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Britain is entering its first 'atheist age': Non-believers now outnumber those who believe in God - as parents fail to pass their religious beliefs on to their children, study finds

Britain is entering its first 'atheist age' as parents fail to pass on religious beliefs to children, a study says. The team also discovered that the stereotype of the 'purposeless unbeliever' – that atheists lead lives devoid of meaning, morality and purpose – simply isn't accurate. Graph showing the number of people in English and Welsh regions giving up Christianity …

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In the cold dark of a November night, beneath the jagged cliffs of Zion National Park, Dani Hsia posed a question that mystics and religious thinkers have pondered for millenniums. “I don’t feel like I’m an outsider, and I don’t feel like my religious views have to be hidden.” Hsia, who was dressed in a purple and pink polka dot …

Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics

Highlights from AP-NORC poll about the religiously unaffiliated in the US

Thirty percent of Americans don’t identify with a religious group — but not all of them are atheists or agnostics. In fact, 43% of the group known as the “nones” say they believe in God, even if they largely dislike organized religion. GOD WITHOUT RELIGION Forty-three percent of all nones professed belief in God or a higher power — including …

Forced religious conversion cannot be measure of spread of any religion, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Naqvi said both believers and atheists have equal constitutional and social rights and protection in India. New Delhi: Forced religious conversions cannot be the measure of spread of any religion in a nation like India, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday and asserted that both believers and atheists co-exist with equal rights in this country. In his …

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