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[โ€“] squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Don't have a religion" includes

  • Atheists
  • Agnostics
  • Spiritual but not religious people
  • Religious but unaffiliated people

Saying "don't have a religion" equals atheist is like claiming that everyone who didn't vote for Trump or Harris is an anarchist.

[โ€“] Hegar@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

That 3% atheist figure is drastically lower than the global 10-15% and probably misleadingly low because identifying as an atheist on a survey and functionally being an atheist aren't the same thing.

I understand that no religion =/= atheist, but when you look at these other 'atheist adjacent' stats like "no religion", they don't reflect a population that's as religious as "3% atheist" would suggest.

We're probably just seeing problems with the word atheist in the US, not a true accounting of how religious people are here.