Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
What percentage of people in your country have no religious affiliation? In the United States, it’s approximately 16%. And yet, when people were asked what they thought the percentage was for a new survey by Ipsos Mori, they guessed an astonishingly high 40%. A huge overestimate. And it wasn’t just the U.S. either. In country after country, citizens assumed the percentage of religiously unaffiliated people in their nation was much higher than it actually was. Read more
Last year, the Michigan State Capitol building gave the green light to a display from the Satanic Temple of Detroit. They had no choice, since religious groups had already put up Nativity scenes: This year, the Snaketivity display may be coming back. If that happens, we’ll have Sen. Ted Cruz to thank for it: Read more
