The growth of atheism in the twentieth century began with a bang due to the militant atheism associated with the [[Russian Revolution]] and the subsequent formation of the [[Soviet Union]]. The decline of atheism will be death by a thousand cuts due to demographic changes in the global population (See: [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]).<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>}} | The growth of atheism in the twentieth century began with a bang due to the militant atheism associated with the [[Russian Revolution]] and the subsequent formation of the [[Soviet Union]]. The decline of atheism will be death by a thousand cuts due to demographic changes in the global population (See: [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]).<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>}} |