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Interest in atheism and atheism-related topics, people, organizations, and shows is on the rise according to this really cool Google Insights feature I just found 5 minutes ago! 
Just type in a word and it will show you how many hits it has gotten over time.
I'm glad to see some positive news about atheism especially after i heard the results of some other polls like about how many Americans still believe in 6 day creation.
sidenote: free porn is skyrocketing in popularity too!!! hurray for the internet! |
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Reps: 21,423,712,426,964,132 (power: 0) | | | This is good news, particularity because most searches are coming from the USA. Apparently Americans are finally getting curious as to what those secular Europeans have been up to these past decades.
Right now it's a little backwards. The only country that was founded on secular ideologies, The United States, is currently one of the most religious countries, while most European countries who are virtually theocracies have like 95% atheist populations. |
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Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd!! XD Originally Posted by DaneaFL  sidenote: free porn is skyrocketing in popularity too!!! hurray for the internet!
Those naughty pornz :O
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Amazing how fast non-stories spread! |
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Reps: 59,843,320,492,430,096 (power: 59,843,320,492,435) | | Originally Posted by KhaosTheory Right now it's a little backwards. The only country that was founded on secular ideologies, The United States, is currently one of the most religious countries, while most European countries who are virtually theocracies have like 95% atheist populations.
Huh? The USA (and the colonies before that) have always stood out for their religious fervor as compared to Europe. What "secular ideology" do you think our nation was found on?
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Reps: 381,969,691,137,393,984 (power: 381,969,691,137,421) | | Originally Posted by AlexBP Huh? The USA (and the colonies before that) have always stood out for their religious fervor as compared to Europe. What "secular ideology" do you think our nation was found on?
The one enshrined in the constitution, explicitly defined in its First Amendment, and remarked upon in the Treaty of Tripoli.
I've seen people say that, because the Constitution mentions Jesus in its date, "the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven". This is as asinine as saying that America was founded on the religion of Ancient Rome, because the dating system makes mention of Janus ('January').
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Reps: 120,974,492,039,602,320 (power: 120,974,492,039,607) | | | To be fair, it is a bit of a non-sequitur - secularism isn't mutually exclusive with non-belief, so you could have a secular state with a large level of religious belief.
Now, whether you think secularism should correlate with nonbelief is another matter....
As for the "opposite" situation, most state religions aren't trying to enable a theocracy, they're largely archaic. |
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Reps: 59,843,320,492,430,096 (power: 59,843,320,492,435) | | Originally Posted by Wiccan_Child The one enshrined in the constitution, explicitly defined in its First Amendment, and remarked upon in the Treaty of Tripoli.
I've read the Constitution and can't recall any instances of secular ideology in it. It's a non-religious document, but I fail to see where you find secular "ideology". That, presumably, would mean a doctrine such as Marxism that firmly rejects religion. Nothing in the Constitution rejects religion. It only says that office holders cannot be required to have one particular religion.
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