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Religion in Poland (2012)^[1]

Catholic (91%)

Orthodox (1%)

Other Religion (2%)

Atheist (2%)

Non believer/Agnostic (3%)

Not stated (1%)

Atheism and irreligion are rising in Poland.^[2] This has caused tensions in the country.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

In a public performance during the 2014 Procession of Atheists in Poland commemorated Kazimierz Łyszczyński, who is considered the first Polish atheist.^[8]^[9]

West Pomeranian Voivodeship is considered Poland's least religious region.

History

Atheism in Poland dates back to the Renaissance. In the sixteenth century, individuals considered to be atheists include the royal courtier Jan Zambocki, geographer Alexander Skultet and professor of the Academy of Krakow Stanislaw Zawacki. In 1588 Krakow released a pamphlet Simonis simoni Lucensis ... Athei summa Religio, suggesting that the doctor Simon of Lucca staying at the royal court says the idea that God is a figment of the mind.^[10] An important figure in the history of atheism on Polish territories was Kazimierz Łyszczyński, sentenced in 1688 (the judgment was made a year later) on the death penalty for his work on the work of De non-existentia Dei ( "The non-existence of the gods").^[11]

In the nineteenth century, open proclamation of atheist views were rare, although a certain part of the intelligentsia openly admitted to atheism (including Vaclav Nałkowski^{[citation needed]} and Maria Sklodowska-Curie^[12]^[13]^[14]).

During the Second Republic, President Gabriel Narutowicz was accused of being an atheist.^[15]^[16]

In general, then Polish overt atheism was a very widespread view, even among anti-clerical and secular intelligentsia, as evidenced by the fact that in the Second Republic the traditional association of atheists – Freemasonry of the Great East - has not been established despite the existence of acting freethinking organizations: Association of Freethinkers Polish, Polish Association of Free Thought or Warsaw Circle of Intellectuals. They were also issued a letter "Rationalist".

In the twentieth century Poles declaring a lifelong or temporary atheistic worldview include Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Witold Gombrowicz,^[14] prof. Zbigniew Religa,^[14]^[17] prof. Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Wisława Szymborska,^[14]^[18] Stanisław Lem,^[14]^[18] Jacek Kuroń.^[14]

After World War II to the turn of the 1980s and 1990s atheist worldview has been propagated by the state, which manifested itself, among others, in limiting building permits, as well as the expansion of the temples, the persecution of the clergy (e.g. illegal^[19] arrest of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski) and harassment of members of the Communist Party taking regular participation in religious practices. In 1957, the decision of the Central Committee at the propaganda and agitation department of the Central Committee was established committee. Atheistic propaganda.^[20]

In the communist Poland Association of Atheists and Freethinkers worked well – supported by the authorities - and later also Society for the Promotion of Secular Culture, formed on its basis in 1969. On the other hand, some declared atheists were involved in the activities of the democratic opposition, like ^{[citation needed]} Jacek Kuroń,^[14] and Adam Michnik.

After the fall of the Polish People's Republic, despite the lack of state support, atheism and the process of secularization have not disappeared. In 2007, the wave of popularity of the book "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins.^[21] and his social campaign under the name of The Out Campaign started in the Anglo-Saxon countries and reached Poland. Thus the List of Internet Atheists and Agnostics was established.^[22] led by Polish Association of Rationalists. On that list a person could openly admit their atheism or agnosticism. The initiative aims to promote ideological assertiveness among the unbelievers, checking the presence of believers in the social life and the consolidation and strengthening of cooperation between free thinkers. Many leading Polish media have written dozens of articles about this initiative, causing a discussion on the situation of unbelievers in Poland (Gazeta Wyborcza,^[23] Cross-section,^[24] Overview,^[25] Republic,^[26] Newsweek,^[27] Tribune,^[28] Gazeta Pomorska,^[29] Kurier Lubelski,^[30] Wirtualna Polska,^[31]^[32] Życie Warszawy^[33]^[34]), and on the radio TOK FM was a debate about atheism between the academic priest Gregory Michalczyk and the founder and then-president of the Polish Rationalist Association Mariusz Agnosiewicz.^[35] After two months since the launch of Letters inscribed on it more than 7500 participants of the action. He went a step further informal group of the Association of atheistic organizing a campaign under the name of Internet photo Atheists , which was launched 6 December 2009.^[36]

