From: Clint O'Dell (clint@freethoughtradio.com)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 15:58:51 MST
>>I don't really buy that. I bet if you asked 1000 people (Americans) to
say
the phrase, "I do not believe there is a god," you would get maybe 10% who
would say it. Even though a person might think there is no evidence of a
god, or might indicate such on a survey or poll, they would be too
superstitious to come out and say it baldly....and that is really what
counts--how superstitious are you?<<
I actually think it would be less than 10% that boldly states "I don't
believe there's a god" but there are many people on the fence. I'll bet you
that after a few years of heavy advertising, not only will more
unsuperstitious people be stepping out of the atheism closet, but many fence
sitters will also become less superstitious when they notice all the other
atheists around.
Advertising says "It's ok not to believe."
Give me 2 years in cable television advertising funding and I'll give you a
more secular America.
Clint O'Dell
clint@freethoughtradio.com
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From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Randy Smith
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:31 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: RE: I Want To Disbelieve
>From: "Smigrodzki, Rafal" <SmigrodzkiR@msx.upmc.edu>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: "'extropians@extropy.org'" <extropians@extropy.org>
>Subject: RE: I Want To Disbelieve
>Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:47:46 -0500
>
>
>J Corbally [mailto:icorb@indigo.ie] wrote:
>
>
>
>It does seem to have picked up recently. The results of a recent study
>showing that "non-believers" were a larger portion of the U.S. population
>than previously thought may help some (estimated at 37 Million, IIRC).
I don't really buy that. I bet if you asked 1000 people (Americans) to say
the phrase, "I do not believe there is a god," you would get maybe 10% who
would say it. Even though a person might think there is no evidence of a
god, or might indicate such on a survey or poll, they would be too
superstitious to come out and say it baldly....and that is really what
counts--how supersitious are you?
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