fanatics to block it from growth.  The numbers have been adjusted in the former Eastern block countries -- where atheism was the state "religion" for decades -- which may appear to cause a slight downtick overall -- but the key is to look at democratic socieites with freedom or quasi freedom of religion.  In those countries atheism has almost doubled, just since 1990.\n\nI personally, for the record, am a mainstream (Anglican) Christian.\n\nRegards,\n\nReynolds Jones\nSchenectady, NY\nhttp://www.rebuff.org
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It depends on your definition of the word "rich". If a person is "smart" in studies, it doesn't ensure him being "smart" in finding a good wife or handling his teenaged daughters.\n\nWell, these are some of the things that I can give to you as answers:\n\nrich as in money\nThe United States of America, with a GDP of $12,485,725.\n\nrich as in culture\nIndia and China, more than 500 languages and dialects among it's added 3 billion citizens.\n\nrich as in historical treasures\nIraq, having the first human civilization on it's land - "The Mesopotamian civilization of Sumer officially is believed to have begun around 4000-3500 BCE, and ended at 2334 BCE with the rise of Akkad. It was the world's first civilization."-wikipedia\n\nrich in religious interests\nIsrael and Palestine - a very sacred place for Christians, Muslims and Jews all around the world\n\nrich in happiness\nIceland - a survey reported in Reader's Digest have found out that more than 80% of Icelanders are happy with their life\n\nrich in prosperity\nBhutan - only one recorded number of killing for the past 50 years and the number of tourists are restricted to only a few\n\nrich in total area of land\nRussia -  17,075,200 km² (6,592,745 sq mi)\n\nI hope my answer gave you a new perspective on the word "rich" =)
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as long as people are lazy to earn a buck, lacking confidence in themself they go in search of lottery or any spam as you say. they should first belive in themselves and have self esteem and self respect. they should believe in hard earned money and should be satisfied by what they are able to produce. i remember an incident in china. i was talking to a taxiwala and asked him "is it not bothering you that you have no freedom of speech in ur country". he said,"whats there to speak, i work for my living and with what i get i live my life, whats there to talk". i was shocked."then i asked ok see there goes a mercedes and that man is richer than you why are poor.". he said, he deserves what he is worth, he's intelligent and is ready to work harder than me, so he's rich. what i earn is enough for me so i am still a driver". what do think we in india would have reacted to such differrance.
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God gives and takes anything from us - yes even money.  The rich are consistantly being tested by God to see how much they share.  The poor are tested by god to see whether they lose any faith in him.  Test are not only with wealth but also ( across the board - rich or poor ) with health.  How much faith does one have in God when sick.  How much have you fogotton God when you were cured from sickness.
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H) None of the above....Atheism is a lack of a belief in god, gods or the supernatural.\n\nYou are an atheist.  Here, I can prove it.\n\nDo you believe in Zeus?  Do you believe in Thor?  Do you believe in fairies?  Do you believe in leprechauns?  Do you believe in Wizards?\n\nIf you answered “no” to any of those questions then you lack belief in that gods or that supernatural being.\n\nSo practically everyone is an atheist, because everyone doesn’t believe in some god.  In fact humans have created thousands of gods over the course of their history and I bet you don’t believe in MOST of them.  That makes someone who only believes in one god, 99.999% atheist!\n\nThose who call themselves “Atheists,” however, believe in no gods at all.  That’s only one less god than a Christian believes in.  To an atheist the idea of a Christian God is nor more plausible or believable than Thor, Zeus or leprechauns.  The fact that so many people believe it does not prove anything, but instead says more about human’s herd mentality and human’s unwillingness to think for themselves.  Remember everyone also used to think the earth was flat too, that so many people believed it didn’t make it true.\n\nAtheism isn’t a morality stance.  Believing or not believing in god does not have anything to do with whether that person is a bad person or not.  It just means they don’t have a god to dictate their morality to them.  There are plenty of viable moral codes on the earth that are without gods, such as most of the eastern religions and humanism for example.  Human values are inherent to being human.  God does not “give” them to us.  \n\nYes, there are bad atheists, but there are bad believers too.  There is no statistical proof that atheists are any worse off as far as morality choices go than any another group out there.  In fact, statistics show that atheists are more educated, more affluent and have the lowest divorce rates out of any other religious group on America.  The interesting thing is that those statistics come from a Christian polling firm trying to prove just the opposite! They couldn’t do it!\n\nTypically most atheists in the country are well educated, in good jobs and have families just like every one else.  They are upstanding citizens and decent people.
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It takes what one would call 'faith'. I personally consider myself to have no religion, therefore I don't entirely understand why someone, rather most people in this world, would believe in a 'higher power', an 'intelligent creator', or 'GOD'.
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They believe that the rest of the world is too caught up in worldly things, i.e., has strayed away from God.  So, they choose to isolate themselves with the same way of live their ancestors had when they first emigrated from Europe.  \n\nMost of the rest of the world doesn't appreciate this assertation or understand this point, and just thinks it's idiotic to limit oneself to seventeenth-century technology (although there are many loopholes to these rules: they often ride in cars, but don't drive, etc.)
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Because some people don't actually believe in material culture. Money is the root of all evil. When you have less, you are more happy.
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Living in an extremely religious country I'm afraid I have to agree with you. \nThe most educated and knowledgeable people I know are atheists, agnostics, secular humanists.\nI don't think it's a coincidence.
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Actually, very few atheists exist anyway, or if they do it is in complete inconsistency. A true atheist would also be an anarchist. Thus robbing, pillaging, murdering at will should be no problem for them (i.e. the law of the jungle, eat or be eaten) An animal wouldn't think twice about stealing if it benefited the individual.\n\nMost people that claim to be atheists then, I would say, yes are uncertain that their agnostic beliefs hold real truth, and are at odds with becoming true atheists and denying all sense of morality.\n\nWhy do they hold on to morality that in its origin was derived from God? Usually when you hate something you would tend to distance yourself as far from it as possible, however the atheists, in their walk in society at least, for the most part, seem to live according to the same laws as believers.\n\nIt's a contradiction they can't escape until embracing the only thing they claim to believe....that is that we are nothing more than an animal, a part of the accident called the milky way.....earth and its nearest neighbors.\n\nVery few are willing to do this.....the rest end up on America's most wanted.
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2% of the world is atheist- majority rules.
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90% of the general public believes in God.\n40% of scientist in general\n40% mathmeticians\n30% biologist\n20% physicist\n\nIt seems the more highly educated tend to not believe in God. Also, I am a proud Southern gal, but statistics don't lie! The Bible Belt harbors some of the most intellectually inferior school systems in the country and some of the most ignorant ideals.
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some people have a large amount of "brain" and "logics"\nthey don't believe what they couldn't see, couldn't touch, couldn't feel.\n\nand some people thing that even some atheist doesn't believe in god, that people is blessed also.
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Sure, America is rich, but the money is not distributed evenly. There is a small number of Americans that possesses a large percentage of the money that the nation currently has...
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Because after traveling to several nations around the world I have discovered that there are no poor people in America.  There are only people with less than others.\n\nEveryone in America has the opportunity to make good choices and gain wealth.
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This article is about 5 years old, but:\n\nThe atheist population is about 29.4 million, roughly 14.1% of the American community.