In response to the rapid progress of atheism in Poland^[37] in 2012 a Parliamentary Group for prevention of atheism in Poland was established by the Polish Sejm.^[38] It consists of 39 deputies and 2 senators.^[39] At the turn of 2012 / 2013, the Polish Association of Rationalists, together with the Foundation Freedom of Religion organized in several Polish cities including Rzeszow, Lublin, Czestochowa, Kraków and Swiebodzin an action under the slogan "Do not steal, do not kill, do not I believe" and "If you do not believe, you are not alone". According to the organizers they serve to consolidate the people of atheistic worldview.^[40]^[41] On March 29, 2014 an Atheists' March was organized in Warsaw in the framework of Days of Atheism, during which there was a staging of the execution of Kazimierz Lyszczynski, sentenced in 1689 to death for treaty "the non-existence of the gods," in which the role was played by Jan Hartman, a professor of philosophy, bioethics and then an activist of Your Movement, a progressivist political party.^[42]

Statistics

In 2004, 3.5% of the citizens of Poland identified as non-believers or indifferent religiously.^[43] According to the Eurobarometer survey in 2005 80% of Polish citizens said they believed in the existence of God, a further 15% – in unspecified higher power, and another 3% – not determined.^[44] In 2007, 6% identified as a non-believer, the religiously indifferent or undecided Such a statement is a description of the results of the examination, but the details given in the table of results do not add up to this value.

Polish citizens – this means that this group has doubled its size within two years^[45] However, according to the survey from 2012 the number of people in Poland declare atheism, agnosticism or atheism was 4.2% and disbelief 6%. And, according to studies Eurobarometer in the same year 2% of the population of Poland were atheists, and 3% were agnostics and otherwise non-denominational.^[46]

According to the results of Census of Population and Housing 2011 individuals who claim not to belong to any religion accounted for 31 March 2011, 2.41% of the total Polish population. While taking into account that 7.1% covered by the census did not answer the question on religion, and to 1.63% not determined the matter, they accounted for 2.64% of those who responded to the question about religious affiliation.^[47]

According to data published in 2015 r by GUS concerning the faith of Poles most atheists are in Warsaw and Zielona Gora.^[48]

Organizations

Currently, some atheists in Poland are grouped around:,^[49]

Polish Association of Rationalists^[49]
Polish Association of Freethinkers whose patron is Kazimierz Lyszczynski
Secular Culture Society whose patron is Tadeusz Kotarbiński,
Polish Association of Free Thought and several other smaller organizations.

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^ "CENTRUM BADANIA OPINII SPOŁECZNEJ : POLACY WOBEC KOŚCIOŁA ORAZ NAUCZANIA PAPIEŻA BENEDYKTA XVI : DWA LATA PO ŚMIERCI JANA PAWŁA II" (PDF). Cbos.pl. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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[Special_Eurobarometer_393-1] "DISCRIMINATION IN THE EU IN 2012" (PDF). Ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Slackman, Michael (11 December 2010). "Poland, Bastion of Religion, Sees Rise in Secularism". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

[3] Deboick, Sophia (28 October 2010). "Poland's faith divide". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

[4] "Catholicism and sex shops: the struggle for Poland's soul". Reuters. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[5] "Polish Catholics in decline". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[6] "Poland: Freedom for Atheists". DW. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[7] "Atheists on the March". Krakow Post. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[8] "Marsz Ateistów w Warszawie. Inscenizacja egzekucji na rynku".

[9] "Koalicja Ateistyczna: An Encounter with Polish Atheists".

[autonazwa1-10] Praca zbiorowa, "Dzieje Polski a współczesność", Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 1966, s. 97–98

[11] Wielka Encyklopedia Polski, t.VI, wyd. Kluszczyński, Kraków 2004 ISBN 83-89550-33-4.

[12] "Maria Skłodowska-Curie". interia.pl. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[13] "Maria Curie-Skłodowska (1867–1834)". interia.pl. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[trendy-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "SACRUM ATEISTY". magazyntrendy.pl. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[15] Łukasz Kosiński (12 September 2009). "Gabriel Narutowicz – Niechciana prezydentura" (in Polish). Historia.org.pl. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

[16] M. Ruszczyc, Strzały w Zachęcie, Katowice 1987, s. 163. ISBN 83-216-0619-9.

