Atheist Statistics 2008

-The safest countries in the world have a positive correlation with atheism.
-Education and intelligence have a positive correlation with atheism.
-Atheists are less likely to be criminals and less likely to divorce.
-Atheism is growing (3 times as many people losing their faith than gaining a faith).

Atheism is never about having fun or doing what you want, it's about the truth.



Note:This is a REBUTTAL to Christian claims that atheists are immoral, dumb, or evil. This is not an attack on Christians. In other words, I wouldn't have felt the need to make this video if it hadn't been for all the insane opinions Christians have of atheists and the non-religious.

Sources:
Statistics in regards to Europe came from religious organization called Tearfund.
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/ar...

Statistics in regards to America came from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/743/unite...

Atheism growing came from..
http://www.adherents.com/

Societal Health statistics come from numerous sources, such as The journal of Religion and Society
http://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/2005/2...
but the specific quotation comes from "The Cambridge Companion to Atheism" by Zuckerman. More information can be found in this video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fEcrW3CUtek


National Academy of Sciences statistics come from a study in the Journal Nature, by Larson & Whitham in 1998.
http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/at...

Intelligence and Education statistics come from the Tearfund organization as linked previously as well as DOZENS of studies that can be summed up by Paul Bell in an article in Mensa magazine.
Bell, Paul. "Would you believe it?" Mensa Magazine, Feb. 2002, pp. 12--13

Prison Statistics can be found here..
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs...
http://www.holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm

Divorce Statistics can be found here..
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr...