Data is yikes
Yet another infographic that would be no worse as a table.
“….or a universal spirit.”
That leaves a lot of beliefs that can be lumped into the data that are not God. Even agnostics would fall into this camp. “I don’t believe in any god but I cannot rule out the possibility of an omniscient creator…”
I think this is to incorporate religions that don’t have an Abrahamic concept of God like Hinduism, Daoism, Zen, Sikhism, Buddhism, etc. I’m sure if you asked a Hindu, for example, “How certain are you in the existence of God”, their answer would probably be something like “Which one?” or “What do you mean by ‘God’?”. If you include the idea of a" universal spirit", they might be more inclined to say “Ah yes that kind of sounds like Brahama to me.”
Still really dumb. But that’s what lack of education accomplishes. If you don’t understand, you’re stuck with beliefs.
The bottom right person has been disappeared to the El Salvador concentration camp.
i guess there isnt a ‘data is vomitous’
You left off “or a universal spirit” in your lede
The fact that this graph doesn’t differentiate between “I don’t believe in god but I’m open to being convinced” and “I am absolutely certain god does not exist” really says everything you need to know about the quality of the data.
No one is certain that god does not exist. Or if they are, they’re an idiot who doesn’t understand how proof works.
Every atheist I’ve ever met was open to being convinced (myself included). And every religious person I’ve ever met has never had anything convincing to show.
There are plenty of gnostic atheists. I would say noticeably so in atheist exclusive spaces, where they say things like “God doesn’t exist” instead of the more data-driven “There’s no proof god exists”. I could pop over to the atheism community here to find plenty of examples of gnostic atheists, but it’s really not worth the effort.
You’re correct that it’s not a rational position to hold, it’s really more of a belief. People get pretty upset when you point it out, so I tend to stay silent about it. I’ll usually refer to myself as “Agnostic”, because people get confused about what I mean when I say “Agnostic Atheist”. It seems like everyone has their own set of definitions for all of these words anyway. We agree on 90% of the important stuff, no point ruining my day with a fight.
Well it depends on your definition of God. And omnipotent being if they existed would clearly be evil. Are they then still divine?
Does merely being powerful then qualify a being for divinity? Gods in many mythologies do not have to be immortal either.
Thus if we use one of the looser definitions of god, every US president in over a century can be considered a god as could various historical figures, gods therefore definitely exist.
I do believe that for many definitions of god, it can be proven they do not exist. And if you define god as a powerful entity deserving of human fealty one clearly doesn’t exist.
That’s not true at all. If “god” is defined to contain mutually exclusive qualities or assumptions then you can say, positively and with confidence, that such a god does not exist.
Ok, but that’s not saying God doesn’t exist. That’s saying a single person’s interpretation, if taken literally, is illogical.
Or to rephrase: that’s not “god doesn’t exist” that’s “your god doesn’t exist”.
If I say “god doesn’t exist,” then what does “god” mean in that sentence if not “your god” or “somebody else’s god?” Is there some sort of “objective” god that I have to accept before I can voice my disbelief in it? It’s all just people’s interpretations.
I look at the world and see no gods exist. Can some powerful jerkasses outside our understanding exist? Certainly. But I reject the notion of divinity.
They say atheists are such a small minority. Idk. I realize I surround myself by like minded people but most people my age that I know and younger, are atheists.
44% of 18-29 were not affiliated with any religion, according to the study.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/age-distribution/18-29/
Yeah that seems more in line with my personal experience.
I belief in the sun ,I can see her and feel the warming , god is create just for people to escape from reality
Probably a lot of variability across the regions. Deep south has nothing but God and debt to rely on. Anywhere poor and rural or accustomed to petty tyranny by local elites, like rural Wisconsin employed by Uline family, Arkansas run by the Walmart dynasty, or Idaho and the iconic potato family the Simplots. Lots of examples across the huge nation.
