Report on Negative Childhood Experiences and Atheism Available
Abstract Are negative experiences in childhood factors for why people are atheists? This paper notes the significant correlations between divorce, paternal abandonment, maternal abandonment, paternal death and maternal death when one is a minor and the likelihood one is an atheist or non-atheist as an adult. The results of the 2021 Childhood Experience and Religious Affiliation survey, were analyzed within gender, citizenship, generational, educational and raised-affiliation groupings. The death of one’s father or mother was found to most notably correlate with atheism in adults. If you are interested in receiving a PDF version of the report please email me at Iannewton8888@gmail.com .