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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion
Irreligion is an absence of, indifference towards, or hostility towards religion.[1] Defined as hostility to religion, it includes antitheism, anticlericalism and antireligion. Defined as indifference to religion, it includes apatheism. Defined as the rejection of religious belief it includes atheism and secular humanism. Defined as the absence of religious belief it may include some people who would be included under agnosticism, ignosticism, nontheism, religious skepticism, freethought, non-believer.
1.1 billion people (16% of the world population) are considered non-religious.[3] Some evidence suggests that the the fastest growing religious status is actually "no religion" in the United States.[4]
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The difference between an atheist, an agnostic, an ignostic and an apatheist :
An atheist would say, 'I know God does not exist'; an agnostic would say, 'I don't know if God exists'; and an ignostic would say, 'Because people can't agree on the definition of God, therefore it is totally meaningless to debate whether or not God exists'; and an apatheist would say, 'Whether or not God exists, I don't give a damn.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignosticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatheism
Irreligion is an absence of, indifference towards, or hostility towards religion.[1] Defined as hostility to religion, it includes antitheism, anticlericalism and antireligion. Defined as indifference to religion, it includes apatheism. Defined as the rejection of religious belief it includes atheism and secular humanism. Defined as the absence of religious belief it may include some people who would be included under agnosticism, ignosticism, nontheism, religious skepticism, freethought, non-believer.
1.1 billion people (16% of the world population) are considered non-religious.[3] Some evidence suggests that the the fastest growing religious status is actually "no religion" in the United States.[4]
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The difference between an atheist, an agnostic, an ignostic and an apatheist :
An atheist would say, 'I know God does not exist'; an agnostic would say, 'I don't know if God exists'; and an ignostic would say, 'Because people can't agree on the definition of God, therefore it is totally meaningless to debate whether or not God exists'; and an apatheist would say, 'Whether or not God exists, I don't give a damn.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignosticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatheism
