Atheist Census

Pushtrak · 16-12-2012 9:24am #1

http://www.atheistcensus.com/

This has been going around for a while now, so some of you may have seen it. I was thinking about creating a thread on this, but before I got around to it, the site suffered a DDOS attack and was brought down. It is just after going back up now, so I'll create a thread about it.

You answer six questions on the site, get an email, and validate the email. And that's it. Then, the site has statistics on the basis of the answers. I'm going to post the statistics as they currently are here. It'll be interesting to compare how it is now and how it'll be in say, a year.

Top 10 Countries
United States: 2718
Brazil: 2566
Australia: 932
United Kingdom: 525
Canada: 503
India: 280
Philippines: 110
Indonesia: 95
Germany: 92
Israel: 90

Edit: I forgot to include the numbers for Ireland. Currently at 82.

Fortyniner · 17-12-2012 12:04am

Just completed the census. Takes less than a minute.

Now 211 in Ireland

Looking at the age pie-chart, the future is looking good!

NIMAN · 17-12-2012 12:08am

Was there official figures from the proper Irish census for number of atheists?

Can't remember when I was completing the 'religion' section if it gave you the option for 'atheist'.

GLaDOS · 17-12-2012 12:09am

Did it there, confirmation email went to my spam folder so be sure to check that if you don't see it in your inbox.

TheChizler · 17-12-2012 12:21am

Looks good! My one problem with it is that the map will end up looking something like this:

Turtwig · 17-12-2012 12:31am

What if this is like one of those elaborate traps to tag unbelievers? :eek:

TheChizler · 17-12-2012 12:39am

Jernal wrote: »

What if this is like one of those elaborate traps to tag unbelievers? :eek:

I was thinking that! I gave my spam address in case they tried to send me a soul or something as an attachment.

IT-Guy · 17-12-2012 8:47am

Registered and validated in less than 5 mins. Interesting stats for Ireland, also select Holy See under Country Data to find the loneliest atheist on the planet!

Delirium · 17-12-2012 9:09am

IT-Guy wrote: »

Registered and validated in less than 5 mins. Interesting stats for Ireland, also select Holy See under Country Data to find the loneliest atheist on the planet!

Poor Benny

:pac:

Pushtrak · 19-12-2012 6:33pm

An update on the numbers:

83,441
Top 10 Countries

United States of America: 33,567
Brazil: 7,447
United Kingdom: 5,019
Australia: 4,902
Canada: 4,149
Poland: 1,794
India: 1,782
Germany: 1,562
Iran (Islamic Republic of): 1,427
Mexico: 1,029

Previous numbers

Top 10 Countries
United States: 2718
Brazil: 2566
Australia: 932
United Kingdom: 525
Canada: 503
India: 280
Philippines: 110
Indonesia: 95
Germany: 92
Israel: 90

PopePalpatine · 19-12-2012 6:35pm

I noticed there was a lone atheist in North Korea. :pac:

swampgas · 19-12-2012 6:39pm

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I noticed there was a lone atheist in North Korea. :pac:

That'll be Kim Jong-un - nobody else has internet access ...

PopePalpatine · 19-12-2012 8:05pm

swampgas wrote: »

That'll be Kim Jong-un - nobody else has internet access ...

Surely he'd eat the modem, thinking it was a cake? :pac:

Galvasean · 19-12-2012 9:23pm

Filled it in there. Only took a minute to do and verify. Must send it on to my atheistic cohorts!

Turtwig · 19-12-2012 10:33pm

1,000+ atheists in Iran. Oh dear. Oh dear. That can't happen.

MisterEpicurus · 20-12-2012 1:20am

Fortyniner wrote: »

Just completed the census. Takes less than a minute.

Now 211 in Ireland

Looking at the age pie-chart, the future is looking good!

Over 730 now, growing nicely.

robindch · 20-12-2012 12:01pm

Interesting, if unsurprising, to see that the percentage of former catholics in Ireland who are now atheists almost exactly matches the percentage of "catholics" noted in the last census (86% versus 84%), and that almost 80% are university graduates or post-grads.

