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Question: Why doesn't atheism get any coverage?
America is becoming less religious, and Chattanooga is no exception.
Atheism and the population of Americans who do not identify with religion is growing. A quarter of Americans identify as religiously "unaffiliated," meaning they could be atheist or agnostic, according to a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute. In Tennessee, 20% of residents identify with this group, a 5 percentage-point increase in the state from 2013.
However, many religious people do not know much about atheism, said Nick Fish, president of the advocacy group American Atheists.