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''See also:'' [[Atheists and the endurance of religion]]
''See also:'' [[Atheists and the endurance of religion]]
Pew Research Center declared: "There is a long history of people predicting the demise of religion, but religion has proven more resilient than many people anticipated."<ref>[http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/08/qa-how-we-projected-the-future-of-world-religions/ How we projected the future of world religions]</ref>
Dr. Rodney Stark, an [[Agnosticism|agnostic]], wrote in his book ''The Triumph of Faith'':
{{cquote|[[Secular|Secularists]] have been predicting the imminent demise of religion for centuries. They have always been wrong—and their claims today are no different. It is their unshakableable faith in secularization that may be the most "irrational" of all beliefs.(p. 212).<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/world-more-religious-than-ever-rodney-starks-triumph-faith-secularism-atheism-154641/ Despite What You've Heard, World Is More Religious Than Ever], Christian Post</ref>}}
Pew Research Center and Stark are alluding to the failure of the [[secularization thesis]].
=== Global atheism: Geographic/cultural diversity ===
=== Global atheism: Geographic/cultural diversity ===