Imagine...

And I'll bet anything that on that same graph the percentage of atheists in the world would correlate almost exactly with the scientific advancement...[/quote]
If we're speaking in facts that might not be entirely true. Although it is suspected that many scientists didn't admit that they were atheists in fear of getting jailed or killed. We did achieve it through secular reasoning though.
When Copernicus presented his ideas about the solar system to his king the king asked ''Where is God''. Copernicus answered ''My king, we do not need God for this to work''