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[[File:Sam Harris 01.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Sam Harris]] advocates that atheists no longer call themselves atheists.<ref name="Harris">Roberts, Jessica, et al. (June 19, 2007). [http://news21.com/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist "Interview with an atheist"]. News21. Retrieved on July 30, 2014.</ref>]]
[[File:Sam Harris 01.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Sam Harris]] advocates that atheists no longer call themselves atheists.<ref name="Harris">Roberts, Jessica, et al. (June 19, 2007). [http://news21.com/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist "Interview with an atheist"]. News21. Retrieved on July 30, 2014.</ref>]]
Closet atheism is common among atheists - especially in religious countries. For example, the [[We Are Atheism]] campaign was launched by atheists to address the widespread prevalence of closet atheism. [[David Silverman]], the president of the [[American Atheists]] mentioned the issue of "closet atheists" in a publicity piece promoting the campaign.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/23/we-are-atheism-atheists-campaign_n_1109080.html 'We Are Atheism': Atheists Launch Campaign To Get Unbelievers To 'Come Out'], ''Huffington Post''</ref>
In many religious countries and even irreligious countries there is a stigma related to [[atheism]] and as a result many atheists are reluctant to: call themselves atheists and/or be outspoken atheists (see: [[Views on atheists]]).
In many religious countries and even irreligious countries there is a stigma related to [[atheism]] and as a result many atheists are reluctant to: call themselves atheists and/or be outspoken atheists (see: [[Views on atheists]]).