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* "All that [[Lenin]] learned about business from the tales of his comrades who occasionally sat in business offices was that it required a lot of scribbling, recording, and ciphering. Thus, he declares that accounting and control are the chief things necessary for the organizing and correct functioning of society. . . . Here we have the philosophy of the filing clerk in its full glory." - [[Ludwig von Mises]]<ref>von Mises, Ludwig (1978).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=IC0-QNYVnjYC ''The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality''] (Auburn, AL:  Ludwig von Mises Institute), ch. 1, sect. 7, pp. 24-5.  Retrieved on May 29, 2015.</ref>

* "All that [[Lenin]] learned about business from the tales of his comrades who occasionally sat in business offices was that it required a lot of scribbling, recording, and ciphering. Thus, he declares that accounting and control are the chief things necessary for the organizing and correct functioning of society. . . . Here we have the philosophy of the filing clerk in its full glory." - [[Ludwig von Mises]]<ref>von Mises, Ludwig (1978).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=IC0-QNYVnjYC ''The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality''] (Auburn, AL:  Ludwig von Mises Institute), ch. 1, sect. 7, pp. 24-5.  Retrieved on May 29, 2015.</ref>

* "[[Communism]] is what happens when [[atheism]] meets bureaucracy." - [[Vox Day]]<ref>Day, Vox (May 30, 2011).  [http://voxday.blogspot.com/2011/05/definitions.html "Definitions"].  Vox Populi [blog].  Retrieved on May 28, 2015.</ref>

* "[[Communism]] is what happens when [[atheism]] meets bureaucracy." - Vox Day<ref>Day, Vox (May 30, 2011).  [http://voxday.blogspot.com/2011/05/definitions.html "Definitions"].  Vox Populi [blog].  Retrieved on May 28, 2015.</ref>

[[File:John Gray.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|The [[economist]] Tomáš Sedláček (left) and the [[atheism|atheist]] [[philosophy|philosopher]] [[John Gray (philosopher)|John Gray]] (right) at ZURICH.MINDS 2012]]  

[[File:John Gray.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|The [[economist]] Tomáš Sedláček (left) and the atheist [[philosophy|philosopher]] [[John Gray (philosopher)|John Gray]] (right) at ZURICH.MINDS 2012]]  

In a 2014 ''New Republic'' article entitled "The Closed Mind of Richard Dawkins: His atheism is its own kind of narrow religion", the atheist philosopher John Gray wrote:

In a 2014 ''New Republic'' article entitled "The Closed Mind of Richard Dawkins: His atheism is its own kind of narrow religion", the atheist philosopher John Gray wrote:

{{cquote|One might wager a decent sum of money that it has never occurred to Dawkins that to many people he appears as a comic figure. His default mode is one of rational indignation—a stance of withering patrician disdain for the untutored mind of a kind one might expect in a schoolmaster in a minor public school sometime in the 1930s. He seems to have no suspicion that any of those he despises could find his stilted pose of indignant rationality merely laughable. “I am not a good observer,” he writes modestly. He is referring to his observations of animals and plants, but his weakness applies more obviously in the case of humans. Transfixed in wonderment at the workings of his own mind, Dawkins misses much that is of importance in human beings—himself and others.<ref>Gray, John (October 2, 2014). [http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119596/appetite-wonder-review-closed-mind-richard-dawkins "The closed mind of Richard Dawkins"]. Review of ''An Appetite for Wonder:  The Makings of a Scientist'' by Richard Dawkins.  ''New Republic'' website.  Retrieved on May 28, 2015.</ref>}}

{{cquote|One might wager a decent sum of money that it has never occurred to Dawkins that to many people he appears as a comic figure. His default mode is one of rational indignation—a stance of withering patrician disdain for the untutored mind of a kind one might expect in a schoolmaster in a minor public school sometime in the 1930s. He seems to have no suspicion that any of those he despises could find his stilted pose of indignant rationality merely laughable. “I am not a good observer,” he writes modestly. He is referring to his observations of animals and plants, but his weakness applies more obviously in the case of humans. Transfixed in wonderment at the workings of his own mind, Dawkins misses much that is of importance in human beings—himself and others.<ref>Gray, John (October 2, 2014). [http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119596/appetite-wonder-review-closed-mind-richard-dawkins "The closed mind of Richard Dawkins"]. Review of ''An Appetite for Wonder:  The Makings of a Scientist'' by Richard Dawkins.  ''New Republic'' website.  Retrieved on May 28, 2015.</ref>}}

