Atheists & Agnostics

Arugula Latte

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2. I'll bet the atheist and agnostic numbers are actually slightly higher ...

Wed May 13, 2015, 01:05 PM

May 2015

For one thing, when asked "what religion are you?" many Jewish people will say they're Jewish because they identify with it culturally but don't really believe in the religion part of it. Most of my Jewish friends are atheist or agnostic (although I certainly see a lot of hardcore Hasidics where I live, as well). I would think the same would go for some Buddhists, as you don't need to believe in a god to be Buddhist, at least in some strains of it, as I understand.

I've seen this study posted in LBN and GD, but I haven't checked "that other place."

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