[17] "Religa: utwierdzam się w przekonaniu, że Boga nie ma". wp.pl. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[fronda1-18] "Ziemkiewicz: Niech zostanie uszanowana i wiara katolika, i niewiara ateisty". fronda.pl. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[19] Jolanta Hajdasz. "Wierny towarzysz w cierpieniu". Przewodnik Katolicki (Nr 32/2012). opoka.org.pl. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

[20] Praca Zbiorowa (2003). Leksykon historii Polski po II wojnie światowej 1944–1997. Warszawa. ISBN 83-87988-08-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[21] Richard Dawkins (2007). Bóg urojony. ISBN 978-83-85458-28-9.

[22] "Internetowa Lista Ateistów i Agnostyków". Retrieved 9 September 2009.

[23] Małgorzata I. Niemczyńska. "Nie wciskajcie mi Boga" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[24] Małgorzata Święchowicz. "Ciężkie życie ateisty" (in Polish). Retrieved 18 January 2007.

[25] Radosław Tyrała. "Czy ateiści są dyskryminowani?" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2007. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[26] Bronisław Wildstein. "Jak czuć się dobrze" (in Polish). Rzeczpospolita. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.

[27] Sebastian Duda (7 October 2007). "Bezbożna krucjata" (in Polish). Newsweek Polska, nr 40/07. p. 90. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[28] "Żaden wstyd. Internetowa akcja ateistów" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.

[29] Małgorzata Święchowicz. "Temat dnia: Siła niewierzących" (in Polish). Retrieved 18 September 2007.

[30] Aleksandra Dunajska. "Być ateistą nie jest łatwo" (in Polish). Retrieved 18 September 2007.

[31] Adam Przegaliński. "Agnosiewicz dla WP: ateiści wychodzą z ukrycia" (in Polish). wiadomosci.wp.pl. Retrieved 8 November 2007.

[32] Adam Przegaliński. "Nie wierzę w Boga.pl" (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2007.

[33] Marcin Szymaniak. "Ateiści chcą walczyć z dominacją religii" (PDF) (in Polish). 2007-08-18. Retrieved 18 September 2007.

[34] Marcin Szymaniak. "Jestem człowiekiem z listy niewierzących" (in Polish). 2007-09-07. Retrieved 18 September 2007.

[35] Ewa Wanat (6 September 2007). "O ateizmie – dyskusja duszpasterza akademickiego z parafii św. Jakuba ks. Grzegorza Michalczyka i szefa Polskiego Stowarzyszenia Racjonalistów Mariusza Agnosiewicza" (in Polish). Radio TOK FM. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[36] "Internetowa Galeria Ateistów". ateistyczni.org.pl. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[37] "Szybko postępuje ateizacja Polski / Polska / Wiadomości". Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[38] ""Inkwizycja po polsku", czyli jak działa Sejmowy Zespół ds. Przeciwdziałania Ateizacji Polski". Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[39] "Parlamentarny Zespół ds. Przeciwdziałania Ateizacji Polski". Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[40] "Ateiści na wielkich billboardach promują niewiarę". Gazeta Wyborcza. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[41] "Ateiści będą wieszać antyreligijne billboardy. Po co? Aby niewierzący mogli "wyjść z cienia"". WPolityce.pl. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

[42] "Marsz Ateistów w Warszawie. Inscenizacja egzekucji na rynku [ZDJĘCIA] – Naszemiasto.pl". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[43] Witolda Zdaniewicza; Sławomira Zaręby (2004). Kościół katolicki na początku trzeciego tysiąclecia w opinii Polaków,. Warsaw. p. 48. ISBN 838594513X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[44] "ReportDGResearchSocialValuesEN2.PDF" (PDF). Ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[45] "CENTRUM BADANIA OPINII SPOŁECZNEJ : POLACY WOBEC KOŚCIOŁA ORAZ NAUCZANIA PAPIEŻA BENEDYKTA XVI : DWA LATA PO ŚMIERCI JANA PAWŁA II" (PDF). Cbos.pl. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[46] "Discrimination in the European Union in 2012, str. 234 – T98 i T99" (PDF). Ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[47] Główny Urząd Statystyczny (2013). "Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna. Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011" (PDF) (in Polish). p. 99. ISBN 978-83-7027-521-1.

