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Essay: The slow implosion of atheism is accelerating (view source)
Revision as of 07:09, August 10, 2017
, 07:09, August 10, 2017→New Atheism
[[New Atheism]] is a form of [[militant atheism]]. New Atheism was largely a reaction to the global resurgence of religion, the failure of the [[secularization thesis]] and the growth of religious fundamentalism (see also: [[Growth of evangelical Christianity]] and [[Atheism vs. Islam]]).
[[New Atheism]] is a form of [[militant atheism]]. New Atheism was largely a reaction to the global resurgence of religion, the failure of the [[secularization thesis]] and the growth of religious fundamentalism (see also: [[Growth of evangelical Christianity]] and [[Atheism vs. Islam]]).
=== Backlash to New Atheism ===
The situation has become even worse for atheist community in recent years as the quality of their arguments has diminished and the percentage of atheists in the world [[Global atheism|is decreasing]], while the proliferation of [[Christian apologetics]]/apologists is increasing in the world. For example, there is the [[Trinity Graduate School of Apologetics and Theology]] initiative which offers quality Christian apologetics for free to third world country students and charges extremely low costs for others. In addition, [[Ratio Christi]] is launching Christian apologetics clubs at college/university campuses.
[[File:John Lennox.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[John Lennox]] ]]
In June of 2012, the UK based Dorset [[Secular Humanism|Humanists]] wrote:
{{Cquote|There’s been a forceful backlash against the ‘[[New Atheism|new atheism]]’ of writers like [[Richard Dawkins]] and the late [[Christopher Hitchens]], inspiring a new wave of Christian apologists. This group includes: [[Alister McGrath]], Professor of Theology at King’s College London, Keith Ward, former Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and [[John Lennox]], Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
Many atheists make the mistake of assuming religion is wholly irrational, relying on faith alone but, in a series of interviews recorded for DVD, the apologetics heavyweights from the list above demonstrate their ability to challenge us with reasoned arguments.<ref>[http://dorset-humanists1.blogspot.com/2012/06/philosophy-science-and-god-debate.html Philosophy, Science and the God Debate]</ref>}}
An April 17, 2011 atheist essay entitled ''Are atheists strengthening religion?'' declared:
{{Cquote|The Christian backlash and response to new atheism is/was considerable, and neither can the consequences, changes, and foci which marked their response be ignored.
In the end, have we simply made the aforementioned goal more difficult to accomplish?<ref>[http://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/are-atheists-strengthening?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A1214493 Are Atheists Strengthening Religion?]</ref>}}
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