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Line 905: − Unlike atheism which merely offers vanity and unrelenting despair, [[Christianity]] offers an accurate view of the universe and man's place in it. For more information, please see: [[Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian]] and [[Christian joy, atheist despair and the good news of Christianity]] and [[Christian apologetics|Evidence for Christianity]]+ + + + +
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The American Christian Todd Strandberg said of atheism: "The ranks of atheists have always been small... The key problem with atheism is that it lacks a strong 'selling point'".<ref>[http://www.raptureready.com/rr-atheism.html Atheism: The cult of death]</ref> Christians maintain that the benefits of Christianity totally outweigh the benefits of atheism.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbFtplpY48 And the benefits of atheism are what again?]</ref> For example, Bible believing Christians commonly point out that the [[Atheist Population|atheist population]] is [[Atheism and depression|more depressed]] than the Christian population and that atheists will ultimately wind up in [[hell]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbFtplpY48 And the benefits of atheism are what again?]</ref> See also: [[Hopelessness of atheism]]
The American Christian Todd Strandberg said of atheism: "The ranks of atheists have always been small... The key problem with atheism is that it lacks a strong 'selling point'".<ref>[http://www.raptureready.com/rr-atheism.html Atheism: The cult of death]</ref> Christians maintain that the benefits of Christianity totally outweigh the benefits of atheism.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbFtplpY48 And the benefits of atheism are what again?]</ref> For example, Bible believing Christians commonly point out that the [[Atheist Population|atheist population]] is [[Atheism and depression|more depressed]] than the Christian population and that atheists will ultimately wind up in [[hell]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbFtplpY48 And the benefits of atheism are what again?]</ref> See also: [[Hopelessness of atheism]]
=== Atheists infighting is making the atheist community unappealing to many ===
''See also:'' [[Atheist factions]]
The significant amount of unpleasant personalities within atheism and the significant amount of atheist infighting has made atheist community unattractive to people who are looking for a sense of community and/or a common cause (see: [[Views on atheists]]).<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100230985/how-atheists-became-the-most-colossally-smug-and-annoying-people-on-the-planet/ Brendan O'Neill, ''The Telegraph, How atheists became the most colossally smug and annoying people on the planet'', August 14th, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/01/22/is-atheism-a-religion/atheism-cannot-replace-religion Atheism cannot replace religion]</ref> For more information please see: [[Unattractiveness of atheism]] and [[Hopelessness of atheism]]
== Western atheism and race ==
== Western atheism and race ==