[48] Katarzyna Miłkowska. "Najwięcej ateistów w Polsce jest w Warszawie i... Zielonej Górze! "Nie tyle świadoma świeckość, co pewne zobojętnienie"". naTemat.pl. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[:0-49] "Niezbędnik ateisty: rozmowy Piotra Szumlewicza – Piotr Szumlewicz – Google Książki". Books.google.pl. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

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 In the [[Polish People's Republic|communist Poland]] [[Association of Atheists and Freethinkers]] worked well – supported by the authorities - and later also [[Society for the Promotion of Secular Culture]], formed on its basis in 1969. On the other hand, some declared atheists were involved in the activities of the democratic opposition, like {{Citation needed |[[Bronisław Geremek]] |date=July 2011}} [[Jacek Kuroń]],<ref name="trendy" /> and [[Adam Michnik]].
-After the fall of the [[People's Poland|Polish People's Republic]], despite the lack of state support, atheism and the process of secularization have not disappeared. In 2007, the wave of popularity of the book "[[The God Delusion]]" by [[Richard Dawkins]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Dawkins|title=Bóg urojony|date=2007|isbn=978-83-85458-28-9}}</ref> and his social campaign under the name of '' [[Out Campaign|The Out Campaign]] '' started in the Anglo-Saxon countries and reached Poland. Thus the ''[[List of Internet Atheists and Agnostics]]'' was established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internetowa Lista Ateistów i Agnostyków|url=http://lista.racjonalista.pl|accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref> led by [[Polish Association of Rationalists]]. On that list a person could openly admit their atheism or agnosticism. The initiative aims to promote ideological assertiveness among the unbelievers, checking the presence of believers in the social life and the consolidation and strengthening of cooperation between free thinkers. Many leading Polish media have written dozens of articles about this initiative, causing a discussion on the situation of unbelievers in Poland ([[Gazeta Wyborcza]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nie wciskajcie mi Boga|url=http://www.gazetawyborcza.pl/1,75248,4460640.html|author=Małgorzata I. Niemczyńska|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222091140/http://www.gazetawyborcza.pl/1,82709,4460640.html|archivedate=22 February 2008|accessdate=2007-09-16|language=pl}}</ref> [[Cross-section (weekly)|Cross-section]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Ciężkie życie ateisty|url=http://www.przekroj.pl/wydarzenia_kraj_artykul,1571.html|author=Małgorzata Święchowicz|accessdate=2007-01-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Overview (Polish publication)|Overview]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Czy ateiści są dyskryminowani?|url=http://www.przeglad-tygodnik.pl/index.php?site=artykul&id=12668|author=Radosław Tyrała|archivedate=4 July 2007|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/3IK|accessdate=2007-07-04|language=pl}}</ref> [[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Republic]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Jak czuć się dobrze|url=http://blog.rp.pl/wildstein/2007/09/06/jak-czuc-sie-dobrze/|author=Bronisław Wildstein|agency=Rzeczpospolita|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016041942/http://blog.rp.pl/wildstein/2007/09/06/jak-czuc-sie-dobrze/|archivedate=16 October 2007|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Newsweek Polska|Newsweek]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Bezbożna krucjata|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115840/http://polska.newsweek.pl/bezbozna-krucjata,9689,1,1.html|author=Sebastian Duda|agency=Newsweek Polska, nr 40/07|page=90|date=7 October 2007|language=pl}}</ref> [[Tribune]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Żaden wstyd. Internetowa akcja ateistów|url=http://www.trybuna.com.pl/n_show.php?code=2007080204|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922091334/http://www.trybuna.com.pl/n_show.php?code=2007080204|archivedate=22 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Gazeta Pomorska]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Temat dnia: Siła niewierzących|url=http://pomorska.