Demographics

[Mister Agenda]

OK. You're right - I'm Australian.
Maybe you should just write what you think, backing it up with well researched evidence? It's depressing even as a 30-something year old to think that Wiki has any credibility. There are actual books out there you know.

Any way, the world of academia is full of people who have nowhere to go and sell books among each other, so don't take them too seriously. You'd be better off reading the original stuff and really learning about the wealth of wisdom out there. Uni people have no idea.

Care to cite a study showing Wikipedia is rubbish compared to other encyclopedias?

[Mister Agenda]

Where is there an atheist majority? I was led to believe such a place exists (by a post on here), but wikipedia says otherwise, wiki indicates a decline in religion but atheists remain the minority, even in Europe. Where is there a majority? assuming there is a place

I reckon the PRC is majority atheist, don't you?

[Jason78]

Switzerland comes close.

[Mr.Obvious]

Be careful with the world factbook, if you check Belgium it says 75% roman catholic. While I'm sure there are still many who believe in a god or in the vague 'something' in Belgium, it's not close to 75% catholics.
Problem with these numbers is that if you get baptized into the Roman Catholic church, you count as a Roman Catholic. Under that logic, I'm one.
... Really should get debaptized sometime...  anyone interested in having a hand in my letter to the diocese?

[Mermaid]

I have a hunch you're Australian

Um. Bob's your uncle.

[Mermaid]

The accuracy of Wikipedia:

http://www.livescience.com/32950-how-accurate-is-wikipedia.html

In 2005, the peer-reviewed journal Nature asked scientists to compare Wikipedia's scientific articles to those in Encyclopaedia Britannicaâ€""the most scholarly of encyclopedias," according to its own Wiki page. The comparison resulted in a tie; both references contained four serious errors among the 42 articles analyzed by experts.

And last year, a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that Wikipedia had the same level of accuracy and depth in its articles about 10 types of cancer as the Physician Data Query, a professionally edited database maintained by the National Cancer Institute.

The self-described "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" has fared similarly well in most other studies comparing its accuracy to conventional encyclopedias, including studies by The Guardian, PCPro, Library Journal, the Canadian Library Association, and several peer-reviewed academic studies.

Cool! This helps with that whole faith in humanity thing I have going on. Thanks!

[AllPurposeAtheist]

I always check the National Enquirer for my sources and it's easy to find near supermarket checkout lines everywhere.  Whenever they're sold out I merely tune into Fox News for fair and balanced reporting. 






What? 

[ApostateLois]

http://weeklyworldnews.com/ This is the only source of news you'll ever need.

[stromboli]

http://www.theonion.com/

[ApostateLois]

Yeah, but the Onion doesn't have Bat Boy.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

What about Fox News? You're forgetting Fox News!

[doorknob]

http://weeklyworldnews.com/ This is the only source of news you'll ever need.

I wish they still sold them in grocery stores. My best friend and I would get our kicks by buying them and reading them. Yes we actually bought them!

[Nam]

Wikipedia is handy. But keep in mind that it is community moderated and any fool can edit any page at any time. I can write that the moon is made of green cheese. If you are a college or HS student, do not use Wikipedia as a source. Ever. Just a word to the wise.

So true...

I was there the other day reading about a serial killer, and the victims were listed, and one, at the end added, was: Frankie (12) (...he says 'Relax').

However, when I went to edit it said I had to log in. So, apparently only members can edit. I only am a member of Wikisource; so, I couldn't edit it.

-Nam

[Simon Moon]

Here is a study using meta data for the countries with the most atheists.

Some of the stats have a pretty wide range, but that is due to how the question was asked. People shy away from the baggage the word 'atheist' has attached to it, but will be more open to stating that they don't believe in a god.


http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

[Nam]

This is a good read: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201005/why-atheism-will-replace-religion

-Nam