What Would An Atheist Free America Be Like?

The other day Mark over at Proud Atheists posted an article titled What If All Atheists Left America? What he wrote is based on the video that he had in the post. It's very well done, in my opinion and I had to share it with you. It's 2:18 minutes long:



What is even better is if you go to youtube's page for it, in the description, the creator, ConversationWithA, lists all the sources used to put it together. Here is the list: (I've added a few notes where relevant. My notes are marked with an *)

WolframAlpha and Google "Fun" While Fixing Computers

Ok, this will be relatively short because I'm very tired and I really have to go downstairs and devote myself to fixing Butch's computer today. You know how it happens, one thing leads to another, and suddenly I am doing a clean install of windows xp for him. Let's hope it fixes most of his problems and he'll be a happy camper again. (He has no internet connection. That's just not bearable these days, you know? Everyone needs and deserves fast internet access!)

So, if you haven't heard, WolframAlpha, the latest, coolest "computational knowledge engine" is out and ready to play with. It still has a long way to go with adding more functionality, but there's a lot in there. I was asking it questions regarding religions and that wasn't really an option yet. Go over and try a few questions, watch the video, and see if you won't at least bookmark the site. It's geektastic, if you ask me. :)

One question I asked it was how many people per church are in my town? Unfortunately it didn't know how many churches were here, so that didn't work. But it told me the population, so that was a start. Also it has handy links down on the right. One was to Wikipedia which had an even newer figure for my town's population. So then I went to Google Maps and asked it to tell me where all the churches are in my town. Here is a summary of what I found:

• Population: 19,096 people


• Area: 8.2 sq. miles


• Churches: 6302

That's 3 people per church. WTF? That can't be right!?

Now, I think some of those 6,302 churches are in the surrounding area outside of town. So I redefined my search to be near the main street of downtown. I got 6,296 churches. Within 8 miles of downtown, I would say the first 10 pages of results would be a fair estimate. That's about 100 churches. Whew.. that's much better. I was freaking out there for a minute.

That still means 191 people per church. That makes more sense, I guess. But seriously, driving through our sleepy little town, there's a church on every corner, it seems. The major denominations competing for the sheeple are catholic and methodist. We have a pentacostal church near our house too.

Well, now that I've wasted an hour of my day, and a few minutes of yours, I'll go work on Butch's computer. Which reminds me, if you're a geek, I'd love to be your new BFF! :D I know just enough about computers to get myself deep into trouble and not be able to get back out of it again. So wish me luck. I'm diving in headfirst!

Bread Facts You Must Know Now

1. More than 99 percent of terrorists are bread eaters.


2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.


3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and influenza ravaged whole nations.


4. More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread.


5. Bread is made from "dough." It has been proven that as little as one pound of dough can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average North American eats more bread than that in one month!


6. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis.

Prison Stats

There are more Christians in prison than Atheists. Interesting, considering that Christians are always saying Atheists have no morals.

Catholic                29267   39.164%
Protestant             26162   35.008%
Muslim                       5435    7.273%
American Indian         2408    3.222%
Nation                        1734    2.320%
Rasta                          1485    1.987%
Jewish                         1325    1.773%
Church of Christ    1303    1.744%
Pentecostal           1093    1.463%
Moorish                      1066    1.426%
Buddhist                     882    1.180%
Jehovah Witness    665    0.890%
Adventist              621    0.831%
Orthodox              375    0.502%
Mormon                298    0.399%
Scientology                190    0.254%
Atheist                 156    0.209%
Hindu                         119    0.159%
Santeria                      117    0.157%
Sikh                            14    0.019%
Bahai                           9    0.012%
Krishna                       7    0.009%

http://holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm