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Eric Kaufmann has pointed out that the biblical verse to "go forth and multiply" and similar passages of Scripture has contributed to a higher fertility rate for conservative Christians and Orthodox Jews.<ref>[http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2014/10/12/think-religion-is-declining-look-at-who-is-going-forth-and-multiplying/ Think religion is in decline? Look at who is ‘going forth and multiplying’], ''Vancouver Sun''</ref><ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Kaufmann&Skirbekk-draft1.pdf ‘Go Forth and Multiply’: the Politics of Religious Demography] by Eric Kaufmann</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vCDeKPRSo Eric Kaufmann - Religion, Demography and Politics in the 21st Century']</ref>

Eric Kaufmann has pointed out that the biblical verse to "go forth and multiply" and similar passages of Scripture has contributed to a higher fertility rate for conservative Christians and Orthodox Jews.<ref>[http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2014/10/12/think-religion-is-declining-look-at-who-is-going-forth-and-multiplying/ Think religion is in decline? Look at who is ‘going forth and multiplying’], ''Vancouver Sun''</ref><ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Kaufmann&Skirbekk-draft1.pdf ‘Go Forth and Multiply’: the Politics of Religious Demography] by Eric Kaufmann</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vCDeKPRSo Eric Kaufmann - Religion, Demography and Politics in the 21st Century']</ref>

== Global desecularization: An established trend ==

== Global desecularization: An established trend ==

Added together these two groups make up a declining share of global population. In 1970 atheists and agnostics accounted for one-in-five (19.2%) of the world’s people. Based on current trends by 2025 they will represent less than one-in-ten (9.7%). Their population share will fall by half in 50+ years.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/globally-worldviews-of-atheism-and-non.html Globally the worldviews of atheism and non-religious (agnostic) are declining while global Christianity is exploding in adherents]</ref>}}

Added together these two groups make up a declining share of global population. In 1970 atheists and agnostics accounted for one-in-five (19.2%) of the world’s people. Based on current trends by 2025 they will represent less than one-in-ten (9.7%). Their population share will fall by half in 50+ years.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/globally-worldviews-of-atheism-and-non.html Globally the worldviews of atheism and non-religious (agnostic) are declining while global Christianity is exploding in adherents]</ref>}}

== Growth of Christianity in atheistic China ==

== Growth of Christianity in atheistic China ==

[[File:Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing China.jpg|thumb|right|240px|In front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.]]

[[File:Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing China.jpg|thumb|right|240px|In front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.]]