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070819/TEMATDNIA/70816039&SearchID=73293746691479|author=Małgorzata Święchowicz|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Kurier Lubelski]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Być ateistą nie jest łatwo|url=http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/index.php?module=dzial&func=viewpub&tid=9&pid=41852|author=Aleksandra Dunajska|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Wirtualna Polska]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Agnosiewicz dla WP: ateiści wychodzą z ukrycia|url=http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1371,wid,9368235,wiadomosc.html|author=Adam Przegaliński|agency=wiadomosci.wp.pl|accessdate=2007-11-08|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nie wierzę w Boga.pl|url=http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,48996,wid,9368129,wiadomosc.html|author=Adam Przegaliński|accessdate=2007-11-08|language=pl}}</ref> [[Życie Warszawy]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Ateiści chcą walczyć z dominacją religii|url=http://www.racjonalista.pl/xpliki/zw18.8.2007.pdf|author=Marcin Szymaniak|agency=2007-08-18|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jestem człowiekiem z listy niewierzących|url=http://www.zw.com.pl/zw2/index.jsp?place=Lead25&news_cat_id=351&news_id=168155&layout=5&forum_id=44102&page=text|author=Marcin Szymaniak|agency=2007-09-07|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref>), and on the radio [[TOK FM]] was a debate about atheism between the academic priest [[Gregory Michalczyk]] and the founder and then-president of the [[Polish Association of Rationalists|Polish Rationalist Association]] [[Mariusz Agnosiewicz]].<ref>{{cite news|title=O ateizmie – dyskusja duszpasterza akademickiego z parafii św. Jakuba ks. Grzegorza Michalczyka i szefa Polskiego Stowarzyszenia Racjonalistów Mariusza Agnosiewicza|url=http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/tokfm/4,73715,,,,4464888.html|author=Ewa Wanat|agency=Radio TOK FM|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016063741/http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/tokfm/4,73715,,,,4464888.html|archivedate=16 October 2007|date=6 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> After two months since the launch of Letters inscribed on it more than 7500 participants of the action. He went a step further informal group of the Association of atheistic organizing a campaign under the name of '' [[Internet photo Atheists]] '', which was launched 6 December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Internetowa Galeria Ateistów|url=http://galeria.ateistyczni.org.pl/|agency=ateistyczni.org.pl|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091212232526/http://galeria.ateistyczni.org.pl:80/|archivedate=12 December 2009|accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref>
+After the fall of the [[People's Poland|Polish People's Republic]], despite the lack of state support, atheism and the process of secularization have not disappeared. In 2007, the wave of popularity of the book "[[The God Delusion]]" by [[Richard Dawkins]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Dawkins|title=Bóg urojony|date=2007|isbn=978-83-85458-28-9}}</ref> and his social campaign under the name of '' [[Out Campaign|The Out Campaign]] '' started in the Anglo-Saxon countries and reached Poland. Thus the ''[[List of Internet Atheists and Agnostics]]'' was established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internetowa Lista Ateistów i Agnostyków|url=http://lista.racjonalista.pl|accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref> led by [[Polish Association of Rationalists]]. On that list a person could openly admit their atheism or agnosticism. The initiative aims to promote ideological assertiveness among the unbelievers, checking the presence of believers in the social life and the consolidation and strengthening of cooperation between free thinkers. Many leading Polish media have written dozens of articles about this initiative, causing a discussion on the situation of unbelievers in Poland ([[Gazeta Wyborcza]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nie wciskajcie mi Boga |url=http://www.gazetawyborcza.pl/1,75248,4460640.html |author=Małgorzata I. Niemczyńska |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222091140/http://www.gazetawyborcza.pl/1%2C82709%2C4460640.html |archivedate=22 February 2008 |accessdate=2007-09-16 |language=pl |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> [[Cross-section (weekly)|Cross-section]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Ciężkie życie ateisty|url=http://www.przekroj.pl/wydarzenia_kraj_artykul,1571.html|author=Małgorzata Święchowicz|accessdate=2007-01-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Overview (Polish publication)|Overview]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Czy ateiści są dyskryminowani? |url=http://www.przeglad-tygodnik.pl/index.php?site=artykul&id=12668 |author=Radosław Tyrała |archivedate=24 November 2005 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/3IK?url=http://www.pewinternet.org/css/layoutstyles.css |accessdate=2007-07-04 |language=pl |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> [[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Republic]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Jak czuć się dobrze|url=http://blog.rp.pl/wildstein/2007/09/06/jak-czuc-sie-dobrze/|author=Bronisław Wildstein|agency=Rzeczpospolita|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016041942/http://blog.rp.pl/wildstein/2007/09/06/jak-czuc-sie-dobrze/|archivedate=16 