| ▲ | graemep 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
You quote American numbers as a counter to a claim about global beliefs? You even cite the powresearch link to to make a claim about China! Even in the US the group most likely to believe in astrology as the "nothing in particular" - non religious but not strongly identifying as atheist or agnostic. Most Chinese people say they are "convinced atheists"[1] so I find your first claim unconvincing. Yes, they live in a dictatorship, but the dictatorship's promotion of atheism is what makes them atheist - they are brainwashed (in a casual, not formal, sense) into it. Even when asked more specific questions about belief they are atheists. Its not just fear of government because they will admit to superstitious practices the state also disapproves of in the same surveys[2]. Claiming Chinese atheists are not really atheists is a no true Scotsman argument. They say they are atheists, their beliefs about religious things are atheist. > and the idea that a majority would is insane on its face It might to fit what you think atheists should believe, but the evidence points to it being true. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20150430232945/http://www.wingia... [2]https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/05/chinese-c... | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | moefh 3 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I don't see anything in your links that remotely supports your original claim that "The majority of atheists globally believe in astrology". Even if you expand your claim to add fengshui, it's entirely plausible that only about 10% of the Chinese population are atheists who believe in fengshui. That would mean only 17% of Chinese atheists believe in fengshui. | |||||||||||||||||
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