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== Aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union and its atheist indoctrination ==

== Aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union and its atheist indoctrination ==

[[File:Georgetown-Lauinger Library.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household remain atheists as adults.<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups</ref>]]

[[File:Georgetown-Lauinger Library.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household remain atheists as adults.<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups</ref>]]

In the [[United States]], [[atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]].  In addition, Christianity is exploding in adherents in atheistic [[China]] which has [[state atheism]].<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/12/chinas-atheist-leaders-and.html China's atheist leaders and intellectuals are panicking about the rapid growth of Christianity in China]</ref>  So it is not surprising that once atheist indoctrination ceases in a society which has had state atheism imposed, that a religious resurgence ensues.  

In the [[United States]], [[Atheism and its retention rate in individuals|atheism has a low retention rate among those raised in atheist households]].  In addition, Christianity is exploding in adherents in atheistic [[China]] which has [[state atheism]].<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/12/chinas-atheist-leaders-and.html China's atheist leaders and intellectuals are panicking about the rapid growth of Christianity in China]</ref>  So it is not surprising that once atheist indoctrination ceases in a society which has had state atheism imposed, that a religious resurgence ensues.  

The [[Soviet Union]], which had state atheism of the [[militant atheism]] variety, existed from the years 1917-1991.

The [[Soviet Union]], which had state atheism of the [[militant atheism]] variety, existed from the years 1917-1991.