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See: [http://www.conservapedia.com/Irreligion_and_domestic_violence#Atheism.2C_homosexuality_and_domestic_violence Atheism, homosexuality and domestic abuse]
See: [http://www.conservapedia.com/Irreligion_and_domestic_violence#Atheism.2C_homosexuality_and_domestic_violence Atheism, homosexuality and domestic abuse]
== Atheist marriages and childless couples ==
Michael Blume, a researcher at the University of Jena in Germany, wrote concerning the sub-replacement fertility rates of most atheist populations: "Most societies or communities that have espoused atheistic beliefs have not survived more than a century." Blume also indicated concerning concerning his research on this matter: "What I found was the complete lack of a single case of a secular population, community or movement that would just manage to retain replacement level."<ref>[http://www.scilogs.eu/en/blog/biology-of-religion/2011-01-06/atheists-a-dying-breed-as-nature-favours-faithful-sunday-times-jan-02-2011-jonathan-leake-full-draft-version Atheists a dying breed as nature 'favours faithful'] - Sunday Times Jan 02 2011 - Jonathan Leake - Full Draft Version from Michael Blume, 06. January 2011, 11:11</ref>
In addition, professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] using a multitude of demographic studies argues in an academic paper entitled [http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century] the decline of atheism in terms of [[Global atheism|its global adherents]] is an established trend that will persist for the foreseeable future and the rate of decline will accelerate. In the Western World, due to immigration and the higher birth rates of religious people, Kaufman writes: "Committed religious populations are growing in the West, and will reverse the march of secularism before 2050."
== Atheism and lower empathy for others ==
== Atheism and lower empathy for others ==