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| | [[File:Ryan Hall and St. Joseph.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|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:Ryan Hall and St. Joseph.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|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, the ages 14–17 are very influential in terms of an individual adopting atheism.<ref> | | In the United States, the ages 14–17 are very influential in terms of an individual adopting atheism.<ref> |
| − | *[http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/listening-to-young-atheists-lessons-for-a-stronger-christianity/276584/?single_page=true Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity] by Larry Taunton, The Atlantic | + | *[https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/listening-to-young-atheists-lessons-for-a-stronger-christianity/276584/?single_page=true Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity] by Larry Taunton, The Atlantic |
| | *[https://answersingenesis.org/christianity/church/already-gone/ Chapter 1 - Already Gone]</ref> Of those who do embrace unbelief in the United States, many do so in their high school years.<ref> | | *[https://answersingenesis.org/christianity/church/already-gone/ Chapter 1 - Already Gone]</ref> Of those who do embrace unbelief in the United States, many do so in their high school years.<ref> |
| − | *[http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/listening-to-young-atheists-lessons-for-a-stronger-christianity/276584/?single_page=true Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity] by Larry Taunton, The Atlantic | + | *[https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/listening-to-young-atheists-lessons-for-a-stronger-christianity/276584/?single_page=true Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity] by Larry Taunton, The Atlantic |
| | *[https://answersingenesis.org/christianity/church/already-gone/ Chapter 1 - Already Gone] | | *[https://answersingenesis.org/christianity/church/already-gone/ Chapter 1 - Already Gone] |
| | *[http://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/10/28/what-led-you-to-become-an-atheist-some-surprising-answers/ What Led You To Become An Atheist? Some Surprising Answers]</ref> | | *[http://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/10/28/what-led-you-to-become-an-atheist-some-surprising-answers/ What Led You To Become An Atheist? Some Surprising Answers]</ref> |
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| | A 2012 study by the General Social Survey of the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago found that belief in God rises with age, even in atheistic nations.<ref>[http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/04/18/belief-god-rises-age-even-atheist-nations Belief in God rises with age, even in atheist nations]</ref> | | A 2012 study by the General Social Survey of the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago found that belief in God rises with age, even in atheistic nations.<ref>[http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/04/18/belief-god-rises-age-even-atheist-nations Belief in God rises with age, even in atheist nations]</ref> |
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| − | The popular [[YouTube]] [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Shockofgod]] received many hostile responses from YouTube atheists when he asked atheists for proof and evidence that atheism is true and they could not provide any.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjS__cWr0Y0 The question that is causing atheists to leave atheism]</ref> | + | The popular [[YouTube]] [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Shockofgod]] received many hostile responses from YouTube atheists when he asked atheists for proof and evidence that atheism is true and they could not provide any.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjS__cWr0Y0 The question that is causing atheists to leave atheism]</ref> |
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| | For more information, please see: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and bitterness]] | | For more information, please see: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and bitterness]] |