* "Today secular faith is ebbing, and it is the apostles of unbelief who are left stranded on the beach." - atheist [[philosophy|philosopher]] [[John Gray (philosopher)|John Gray]], ''The Guardian'', March 14, 2008 <ref>Gray, John (March 14, 2008). [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/mar/15/society "The atheist delusion"].  ''The Guardian'' website.  Retrieved on May 29, 2015.  See [[John Gray (philosopher)|John Gray]].</ref>

* "Today secular faith is ebbing, and it is the apostles of unbelief who are left stranded on the beach." - atheist [[philosophy|philosopher]] [[John Gray (philosopher)|John Gray]], ''The Guardian'', March 14, 2008 <ref>Gray, John (March 14, 2008). [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/mar/15/society "The atheist delusion"].  ''The Guardian'' website.  Retrieved on May 29, 2015.  See [[John Gray (philosopher)|John Gray]].</ref>

[[File:Richard Dawkins at the Reason Rally.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Richard Dawkins]] ]]

[[File:Richard Dawkins at the Reason Rally.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Richard Dawkins]] ]]

*"As an [[Atheism|Atheist]] for 40 years, I noticed that there is not just a wide variety of Atheist positions, but there exists an actual battle between certain [[Atheist factions]]." - An [[ex-atheists|ex-atheist]] at the website Atheism Analyzed<ref>Forty Year Atheist, The (2007).  [http://www.atheism-analyzed.net/The%20Reasoning%20Atheist.htm "The reasoning atheist"].  Atheism Analyzed: The Reality Approach.  Retrieved July 16, 2014</ref>  

*"As an Atheist for 40 years, I noticed that there is not just a wide variety of Atheist positions, but there exists an actual battle between certain [[Atheist factions]]." - An [[ex-atheists|ex-atheist]] at the website Atheism Analyzed<ref>Forty Year Atheist, The (2007).  [http://www.atheism-analyzed.net/The%20Reasoning%20Atheist.htm "The reasoning atheist"].  Atheism Analyzed: The Reality Approach.  Retrieved July 16, 2014</ref>  

*"[[Elevatorgate]]..has resulted in three weeks of infighting in the secular community. Some might observe that we indulge in these squabbles fairly frequently." - Jacques Rousseau <ref>Rousseau, Jacques (July 13, 2011). [http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2011-07-13-sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-can-rip-my-soul "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can rip my soul"]. Daily Maverick [South Africa].  Retrieved July 16, 2014.</ref>  

*"[[Elevatorgate]]..has resulted in three weeks of infighting in the secular community. Some might observe that we indulge in these squabbles fairly frequently." - Jacques Rousseau <ref>Rousseau, Jacques (July 13, 2011). [http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2011-07-13-sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-can-rip-my-soul "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can rip my soul"]. Daily Maverick [South Africa].  Retrieved July 16, 2014.</ref>  

== 21st century global desecularization quotes ==

== 21st century global desecularization quotes ==

[[File:Birkbeck College Street View.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|[[Eric Kaufmann]], a professor at [[Birkbeck College, University of London]], using a a wealth of demographic studies, argues that there will be a significant decline of [[global atheism]] in the 21st century which will impact the [[Western World]].<ref>

[[File:Birkbeck College Street View.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|[[Eric Kaufmann]], a professor at [[Birkbeck College, University of London]], using a wealth of demographic studies, argues that there will be a significant decline of [[global atheism]] in the 21st century which will impact the [[Western World]].<ref>

*[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]

*[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]

*[http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/2011/05/eric-kaufmann-shall-religious-inherit.html Eric Kaufmann: Shall The Religious Inherit The Earth?]

*[http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/2011/05/eric-kaufmann-shall-religious-inherit.html Eric Kaufmann: Shall The Religious Inherit The Earth?]

The Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans that ''the creation testifies the existence of God'', when he wrote the following:

The Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans that ''the creation testifies the existence of God'', when he wrote the following:

[[Image:Raphael.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|[[Plato]] declared [[atheism]] is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.<ref name=Plato>Fleming, William (1858 or bef.).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=JCwoAAAAYAAJ ''The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral and Metaphysical''] (London and Glasgow:  Richard Griffin), 2nd ed., p. 54.  Retrieved from Googlebooks archive on May 26, 2015.</ref>]]

[[Image:Raphael.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|[[Plato]] declared atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.<ref name=Plato>Fleming, William (1858 or bef.).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=JCwoAAAAYAAJ ''The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral and Metaphysical''] (London and Glasgow:  Richard Griffin), 2nd ed., p. 54.  Retrieved from Googlebooks archive on May 26, 2015.</ref>]]

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse..." - [[Romans]] 1:19-20 (NKJV)

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse..." - [[Romans]] 1:19-20 (NKJV)