No they don't. A quick look at any world population website, and a few rough calculations, would show that to be wildly inaccurate. It's a commonly-repeated misconception, but that doesn't make it true.
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 10:03:58AM -0500, Mishka wrote: > according to Britannica, there's roughly 1 billion of "non-believers". > and, of course, the majority of people who have ever lived on earth > live right now, > > best, > mishka > > On 2/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > fra: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > <.....> > > > >Regarding your nonbelieving minority: According to the news today about > > > >25% of all Norwegians believes in God... > > > > > > > >DagT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh -- "minority of humans in modern times" was phrased badly. Initially > > > I said that the majority of humans -- that is, throughout all history > > > and all cultures -- tended to believe that there was a God (or gods.) So > > > the people who don't, represent a minority of all; but they seem to be > > > concentrated in this period of human history (i.e., "modern times.") > > > That said, Norway's not that big and isn't necessarily representative of > > > the whole world ... :D > > > > True, but China is big and has a lot of buddhists and maybe still some > > communists who don't believe in any god, and India also have its share of > > buddhists, so maybe the US isn't representative either. In population the > > US is the same size as Indonesia, and EU is about 50% larger... .-) > > > > DagT > > > >