October 2007|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Newsweek Polska|Newsweek]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Bezbożna krucjata |url=http://polska.newsweek.pl/bezbozna-krucjata%2C9689%2C1%2C1.html |author=Sebastian Duda |agency=Newsweek Polska, nr 40/07 |page=90 |date=7 October 2007 |language=pl |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115840/http://polska.newsweek.pl/bezbozna-krucjata%2C9689%2C1%2C1.html |archivedate= 4 March 2016 |df= }}</ref> [[Tribune]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Żaden wstyd. Internetowa akcja ateistów|url=http://www.trybuna.com.pl/n_show.php?code=2007080204|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922091334/http://www.trybuna.com.pl/n_show.php?code=2007080204|archivedate=22 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Gazeta Pomorska]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Temat dnia: Siła niewierzących|url=http://pomorska.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070819/TEMATDNIA/70816039&SearchID=73293746691479|author=Małgorzata Święchowicz|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Kurier Lubelski]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Być ateistą nie jest łatwo|url=http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/index.php?module=dzial&func=viewpub&tid=9&pid=41852|author=Aleksandra Dunajska|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref> [[Wirtualna Polska]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Agnosiewicz dla WP: ateiści wychodzą z ukrycia|url=http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1371,wid,9368235,wiadomosc.html|author=Adam Przegaliński|agency=wiadomosci.wp.pl|accessdate=2007-11-08|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nie wierzę w Boga.pl|url=http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,48996,wid,9368129,wiadomosc.html|author=Adam Przegaliński|accessdate=2007-11-08|language=pl}}</ref> [[Życie Warszawy]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Ateiści chcą walczyć z dominacją religii|url=http://www.racjonalista.pl/xpliki/zw18.8.2007.pdf|author=Marcin Szymaniak|agency=2007-08-18|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jestem człowiekiem z listy niewierzących|url=http://www.zw.com.pl/zw2/index.jsp?place=Lead25&news_cat_id=351&news_id=168155&layout=5&forum_id=44102&page=text|author=Marcin Szymaniak|agency=2007-09-07|accessdate=2007-09-18|language=pl}}</ref>), and on the radio [[TOK FM]] was a debate about atheism between the academic priest [[Gregory Michalczyk]] and the founder and then-president of the [[Polish Association of Rationalists|Polish Rationalist Association]] [[Mariusz Agnosiewicz]].<ref>{{cite news|title=O ateizmie – dyskusja duszpasterza akademickiego z parafii św. Jakuba ks. Grzegorza Michalczyka i szefa Polskiego Stowarzyszenia Racjonalistów Mariusza Agnosiewicza |url=http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/tokfm/4,73715,,,,4464888.html |author=Ewa Wanat |agency=Radio TOK FM |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016063741/http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/tokfm/4%2C73715%2C%2C%2C%2C4464888.html |archivedate=16 October 2007 |date=6 September 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-18 |language=pl |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> After two months since the launch of Letters inscribed on it more than 7500 participants of the action. He went a step further informal group of the Association of atheistic organizing a campaign under the name of '' [[Internet photo Atheists]] '', which was launched 6 December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Internetowa Galeria Ateistów |url=http://galeria.ateistyczni.org.pl/ |agency=ateistyczni.org.pl |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212232526/http://galeria.ateistyczni.org.pl/ |archivedate=12 December 2009 |accessdate=2009-12-12 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
-In response to the rapid progress of atheism in Poland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://korwin-mikke.pl/polska/zobacz/szybko_postepuje_ateizacja_polski/87521|title=Szybko postępuje ateizacja Polski / Polska / Wiadomości|publisher=|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> in 2012 a ''Parliamentary Group for prevention of atheism in Poland'' was established by the Polish Sejm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natemat.pl/53895,inkwizycja-po-polsku-czyli-jak-dziala-sejmowy-zespol-ds-przeciwdzialania-ateizacji-polski|title="Inkwizycja po polsku", czyli jak działa Sejmowy Zespół ds. Przeciwdziałania Ateizacji Polski|publisher=|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> It consists of 39 deputies and 2 senators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm7.