ygert comments on Rationality Quotes January 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ygert 14 January 2013 05:40:14PM 1 point [-]

most "converts" to atheism came from Christian backgrounds.

Remember that ~33% of the world is Christian (which is more than any other religion), and so it is not all that surprising that many atheists come from Christian backgrounds, simply because the probability that an arbitrary person came from a Christian background is quite high to start with.

Comment author: MugaSofer 14 January 2013 07:45:56PM -2 points [-]

Well, yes. That would be why most converts to atheism came from Christian backgrounds. Along with greater concentrations of both in the western world and so on. Since most atheists (and most LWers) come from such a BG, it seems worth having terminology relating to it, was my point.