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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Good point ... If you look at the "Religious Switching" chart, the atheists (unaffiliated) are the best evangelists ... at the expense of the Christians.  
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Pew has done other studies that show that 75% of the population in Saudi Arabia are atheist. [/quote]

Saudi Arabia has a young and rapidly growing Muslim population. The kingdom has more than 30 million inhabitants, and roughly 93% of them are Muslim, according to Pew Research Center data. The country is officially a Muslim nation and most Saudi Muslims are Sunni. However, a Shia minority accounts for an estimated 10% to 15% of the population. Additionally, Saudi Arabia is a young country: In 2015, about 56% of the kingdom’s Muslims were under the age of 30. The number of Muslims in Saudi Arabia is projected to increase 51% between 2015 and 2050, though their share of the global Muslim population is expected to remain small at about 2%.

The Saudi Arabian government follows an ultraconservative Wahhabi interpretation of the Quran. Wahhabism began as a social and religious reform movement in the 18th century and is closely associated with the founding and consolidation of the Saudi kingdom.  Wahhabism calls for the literal interpretation of the Quran and includes strict enforcement of religious codes and practices. For decades, the Wahhabi doctrine has been upheld by clerics who run the judiciary and by religious police. But, recently, Crown Prince Mohammed has been pushing back against the clerical establishment and has even stripped the religious police of the power to make arrests.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/04/12/5-facts-about-religion-in-saudi-arabia/

Could you link to the Pew study that shows that 75% of Saudi Arabia is atheist?[/quote]

It was a WIN/Gallup poll.

[b]“25% of people in Saudi Arabia are not religious. (5% identified as specifically Atheist, 19% identified as not religious and 1% did not respond). In other words, 1 out of every four Saudi’s identify as not religious.”[/b]

https://www.skeptical-science.com/religion/religion-declines-worldwide-pluments-ireland/[/quote]

I doubt this. There's a difference between "people in Saudi Arabia" and "Saudi's."  Saudi is full of foreign workers, which probably accounts for the number of people who claim be not religious.  Very unlikely a Saudi would say that.  Plus that, despite what they think in their head - they're still counted as Muslims.[/quote]

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