STUDY: British Atheists Now Outnumber Believers

The Christian Post reports:

The number of people in the United Kingdom who identify as atheist is greater than those who say they believe in God, according to a research project examining why people reject religion.

Explaining Atheism, a three-year program overseen by Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with other academic institutions launched in 2022, presented interim findings earlier this year on the levels of atheism in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom.

According to the research project, from 2008 to 2018, the number of Brits who don’t believe in God rose from 35.2% to 42.9%, leaping ahead of belief in God, which dropped from 41.8% to 37.4% during the same period. Additionally, those who say they don’t know if God exists dropped from 21.7% in 2008 to 18.2% in 2018.

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It’s the most in-depth research of its kind, from UK academics:https://t.co/bnoho2DppZ

— Kaya Burgess (@kayaburgess) October 4, 2024

According to the global research project @ExplainingAthe1, atheists now outnumber believers in the UK. The team surveyed nearly 25,000 people across six countries to explore why people become atheists or agnostics.https://t.co/7kzy6zkl5w

— Humanists UK (@Humanists_UK) October 3, 2024