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→Lower degree of confidence among atheist intellectuals
In recent years, there have been a notable number of cases of prominent atheists dodging debates (See also: [[Atheism and cowardice]] and [[Atheism and debate]]).
In recent years, there have been a notable number of cases of prominent atheists dodging debates (See also: [[Atheism and cowardice]] and [[Atheism and debate]]).
== Atheism, loneliness and lower social cohesion ==
Citing the work of the French researcher Gilles Kepel who wrote the book ''The Revenge of God'' and the work of Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington, who authored the work ''The Clash of Civilizations'', the Christian ministry Tomorrow's World declared:
{{cquote|Growing numbers of people around the globe are becoming disenchanted with the effect of secularism on our modern world—the fragmentation of society, the weakening of social cohesion, the absence of noble ideals worth pursuing, the lack of solid values, the social acceptance of what was formerly considered perversion, the spread of crime and the lack of effective punishment, the emptiness of consumerism and materialism, the breakdown of the "welfare state," the failure of [[communism]], the chaos in schools and the breakdown of families (Kepel, p. 5).
Once-formidable ideologies have been found unsatisfactory and have even collapsed. Millions are abandoning the depressing philosophical wasteland of [[evolution|theories that consider human beings mere animals]] with no future beyond death, and no purpose in life other than to survive. In place of communism and [[consumerism]], many are searching for "new sources of identity, new forms of stable community, and new sets of moral precepts to provide them with a sense of meaning and purpose… there is a quest for some higher explanations about man's purpose, about why we are here" (''The Clash of Civilizations'', p. 97).<ref>[http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2005/nov-dec/the-return-of-religion The Return of Religion - Tomorrow's World]</ref>}}
== Notes ==
== Notes ==