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Gallup has released some EXCELLENT data I can use for the next video. It shows even more definitely the relationship of belief in god and education as well as education and belief in creationism or evolution.
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-Atheism is growing (3 times as many people losing their faith than gaining a faith)
-Safest countries in the world have a positive correlation with atheism
-Education and intelligence have a positive correlation with atheism
-Atheists less likely to be criminals and less likely to divorce
Sources:
Statistics in regards to Europe came from religious organization called Tearfund.
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf
Statistics in regards to America came from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/743/united-states-religion
Atheism growing came from..
http://www.adherents.com/
Societal Health statistics come from numerous sources, such as The journal of Religion and Society
http://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/2005/2005-11.html
but the specific quotation comes from "The Cambridge Companion to Atheism" by Zuckerman. More information can be found in this video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fEcrW3CUtek
National Academy of Sciences statistics come from a study in the Journal Nature, by Larson & Whitham in 1998.
http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm
Intelligence and Education statistics come from the Tearfund organization as linked previously as well as DOZENS of studies that can be summed up by Paul Bell in an article in Mensa magazine.
Bell, Paul. "Would you believe it?" Mensa Magazine, Feb. 2002, pp. 12--13
Prison Statistics can be found here..
http://www.holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm
Divorce Statistics can be found here..
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm
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