more and more Indians stopped believing in God

‘More & more Indians have stopped believing in God’ Kounteya Sinha | TNN  London: The latest Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism has found that the number of non-religious people in India has risen.     As against 87% saying they were religious in the same survey in 2005, the percentage has fallen to 81% in 2013. In other words, a drop by 6% in seven years.     The survey also found a 1% dip in the number of people calling themselves atheists. In 2005, 4% people said they didn’t believe in God. In 2012, that had dipped to 3%.     Globally, the trend is similar. Religiosity has dropped by 9%, while atheism has risen by 3%. The report says there is a notable decline across the globe in self-description of being religious.      Pakistan is among the few countries which has seen an increase in the number of people who call themselves religious. The number increased by 6%.     Argentina, home to the present Pope, saw an 8% dip in people calling themselves religious.     South Africa has seen a 19% dip in those calling themselves religious, United States 13%, Switzerland and France 21% and Vietnam 23%.     A total of 51,927 persons were interviewed globally from 57 countries in five continents. In each country, a national probability sample of around 1,000 men and women was interviewed.     China has the highest number of atheists living in a single country with nearly 50% of its population describing themselves as nonbelievers compared to an average of 13% across the world.