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Why is the number of atheists around the world growing?
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A 2012 report on Daily Mail
claimed that atheism is now the third-largest global group, only after
Christianity and Islam. The same publication this year reported that number of
atheists in USA can be 10 times more, adding that currently 26 percent of
Americans do not believe in God.
So yes, admittedly, the number of
atheists around the world – and not just in western countries – is rising
significantly. And there can be plenty of reasons behind that.
One, people are more educated today
than ever. This is not to say that education brings ignorance. But when someone
is more educated, they tend to question more. And when answers don’t match their
expectations, skeptism shadows their beliefs. To that, they are also very hard
to brainwash. Meaning, the extreme and propagandist-end of churches, mosques,
temples and more find it difficult to influence the crowd. This is one reason
why, with the rising number of people who dare to question the convention,
atheism is growing in population.
Another reason is the significant
growth of science. It clearly states, if there’s no evidence to prove a
phenomenon, one should never be blindfolded with belief and trust. The
existence of God is yet to be proven scientifically. So the people who contend
from the side of Science have automatically swayed to the population of
atheists.
Third reason is the ills of
religion. With the rise of social media, the evident ills of religions are
reaching far and wide to distant corners. More and more people are discussing
the other, darker and hidden side of religions. Terrorism, rapes, oppressions
are few of the evil sides of religion that always existed but never came in the
limelight. Not until now. People know these facts today. And this has repelled
most of them to be the non-believers.
Politics has also played a major
role in the insurgence of atheism.
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