[8] A 2008 Gallup poll showed that a smaller 6 % of the US population believed that no god or universal spirit exists. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
So if we mean by «atheists» not just those who self - identify as such but those who say they do not believe in God or a universal spirit, atheists got an average of 18.5 questions right. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
This does not preclude the existence of a god, unified consciousness, universal spirit or whatever you want to call it, but people's interpretation of it is narrow minded and guided by the agenda of its founders. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)