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Being in Iowa: Atheists

Controversy followed an advertising campaign sponsored by Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers

It’s impossible to put an exact number on how many people in the state describe themselves as atheist or agnostic. Many of them prefer to stay quiet about it. Iowa Public Radio correspondent Rob Dillard asked several Iowans who do not believe in a supernatural power about where they stand in a society that generally thinks religion is a good thing.