If there's one thing the Federal government does well, its surveys. From the Census all the way down to financial aid applications, some of the worlds' greatest statisticians work for the government, and produce all manner of interesting facts about our nation. Here's one of my recent favorites:
Religious Affiliation of Prisoners Managed By The Federal Bureau of Prisons:
So, for those of you keeping track at home, atheists, being a moderate proportion of the USA population (about 8-16%) are disproportionately less in the prison populations (0.21%). Christians, on the other hand, are a bunch of criminal degenerates.
Are statistics fun?
Religious Affiliation of Prisoners Managed By The Federal Bureau of Prisons:
Catholic | 29267 |
Protestant | 26162 |
Muslim | 5435 |
American Indian | 2408 |
Nation of Islam | 1734 |
Rasta | 1485 |
Jewish | 1325 |
Church of Christ | 1303 |
Pentecostal | 1093 |
Moorish | 1066 |
Buddhist | 882 |
Jehovah Witness | 665 |
Adventist | 621 |
Orthodox | 375 |
Mormon | 298 |
Scientology | 190 |
Atheist | 156 |
Hindu | 119 |
Santeria | 117 |
Sikh | 14 |
Bahai | 9 |
Krishna | 7 |
So, for those of you keeping track at home, atheists, being a moderate proportion of the USA population (about 8-16%) are disproportionately less in the prison populations (0.21%). Christians, on the other hand, are a bunch of criminal degenerates.
Are statistics fun?
