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Line 15: − Unsurprisingly, the [[lamestream media]] have been very quiet with regards the reporting of the link between atheism and obesity, and also unsurprisingly [[liberal]]s have been quick to attack those who publish such findings.
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[[Christianity]] is the world's largest religion and it has seen tremendous growth over its 2000 year history.<ref>http://users.adam.com.au/bstett/BChristianIncrease12.htm</ref> In the last fifty years, Christianity has recently seen explosive growth outside the [[Western World]].<ref>http://pewforum.org/Christian/Faith-and-Conflict-The-Global-Rise-of-Christianity.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077</ref><ref>http://pewforum.org/Religion-News/The-stunning-growth-of-Christianity-in-China.aspx</ref><ref>http://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/the-african-apostles-how-christianity-exploded-in-20th-century-africa/</ref> In 2000, there were twice as many non-Western Christians as Western Christians.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077</ref> In 2005, there were four times as many non-Western Christians as there were Western Christians.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077</ref> Of course, a big reason for the explosive growth of Christianity outside the Western world was due to highly religious people propagating the Christian faith and there are now more non-Western missionaries than Western missionaries.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077</ref> Besides non-Westerners often being less sedentary, non-Western diets are often healthier than the diets Westerners consume and there is significantly less obesity in those non-Western cultures.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21167850</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16539965</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139122</ref> Therefore, in recent history Christendom has seen a large influx of very religious people who live healthy lifestyles and have low levels of obesity.
[[Christianity]] is the world's largest religion and it has seen tremendous growth over its 2000 year history.<ref>http://users.adam.com.au/bstett/BChristianIncrease12.htm</ref> In the last fifty years, Christianity has recently seen explosive growth outside the [[Western World]].<ref>http://pewforum.org/Christian/Faith-and-Conflict-The-Global-Rise-of-Christianity.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077</ref><ref>http://pewforum.org/Religion-News/The-stunning-growth-of-Christianity-in-China.aspx</ref><ref>http://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/the-african-apostles-how-christianity-exploded-in-20th-century-africa/</ref> In 2000, there were twice as many non-Western Christians as Western Christians.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077</ref> In 2005, there were four times as many non-Western Christians as there were Western Christians.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077</ref> Of course, a big reason for the explosive growth of Christianity outside the Western world was due to highly religious people propagating the Christian faith and there are now more non-Western missionaries than Western missionaries.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077</ref> Besides non-Westerners often being less sedentary, non-Western diets are often healthier than the diets Westerners consume and there is significantly less obesity in those non-Western cultures.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21167850</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16539965</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139122</ref> Therefore, in recent history Christendom has seen a large influx of very religious people who live healthy lifestyles and have low levels of obesity.
== American Atheists organization ==
== American Atheists organization ==