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{{Cquote|To show that atheists are morally better than Christians, some atheists claim that less than one percent of imprisoned Americans are atheist, even though atheists represent 10% of the population. Such statistics are either made up or based on a questionable 1925 study. In [http://www.adherents.com/misc/adh_prison.html truth], “the segment of the prison population which self-identifies as non-religious is approximately twice as large as found in the general population.”<ref>[Common Atheist Mistakes] by Luke Muehlhauser, Common Sense Atheism</ref>}}
 
{{Cquote|To show that atheists are morally better than Christians, some atheists claim that less than one percent of imprisoned Americans are atheist, even though atheists represent 10% of the population. Such statistics are either made up or based on a questionable 1925 study. In [http://www.adherents.com/misc/adh_prison.html truth], “the segment of the prison population which self-identifies as non-religious is approximately twice as large as found in the general population.”<ref>[Common Atheist Mistakes] by Luke Muehlhauser, Common Sense Atheism</ref>}}
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Although some [[American atheism|American atheist]]s like to claim the  unaffiliated (unaffiliated with organized religion), "[[nones]]" or "no religion" on religious surveys as one of their own, fewer than 15% of the "nones" consider themselves [[Atheism|atheists]].<ref>[http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2501462&sid=555&fid=181 Meet the 'Nones:' Spiritual but not religious]</ref>
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Although some [[American atheism|American atheist]]s like to claim the  unaffiliated (unaffiliated with organized religion), "[[nones]]" or "no religion" on religious surveys as one of their own, fewer than 15% of the "nones" consider themselves [[Atheism|atheists]].<ref>[http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2501462&sid=555&fid=181 Meet the 'Nones:' Spiritual but not religious]</ref> Another issue is people have different [[Definition of atheism|definitions of the word atheism]].
    
See also: [http://www.adherents.com/misc/adh_prison.html Prison Incarceration and Religious Preference] at Adherents.com
 
See also: [http://www.adherents.com/misc/adh_prison.html Prison Incarceration and Religious Preference] at Adherents.com
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