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There have been no reports of [[theology|theologians]] or [[creation science|creation scientists]] having dreams that atheism is true.
 
There have been no reports of [[theology|theologians]] or [[creation science|creation scientists]] having dreams that atheism is true.
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== Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews ==  
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== Atheism and its retention rate in individuals ==  
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{{See also|Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews}}
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{{See also|Atheism and its retention rate in individuals}}
    
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 an 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 an 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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