I'm 52 and bench press 300pnds, maxed out 275pnds in high school.....so yes,in my case,athiest are getting stronger!

there was an interesting comment about how the germans set upon the jews. apparently there was a census in germany in the early 30's which among other questions asked religious leanings. all those who answered jewish were eventually rounded up and never seen again. nobody knew at the time that info was going to be used for such horrendous purposes. Makes me wonder about this site. Are we making ourselves targets ?

Growing in numbers. Just look at the growth of this site.

The problem we have is the ZEALOTS in our midst will not live-and-let-live. The forcing them to take down the WWI Cross memorial is an example of the REALLY serious problems we have as a group. Most closet atheists will not come out for fear due to the bad image the zealots portray.

Not me. My muscles atrophied

I believe so. I have no empirical data to cite, but in my personal experience I seem to meet non believers in the gym more than anywhere else. It seems to me that heathens are hitting the weights more than ever.

I fucking hope so

I think atheism / agnosticism is on the rise in the United States but religion is on the rise in the rest of the world

It seems so, especially that more of them are feeling more comfortable to be open about it.

It's hard to say if it's increasing or just being able to surface more. Atheism has been around since the beginning of history but so many religions made it an offense punishable by death that not many people were that open about it. I find it similar to homosexuality. Homophobes thought that if we allow gayness then it will promote gayness. They thought they were right because suddenly copious amounts of gay people were popping up. They were too stupid to realize that it's not on the rise but rather that people who were always secretly gay were finally coming forward because they feared less for their lives when it became more socially acceptable.

I think people are generally becoming more fact based and less faith based, which does make the atheist position stronger in the sense that more people are supportive or sympathetic.

Not substantially

how would you evaluate that?

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