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| | On the other hand, the secular West and East Asia has very low fertility and a rapidly aging population... In the coming decades, the developed world's demand for workers to pay its pensions and work in its service sector will soar alongside the booming supply of young people in the third world. Ergo, we can expect significant immigration to the secular West which will import religious revival on the back of ethnic change. In addition, those with religious beliefs tend to have higher birth rates than the secular population, with fundamentalists having far larger families. The epicentre of these trends will be in immigration gateway cities like New York (a third white), Amsterdam (half Dutch), Los Angeles (28% white), and London, 45% white British. | | On the other hand, the secular West and East Asia has very low fertility and a rapidly aging population... In the coming decades, the developed world's demand for workers to pay its pensions and work in its service sector will soar alongside the booming supply of young people in the third world. Ergo, we can expect significant immigration to the secular West which will import religious revival on the back of ethnic change. In addition, those with religious beliefs tend to have higher birth rates than the secular population, with fundamentalists having far larger families. The epicentre of these trends will be in immigration gateway cities like New York (a third white), Amsterdam (half Dutch), Los Angeles (28% white), and London, 45% white British. |
| | <ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/97-of-worlds-population-growth-is.html 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious], Tuesday, April 30, 2013</ref>}} | | <ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/97-of-worlds-population-growth-is.html 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious], Tuesday, April 30, 2013</ref>}} |
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| | + | *Eric Kaufmann told a secular audience in Australia: "The trends that are happening worldwide inevitably in an age of globalization are going to affect us."<ref>[http://fora.tv/2010/09/05/Eric_Kaufmann_Shall_the_Religious_Inherit_the_Earth Shall the religious inherit the earth]</ref> |
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| | * "And, with birthrates in the world's theistic communities outpacing those in secular ones, it appears that atheism is destined to become a victim of its own doctrine of [[natural selection]]." - Regis Nicoll <ref>Nicoll, Regis (May 11, 2006). [http://www.ifapray.org/archive/ScienceArtCulture/Science_Art_Culture_Archives/Atheism%27s%20Bleak%20Future.html "Atheism's bleak future"] [original title: "Atheism on the rocks"]. ''Centurian'', no. 51. Retrieved from Intercessors for America website on May 29, 2015.</ref> | | * "And, with birthrates in the world's theistic communities outpacing those in secular ones, it appears that atheism is destined to become a victim of its own doctrine of [[natural selection]]." - Regis Nicoll <ref>Nicoll, Regis (May 11, 2006). [http://www.ifapray.org/archive/ScienceArtCulture/Science_Art_Culture_Archives/Atheism%27s%20Bleak%20Future.html "Atheism's bleak future"] [original title: "Atheism on the rocks"]. ''Centurian'', no. 51. Retrieved from Intercessors for America website on May 29, 2015.</ref> |
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| | *"...the 17th century was the beginning of an age of secularization which has lasted four centuries until now; the 21st century is exactly the opposite, it's the beginning of an age of [[desecularization]]. Religion is seizing power; they're not yielding power." - Rabbi Jonathan Sacks <ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/rabbi-jonathan-sacks-secularism-cant-solve-todays-religious-violence-answers-rooted-in-sibling-rivalry-of-jews-christians-muslims-140754/ Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Secularism Can't Solve Today's Religious Violence; Answers Rooted in 'Sibling Rivalry' of Jews, Christians, Muslims], ''Christian Post'', By Napp Nazworth , ''Christian Post'', June 23, 2015</ref> | | *"...the 17th century was the beginning of an age of secularization which has lasted four centuries until now; the 21st century is exactly the opposite, it's the beginning of an age of [[desecularization]]. Religion is seizing power; they're not yielding power." - Rabbi Jonathan Sacks <ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/rabbi-jonathan-sacks-secularism-cant-solve-todays-religious-violence-answers-rooted-in-sibling-rivalry-of-jews-christians-muslims-140754/ Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Secularism Can't Solve Today's Religious Violence; Answers Rooted in 'Sibling Rivalry' of Jews, Christians, Muslims], ''Christian Post'', By Napp Nazworth , ''Christian Post'', June 23, 2015</ref> |
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| | == Quotes about the atheist movement == | | == Quotes about the atheist movement == |