From: Brian L. Fritz (bfritz@shol.com)
Date: Tue Apr 21 1998 - 19:52:57 MDT
> >Interesting to note that there were no numbers for atheists and agnostics.
>
> Well, they don't have a church and they are no religion, so it's very hard
> to give numbers. Even estimations seem terribly difficult to do, as I, for
> example, was an atheist since the age of 13 but have only left church at
> 16 -- many atheists may still be member of one or the other church.
>
> >And don't forget the agnostics, who either say "we don't know" or "we
> >*cannot* know" when questioned about the supernaturals.
>
> The problem is that if you don't have any information about something, it
> does not exist. We don't have any information about supernaturals -- all
> speculation is irrelevant & leads to nothing.
To further complicate the problem, I suspect that there are a number of
people who are atheist or agnostic but still claim an affiliation to a
particular religion out of fear of rejection by friends and family.
Brian L. Fritz
bfritz@shol.com
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