Pushtrak · 03-01-2013 1:35am

2 weeks on from my last update...

145,164

Top 10 Countries

United States of America: 50,195
Brazil: 10,794
United Kingdom: 10,040
Turkey: 9,705
Australia: 7,071
Canada: 6,561
India: 2,915
Italy: 2,812
Iran: 2,664
Poland: 2,597

Ireland is at 1331.

Pushtrak · 17-01-2013 9:56pm

Another 2 weeks on, another update.

Total: 169,168

United States of America: 59,257
Brazil: 13,301
United Kingdom: 11,897
Turkey: 10,358
Australia: 8,232
Canada: 8,056
India: 3,432
Italy: 3,197
Iran: 2,993
Poland: 2,792

Ireland: 1623

16/12/12: 7,911
19/12/12 83,441
3/1/13: 145,164
17/1/13: 169,168

Gbear · 17-01-2013 10:23pm

Just did it there. Whats the point?

Obliq · 18-01-2013 3:34pm

Gbear wrote: »

Just did it there. Whats the point?

The names/numbers will be forwarded to Vatican CPU. When the rapture happens, we get to skip the queue and go straight to hell.

Bannasidhe · 18-01-2013 11:00pm

Obliq wrote: »

The names/numbers will be forwarded to Vatican CPU. When the rapture happens, we get to skip the queue and go straight to hell.

Excellent! I hate queuing (and carrying any form of bag but I assume luggage will not be required).

Sierra 117 · 18-01-2013 11:45pm

The only baggage we'll be allowed bring are our sins.

highlydebased · 18-01-2013 11:46pm

Sierra 117 wrote: »

The only baggage we'll be allowed bring are our sins.

Under 10kg or additional fees apply

Sierra 117 · 19-01-2013 12:06am

And remember, holy water is allowed but only in containers of 100mls or less.

Sarky · 19-01-2013 1:47am

Sierra 117 wrote: »

The only baggage we'll be allowed bring are our sins.

Excellent. There are some sins I happen to be VERY fond of.

Pushtrak · 13-02-2013 6:56pm

I kinda wanted to bump this so anyone who might not have seen it before will see it again. The numbers are going up very slowly.

178,929

Top 10 Countries
United States of America: 62,432
Brazil: 14,074
United Kingdom: 12,641
Turkey: 11,353
Australia: 8,669
Canada: 8,473
India: 3,696
Italy: 3,271
Iran: 3,144
Germany: 2,983

Ireland: 1,732

16/12/12: 7,911
19/12/12 83,441
3/1/13: 145,164
17/1/13: 169,168
13/2/13: 178,929

94Conor · 13-02-2013 9:29pm

I'm the 1733rd apparently.

StillWaters · 14-02-2013 1:24am

Meanwhile, in real life this is a nonsense, and not reflective of cultural belief systems at all. Some of the most vehement atheists I know came to it late in life, and are not online.

The census like it or not, is the most comprehensive document we have in relation to belief. An online poll is silly.

Tomk1 · 15-02-2013 11:08am

StillWaters wrote: »

Meanwhile, in real life this is a nonsense, and not reflective of cultural belief systems at all. Some of the most vehement atheists I know came to it late in life, and are not online.

The census like it or not, is the most comprehensive document we have in relation to belief. An online poll is silly.

Not sure if "The census like it or not, is the most comprehensive document we have in relation to belief" as many are filled out by the head of the family, & are not private from other family members, and there's the old fill in catholic as usually even though not believing in the religion or a god.

One interesting thing to take from this poll is Turkey and Iran, now Germany is creeping up on the outside in 10th place, would have thought they would have been within top5.

Lelantos · 15-02-2013 11:20am

1744, growing steadily.

Hotblack Desiato · 15-02-2013 12:18pm

StillWaters wrote: »

Meanwhile, in real life this is a nonsense, and not reflective of cultural belief systems at all. Some of the most vehement atheists I know came to it late in life, and are not online.

The census like it or not, is the most comprehensive document we have in relation to belief. An online poll is silly.

The irony of using the internet to express the view that expressing views on the internet is pointless is noted.

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