They were trying to prove a simple point: That nonbelievers are a bigger and more diverse group than previously imagined.
“We sort of woke a sleeping giant,” says Christopher F. Silver, a researcher at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. “We’re a bit overwhelmed actually.”
Silver and his project manager, Thomas Coleman, recently released a study proposing six different types of nonbelievers ”“ from strident atheists to people who observe religious rituals while doubting the divine.
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`Six Types of Atheists' study wakes a sleeping giant
They were trying to prove a simple point: That nonbelievers are a bigger and more diverse group than previously imagined.
“We sort of woke a sleeping giant,” says Christopher F. Silver, a researcher at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. “We’re a bit overwhelmed actually.”
Silver and his project manager, Thomas Coleman, recently released a study proposing six different types of nonbelievers ”“ from strident atheists to people who observe religious rituals while doubting the divine.
Read it all.