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The blog '''Examining Atheism''' reports on the 21st century decline of [[global atheism]].
The blog '''Examining Atheism''' reports on the 21st century decline of [[global atheism]].
The blog is a continuation of the blog ''Combating atheism'' with a different focus.
A July 19, 2016 Combating atheism blog post indicates:
{{Cquote|For all intents and purposes, [[New Atheism]] is dead. And there will be no resurrection of New Atheism. And although [[militant atheism]] is hanging on in China, given the rapid growth of Christianity in China, I see militant atheism falling in China and then subsequently in Vietnam and North Korea. So sometime in the 21st century militant atheism will be effectively dead as a force in the world.
Given: the current implosion of militant atheism; New Atheism dying and being replaced with milk toast atheism in the Western World; atheists/agnostics [http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 shrinking] as a percentage of the world's population; the immigration of the religious into secular Europe (who are very often resistant to assimilation); and [http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheist_pessimism_about_the_atheist_movement the pessimism] of many atheists as far as the atheist movement; the name of this blog - "Combating atheism" - seems obsolete.
Lately, the major news outlets have sparse reporting on the topic of atheism. And the few news stories they do have are often negative towards atheism or boring stories reporting on trivial matters. In short, "Atheism: The excitement is not raging."
No glorious battles, but a slow global attrition of the dying breed of atheists. And a withering away of atheist influence in the media and the educational system. The 21st century will be a horrible century for militant atheists and antitheists.<ref>[http://combatingatheism.blogspot.com/2016/07/new-atheism-is-dead-atheism-movement-is.html New Atheism is dead. The atheist movement is anemic. Now what?]</ref>}}
[[Category: Atheism]]
[[Category: Atheism]]