Why Is Atheism So Unpopular In America? (atheist, bible, religion)

[Scuba Pete]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

What is atheism so unpopular in America?

They need a higher placed PR person.

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by tomspug

I think a good reason for atheism thriving in Communist nations as opposed to Democratic nations...

Atheism thrives in Japan and Western Europe. Are those not Democratic societies?

[Bouncing Ball]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

Atheism thrives in Japan and Western Europe. Are those not Democratic societies?

I know we are

[kai]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

But wasn't the US founded as a secular nation?

thats what i thought because of the religious persecutions in the old world.

a little some thing i found that seems relevant
Even more to the point, John Meacham in American Gospel: God, the Founders and the Making of a Nation cites the 1797 treaty with the Islamic nation of Tripoli of Barbary, negotiated under George Washington and approved unanimously by the Senate under John Adams, in which two presidents and a Senate declare before the world that the United States is a secular nation: "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion ... it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of harmony existing between the two countries."


source:A secular nation | Christian Century | Find Articles at BNET.com