None Means None (Not Atheist, Agnostic, Unbeliever...)

[NoOneMan]

32. Read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.

But what use are these stats when we are talking about a supposed "group" consisting of:

1. People who reject the notion that a diety exists
2. People who reject the notion that man can know whether a diety exists and what its nature is
3. People who accept a diety exists but do not know what its nature is
4. People who accept a diety exists and that it is theistic, but reject organized theistic religions (or even general branches like "Non-Denominational Christian&quot .
5. People who have all sorts of other types of non-organized religious beliefs.

Traditionally, "Agnostic/Atheist/Non-Believer" referred to the top two, but now this new trendy "None" movement means the growth in this group represents God fearing believers who just don't like singing in the choir?

If you believe you have an invisible best friend in the sky, then I don't think its unusual to believe this "grouping" makes perfect sense and we can learn a ton from it. A counter explanation is that the top two (atheists/agnostics) are continuing to grow and people are pretending that its just confused theists who don't find pews comfortable anymore.