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=SKLADZESP&Zesp=150|title=Parlamentarny Zespół ds. Przeciwdziałania Ateizacji Polski|publisher=|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> At the turn of 2012 / 2013, the [[Polish Association of Rationalists]], together with the Foundation Freedom of Religion organized in several Polish cities including [[Rzeszow]], [[Lublin]], [[Czestochowa]], [[Kraków]] and [[Swiebodzin]] an action under the slogan "Do not steal, do not kill, do not I believe" and "If you do not believe, you are not alone". According to the organizers they serve to consolidate the people of atheistic worldview.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ateiści na wielkich billboardach promują niewiarę|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,13074246,Ateisci_na_wielkich_billboardach_promuja_niewiare.html|agency=[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]|date=19 December 2012|accessdate=2013-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ateiści będą wieszać antyreligijne billboardy. Po co? Aby niewierzący mogli "wyjść z cienia"|url=http://wpolityce.pl/polityka/139987-ateisci-beda-wieszac-antyreligijne-billboardy-po-co-aby-niewierzacy-mogli-wyjsc-z-cienia|agency=WPolityce.pl|date=12 September 2012|accessdate=2012-09-12}}</ref> On March 29, 2014 an Atheists' March was organized in Warsaw in the framework of Days of Atheism, during which there was a staging of the execution of [[Kazimierz Łyszczyński|Kazimierz Lyszczynski]], sentenced in 1689 to death for treaty "the non-existence of the gods," in which the role was played by [[Jan Hartman (philosopher)|Jan Hartman]], a professor of philosophy, bioethics and then an activist of [[Your Movement]], a progressivist political party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120102/http://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/marsz-ateistow-w-warszawie-inscenizacja-egzekucji-na-rynku,2216224,artgal,t,id,tm.html |title=Marsz Ateistów w Warszawie. Inscenizacja egzekucji na rynku [ZDJĘCIA&#93; – Naszemiasto.pl |website=Web.archive.org |date= |accessdate=2016-11-26}}</ref>
+In response to the rapid progress of atheism in Poland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://korwin-mikke.pl/polska/zobacz/szybko_postepuje_ateizacja_polski/87521|title=Szybko postępuje ateizacja Polski / Polska / Wiadomości|publisher=|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> in 2012 a ''Parliamentary Group for prevention of atheism in Poland'' was established by the Polish Sejm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natemat.pl/53895,inkwizycja-po-polsku-czyli-jak-dziala-sejmowy-zespol-ds-przeciwdzialania-ateizacji-polski|title="Inkwizycja po polsku", czyli jak działa Sejmowy Zespół ds. Przeciwdziałania Ateizacji Polski|publisher=|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> It consists of 39 deputies and 2 senators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm7.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=SKLADZESP&Zesp=150|title=Parlamentarny Zespół ds. Przeciwdziałania Ateizacji Polski|publisher=|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> At the turn of 2012 / 2013, the [[Polish Association of Rationalists]], together with the Foundation Freedom of Religion organized in several Polish cities including [[Rzeszow]], [[Lublin]], [[Czestochowa]], [[Kraków]] and [[Swiebodzin]] an action under the slogan "Do not steal, do not kill, do not I believe" and "If you do not believe, you are not alone". According to the organizers they serve to consolidate the people of atheistic worldview.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ateiści na wielkich billboardach promują niewiarę|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,13074246,Ateisci_na_wielkich_billboardach_promuja_niewiare.html|agency=[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]|date=19 December 2012|accessdate=2013-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ateiści będą wieszać antyreligijne billboardy. Po co? Aby niewierzący mogli "wyjść z cienia"|url=http://wpolityce.pl/polityka/139987-ateisci-beda-wieszac-antyreligijne-billboardy-po-co-aby-niewierzacy-mogli-wyjsc-z-cienia|agency=WPolityce.pl|date=12 September 2012|accessdate=2012-09-12}}</ref> On March 29, 2014 an Atheists' March was organized in Warsaw in the framework of Days of Atheism, during which there was a staging of the execution of [[Kazimierz Łyszczyński|Kazimierz Lyszczynski]], sentenced in 1689 to death for treaty "the non-existence of the gods," in which the role was played by [[Jan Hartman (philosopher)|Jan Hartman]], a professor of philosophy, bioethics and then an activist of [[Your Movement]], a progressivist political party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/marsz-ateistow-w-warszawie-inscenizacja-egzekucji-na-rynku%2C2216224%2Cartgal%2Ct%2Cid%2Ctm.html |title=Marsz Ateistów w Warszawie. Inscenizacja egzekucji na rynku [ZDJĘCIA&#93; – Naszemiasto.pl |website=Web.archive.org |date= |accessdate=2016-11-26 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120102/http://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/marsz-ateistow-w-warszawie-inscenizacja-egzekucji-na-rynku%2C2216224%2Cartgal%2Ct%2Cid%2Ctm.html |archivedate=26 August 2014 |df= }}</ref>
