Atheist Alliance International has launched the atheist census to gather information about the world’s atheists. That information can be used to influence policymakers in the United States and around the world, so it’s worth doing. Here’s a video the group put out about the project. Click here to be counted.
Dec 11 2012
Be Counted in the Atheist Census
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Cathy W
December 11, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The site actually launched last Friday, and ran for less than 24 hours before a DOS attack took it offline. I actually did get counted before that happened….
Jasper of Maine (I feel safe and welcome at FTB)
December 11, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Nope – still down. They’ve been down for days.
Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
December 11, 2012 at 2:44 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ed,
Do you check links before you post them?
democommie
December 11, 2012 at 2:49 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Does it ask whether you are a cultural, reform, orthodox or ultra-conservative atheist?
weaver
December 11, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’ve been trying to sign on since I first learned about it at FTB – but they’ve been down from the DoS attack every day. Hope they get up soon.
baal
December 11, 2012 at 3:36 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
At where weaver? FTB’s has an Ernest Borg Nine complex but the various blogs aren’t exactly the same as their umbrella ‘FTB’.
I was considering what the census is and whether or not it’s worth what ever. Self selected groups on the net don’t necessarily tell you much except about that self selected group.
Reginald Selkirk
December 11, 2012 at 3:48 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Off-topic: Gordon Klingenschmitt sues MRFF, Weinstein for defamation.
MarcusC
December 11, 2012 at 3:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@democommie What have you got against New, Universal, Fundamentalist and Evangelical Atheists? And we should probably include pastafarians too.
serena
December 11, 2012 at 3:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I took it, its not bad. It uses the typical ‘Feel strongly positive about’ ‘feel somewhat positive about’ rating system in most questions. It also asks you to identify as weak strong or moderate atheist (don’t quote me, I’m wishing I could remember the exact wording). The latter half of the questionnaire seems to be geared mostly towards gathering information about the submitters opinions and experiences regarding local and national atheist organizations. Questions in the vein of ‘What would you like to see improve the visibility of local/national atheist organizations/groups’. Overall I’m happy to participate; while this won’t be the smoking gun that obliterates religious privilege, I believe that every little bit counts, and providing feedback is an opportunity I am not often privileged with. (Irony intended lol…)
Michael Heath
December 11, 2012 at 4:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
serena writes:
I’m gagging already; “feel”? I avoid the word “believe” to describe what I think where feel is idiotic to an additional degree of magnitude. Thanks for reporting this serena.
serena
December 11, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ahh perhaps I should have mentioned, for what its worth – the questions also included long form text boxes in which they encourage the submitter to elaborate however they wish.
d.c.wilson
December 11, 2012 at 7:11 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
In related news, when I went to http://www.atheistalliance.org, McAfree Site Adviser has it listed as a “dangerous website”.
docsarvis
December 11, 2012 at 9:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@Hercules #3: Ed has never been prone to checking links or making sure what he posts is current rather than a one or two year old event.
Paul Durrant
December 12, 2012 at 5:09 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The 2011 England and Wales census results for religion has just been released. Those selecting “no religion” have risen from 14.8% in 2001 to 25.1% in 2012. In my home city, those of “no religion” were 42.5% of the population last year.
Cathy W
December 12, 2012 at 9:54 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Serena, you and I apparently took different censuses – I don’t recall being asked for opinions about anything; they just wanted some basic demographic information (country, age, gender, education, “what non-belief label do you call yourself”).
democommie
December 12, 2012 at 10:04 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“It also asks you to identify as weak strong or moderate atheist”
Isn’t that sort of nonsense akin to “slightly pregnant”.
You’re an atheist, an agnostic (very different than an atheist) or a believer. I don’t think that there are any other categories for how people can be pigeonholed on the subject of religion.
Perhaps a better question might be, “Are you a laissez-faire or militant atheist?”. I don’t really give a rat’s ass what people believe as long as their beliefs don’t cause them or others any harm (in a pinch I’ll settle for them not harming others when they harm themselves). I will take umbrage and use short, highly charged words and phrases if someone inisists on GODbothering me.
RE: Gordon Kilngstoshit:
In a perfect world his legal team includes Staver, Klayman and Taitz of the KKKristianist law firm, Fucken, Dumb & Howe.
atheistallianceinternational
December 26, 2012 at 2:26 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Apology for the very late clarification on this post – at the time it came out we were busy working to get Atheist Census back online after the DoS attack.
#9 Serena – I don’t know what survey you took, but it’s not Atheist Census. There’s no “feel strongly” type answers and no long form text boxes. It’s six demographic questions – country, preferred title, religious (if any) background, education level, year of birth and gender identity.
Atheist Census is now back online and has over 120,000 entries. If you haven’t done so, please go to http://www.atheistcensus.com and take a moment to be counted.