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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 2009 survey showed that atheists were the most hated demographic group in Brazil, among several other minorities polled, being almost on par with drug addicts. According to the research, 17% of the interviewees stated they felt either hatred or repulsion for atheists, while 25% felt antipathy and 29% were indifferent.[52]

I would never have guessed atheists were so disliked in Brazil.

Despite polling showing that nonbelievers make up an increasingly large part of the population there is only one public atheist in all of the state legislatures across the nation. Few politicians have been willing to acknowledge their lack of belief in supreme beings, since such revelations have been considered "political suicide".[85][86] (talking about the US here)

A 2015 Gallup survey found that 40% of Americans would not vote an atheist for president,[88] and in polls prior to 2015, that number had reached about 50%.[89][90] A 2014 study by the University of Minnesota found that 42% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that did "not at all agree with my vision of American society", and that 44% would not want their child to marry an atheist. The negative attitudes towards atheists were higher than negative attitudes towards African-Americans and homosexuals but lower than the negative attitudes towards Muslims.[91] Many in the U.S. associate atheism with immorality, including criminal behaviour, extreme materialism, communism and elitism.[92]

I personally don’t hold any of these views. [/quote]

I think that is all changing. The millennials and Gen Z have a much lower rate of religious belief and affiliation than past generations.  Those results will be much different ten years from now. [/quote]

Globally, atheism is projected by Pew to shrink.

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.[/quote]

Wow, if you extrapolate, it really is the Islamic Century [/quote]

a bit misleading though.
Consider Indonesia for example, the 4th largest population in the world.
If its population increases by say 2 million next year, then the world just added 2 million muslims.  
If the Philippines adds a million people next year, you just got a million more Catholics. Same for Mexico. 
Some of these countries with very high birthrates do not have any freedom to choose your religion. [/quote]

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