 ==Statistics==
-In 2004, 3.5% of the citizens of Poland identified as non-believers or indifferent religiously.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Witolda Zdaniewicza|author2=Sławomira Zaręby|title=Kościół katolicki na początku trzeciego tysiąclecia w opinii Polaków,|date=2004|isbn=838594513X|location=Warsaw|page=48}}</ref> According to the Eurobarometer survey in 2005 80% of Polish citizens said they believed in the existence of God, a further 15% – in unspecified higher power, and another 3% – not determined.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf |title=ReportDGResearchSocialValuesEN2.PDF |website=Ec.europa.eu |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2016-11-26}}</ref> In 2007, 6% identified as a non-believer, the religiously indifferent or undecided Such a statement is a description of the results of the examination, but the details given in the table of results do not add up to this value.
+In 2004, 3.5% of the citizens of Poland identified as non-believers or indifferent religiously.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Witolda Zdaniewicza|author2=Sławomira Zaręby|title=Kościół katolicki na początku trzeciego tysiąclecia w opinii Polaków,|date=2004|isbn=838594513X|location=Warsaw|page=48}}</ref> According to the Eurobarometer survey in 2005 80% of Polish citizens said they believed in the existence of God, a further 15% – in unspecified higher power, and another 3% – not determined.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf |title=ReportDGResearchSocialValuesEN2.PDF |website=Ec.europa.eu |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2016-11-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524004644/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf |archivedate=24 May 2006 |df= }}</ref> In 2007, 6% identified as a non-believer, the religiously indifferent or undecided Such a statement is a description of the results of the examination, but the details given in the table of results do not add up to this value.
-Polish citizens – this means that this group has doubled its size within two years<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2007/K_078_07.PDF |title=CENTRUM BADANIA OPINII SPOŁECZNEJ : POLACY WOBEC KOŚCIOŁA ORAZ NAUCZANIA PAPIEŻA BENEDYKTA XVI : DWA LATA PO ŚMIERCI JANA PAWŁA II |website=Cbos.pl |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2016-11-26}}</ref> However, according to the survey from 2012 the number of people in Poland declare atheism, agnosticism or atheism was 4.2% and disbelief 6%. And, according to studies [[Eurobarometer]] in the same year 2% of the population of Poland were atheists, and 3% were agnostics and otherwise non-denominational.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_393_en.pdf|format=PDF|title= Discrimination in the European Union in 2012, str. 234 – T98 i T99|website=Ec.europa.eu|accessdate=2016-11-26}}</ref>
+Polish citizens – this means that this group has doubled its size within two years<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2007/K_078_07.PDF |title=CENTRUM BADANIA OPINII SPOŁECZNEJ : POLACY WOBEC KOŚCIOŁA ORAZ NAUCZANIA PAPIEŻA BENEDYKTA XVI : DWA LATA PO ŚMIERCI JANA PAWŁA II |website=Cbos.pl |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2016-11-26}}</ref> However, according to the survey from 2012 the number of people in Poland declare atheism, agnosticism or atheism was 4.2% and disbelief 6%. And, according to studies [[Eurobarometer]] in the same year 2% of the population of Poland were atheists, and 3% were agnostics and otherwise non-denominational.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_393_en.pdf |format=PDF |title=Discrimination in the European Union in 2012, str. 234 – T98 i T99 |website=Ec.europa.eu |accessdate=2016-11-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202023700/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_393_en.pdf |archivedate= 2 December 2012 |df= }}</ref>
 According to the results of [[Polish census of 2011|Census of Population and Housing 2011]] individuals who claim not to belong to any religion accounted for 31 March 2011, 2.41% of the total Polish population. While taking into account that 7.1% covered by the census did not answer the question on religion, and to 1.63% not determined the matter, they accounted for 2.64% of those who responded to the question about religious affiliation.<ref>{{cite web| title = Ludność. Stan i struktura demograficzno-społeczna. Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011 | url = http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/LUD_ludnosc_stan_str_dem_spo_NSP2011.pdf | author= Główny Urząd Statystyczny | page= 99 |date = 2013 | isbn = 978-83-7027-521-1 | language = pl}}</ref>

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