Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia

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Re: Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia

@Southie

As for those who say this is just one or two cases and is simply topi drama, do you understand the concept of percentages? 5 pct are athiests. Average in other nations is 13 pct. So the pct of Saudi who are athiests is 40 pct of that of other nations. If that is not an explosion, you don’t understand simple arithmetic.

Peace Southie

I know you are better at arithmetic than this … so it can only be that you are trying to be sophistical here …

40% of the average is less than the average … That is not explosion … Another way of saying it is that the average proportions in other countries is more than 2.5 times the atheist proportion in Saudi.

When looking at absolute numbers the population of Saudi is considerably lower than other countries - so the amount is very small … What is a bigger concern is that it is probably happening to the elites more than the lay folk … And the elites run the country so as a percentage of elites it is much higher - besides it should not concern you … you would like to see that happening as you believe this will reduce the threat …

which makes me wonder why the article writer should be so concerned about it …