@wickster420@jrstevens@HQmindd@JezreelJarvis I'm glad you Googled it, at least you're trying. Just one more Google would have told you how they measure it, and who. It's not religions measuring it, it's scientists. Much like evolution, lots of tiny changes over long periods = big changes. Either way, it's measurable.
@r_graus Atheism is a lack of belief in God, not necessarily a belief there is no God. Not the same thing. Th I totally believe there aren't certain versions of God. Thor stopped being believable after science explained lightening. Yahweh when we found the world wasn't 6k years old. Etc.
@Factchecke51537@Ernest1588761 The year 9 in China, Bhuddism was the first real attempt I believe - if you don't include Athens in BC. There have been many attempts through history by Christian and non Christians. Christians were important in the modern abolition, but weren't the sole source of it.
@Robert62201867@TheSkepticWiz There are around 45,000 different Christian denominations globally, all interpreting the bible differently from each other.
This does not seem like a book which is being understood by everyone.
@naudabot@God_Questioner That's a false equivalence. Almost as silly as asking how many non-astrology believers have formed hospitals. Non-belief alone doesn't organise people, raise funds, or define a shared mission. Perhaps a comparison with secular humanism would be more accurate, per capita even.
@God_Questioner I mean, it's a bit of a false equivalence. Better to ask why they use days named after Gods eg. Odin Wednesday, Thor Thursday, etc. Why their main religious holiday is named after the Goddess ฤostre, or why Xmas falls on the same date as a Roman sun-god festival.
@SITH_SILENCE@God_Questioner There is massive crossover here. The bible tells us where the universe comes from. How man was made. So does science via astrophysics and evolution.
@zephyr_wild@RebelReformer@Tsar_Martyr Saying you have to pick one version of God is about on par with saying you have to pick science or evolution. They're each from the same playbook.
@imPenny2x The issue is less about you believing God is real, and more about what you may be asking everyone else to do as a result of it.
Imagine living in a Hindu country, where luck is constantly credited to Brahma and laws bent around this assumption.
@OpenCarry3@_OKJ__ You're correct in that a lack of evidence doesn't make something true or untrue, but it does make it ridiculous to believe without acquiring some first.
@KnowledgeUpOnly@Catholicizm1 But really, I'd like to see the math you're referring to, assuming you didn't just make this up. It's a miracle that thousands of scientists missed it. I don't believe in miracles.
@craigthecrane@esjesjesj Atheists lack belief in God. Some have beliefs about where life comes from, others believe we don't yet know where life comes from. The Intelligent ones believe evolution happened after life was established. But no beliefs are required for atheism. Literally.
@munaokoroigwe I'm sure this is from extensive research into other religions, which you did before arriving at your conclusion that Christianity was the correct answer. Right?