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Acceleration of 21st century desecularization (view source)
Revision as of 17:07, February 20, 2017
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Europe faces an aging population and will also have challenges financing public schools.
Europe faces an aging population and will also have challenges financing public schools.
=== Declining influence of pro-atheism mainstream media ===
The Media Research Center [[Atheism and the media|released a study]] reporting a pro-atheism bias by major press outlets in the United States. The study found that 80% of mainstream media coverage of atheism was positive and that 71% of Christian-themed stories had an atheist counterpoint or were written from an atheist perspective. The New Atheism movement received significant support from the mainstream media during its early years.
In recent years, the American public has been increasingly distrustful of the mainstream media and the profitability of newspapers has been declining.<ref>[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/01/7-alarming-trends-for-atheist-movement.html 7 alarming trends for the atheist movement]</ref>
== Pessimism and various atheists/agnostics about recent history of secularism and/or future of secularism ==
== Pessimism and various atheists/agnostics about recent history of secularism and/or future of secularism ==