Imagine If All Atheists Left America

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Highlighting what would happen if all atheists were to leave America. Details of who would leave, what would change, and a look at other countries with virtually no Atheism.

SOURCES:

Over 10% of American population are atheist: http://www.atheistempire.com/reference/stats/index.php

Less than 0.25% of prisoners are atheist: http://holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm

Majority of Nobel Prize winners atheist: The Religiosity and Religious Affiliation of Nobel Prize Winners (Beit-Hallahmi, 1989)

Majority of University professors atheist: Religion and Spirituality among University Scientists (Ecklund, 2007)

Majority of scientists atheist: http://freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/Scientists_and_atheism

Atheist Intellectuals: http://brainz.org/50-most-brilliant-atheists-all-time/ http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=Category:Atheist

Atheist Celebrities: http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=Main_Page

Poverty rate lower among atheists: Society Without God (Zuckerman, 2008)

IQ higher among atheists: http://www.interfaith.org/2008/06/20/study-links-atheism-to-high-iq/

Illiteracy rate lower among atheists: United Nations Human Development Report (2004)

Average Income higher among atheists: United Nations Human Development Report (2004)

Divorce rate lower among atheists: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm

Teen pregnancy rate lower among atheists: http://www.americablog.com/2009/01/red-states-dominate-teen-pregnancy.html

Abortions lower among atheists: Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005): http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html

STD infection lower among atheists: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article571206.ece

Crime rate lower among atheists: Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005): http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html

Homicide rate lower among atheists: Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look (Paul, 2005): http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html

Percentage of atheists in the countries mentioned: http://www.adherents.com