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== Atheist PZ Myers dreamt about dying and standing before the pearly gates of heaven ==

== Atheist PZ Myers dreamt about dying and standing before the pearly gates of heaven ==

[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[PZ Myers]]

[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[PZ Myers]]

 

 

 

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''See also:'' [[Atheism and death]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and death]]

== Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews ==  

== Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews ==  

See also: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]]

{{See also|Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews}}

According to recent research by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, in the United States, a majority of those surveyed who were raised in atheist or [[agnosticism|agnostic]] households, or where there was no specific religious attachment, later chose to join a religious faith.<ref>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/defectors-to-faith-mark-a-growing-trend/story-e6frg7ko-1225710667095</ref><ref>http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1204/religion-changes-affiliations-survey</ref>  A notable example of a person raised in a atheistic household who later became a Christian is William J. Murray.  Mr. Murray is the son of the late atheist [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair]] who founded the organization American Atheists.  In 1982, William J. Murray founded the [[Religious Freedom Coalition]].

According to recent research by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, in the United States, a majority of those surveyed who were raised in atheist or [[agnosticism|agnostic]] households, or where there was no specific religious attachment, later chose to join a religious faith.<ref>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/defectors-to-faith-mark-a-growing-trend/story-e6frg7ko-1225710667095</ref><ref>http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1204/religion-changes-affiliations-survey</ref>  A notable example of a person raised in a atheistic household who later became a Christian is William J. Murray.  Mr. Murray is the son of the late atheist [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair]] who founded the organization American Atheists.  In 1982, William J. Murray founded the [[Religious Freedom Coalition]].

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