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[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|201px|right|The atheist [[PZ Myers]] declared on September 27, 2014, "I will make a prediction, right here and now.... The number of people identifying as atheists will stagnate or even shrink..."<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/09/27/the-atheist-disillusionment/ ''The Atheist Disillusionment''] by [[PZ Myers]], September 27, 2014</ref> See: [[Desecularization]] and [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] ]]

[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|201px|right|The atheist [[PZ Myers]] declared on September 27, 2014, "I will make a prediction, right here and now.... The number of people identifying as atheists will stagnate or even shrink..."<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/09/27/the-atheist-disillusionment/ ''The Atheist Disillusionment''] by [[PZ Myers]], September 27, 2014</ref> See: [[Desecularization]] and [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] ]]

In 2015, Dr. J. Gordon Melton said about the [[atheist movement]] (organized atheism) that [[atheism]] is not a movement which tends to create community, but in the last few years there has been some growth of organized atheism.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0i4kuN9XSc Baylor ISR- J. Gordon Melton - End of Religion? (May 5, 2015)]</ref>  

Division is widespread within the [[atheist movement]] and numerous atheists have declared that the "atheist movement is dead" or that it is dying (see: [[Decline of the atheist movement]])<ref>

*[https://freethoughtblogs.com/reasoner/2017/10/21/the-atheism-movement-dead-or-alive/ The “Atheism Movement:” Dead or Alive?], [[Freethought Blogs]]

*[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/11/seth-andrews-keeps-hearing-reports-of.html Atheist activist Seth Andrews keeps seeing reports on social media and the media that the atheist movement is dying], ''Examining Atheism''

*[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/10/now-that-that-poseur-atheist-aron-ra.html Atheist Aron Ra indicates the atheist movement is dead. Now that that Aron Ra has surrendered....], ''[[Examining Atheism]]''

*[http://www.atheistrev.com/2013/12/the-day-atheist-movement-died.html The Day the Atheist Movement Died] by Jack Vance at Atheist Revolution

*[https://twitter.com/jennifurret/status/405391218273554433 Jennifer McCreight on Twitter about the Elevatorgate scandal destroying the atheist movement], [[Jen McCreight]], Twitter</ref> See also: [[Atheist factions]] 

However, various schisms occurring within the atheism movement and widespread infighting, has had an adverse effect on various [[atheist organizations]] (See: [[Atheist factions]]).  

In 2019, a writer at [[Freethought Blogs]] wrote: "Last month I looked at some [[Post-mortem interval|postmortems]] of the atheist movement...".<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/atrivialknot/2019/03/26/the-ghost-of-atheist-past/ The ghost of atheist past], Freethought Blogs</ref>

Divisions within the atheist movement have caused a marked decline in the movement (see: [[Decline of the atheist movement]]). For example, atheist organizations have experienced large drops in donations to their organizations  (see: [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising#Atheist organizations and fundraising|Atheist organizations and fundraising]]).  

[[Atheist organizations]] have experienced large drops in donations to their organizations  (see: [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising#Atheist organizations and fundraising|Atheist organizations and fundraising]]).

 

Before the atheist movement died/declined, various atheists attempted to change the public's perception concerning atheism, but were largely unsuccessful (see: [[Attempts to positively rebrand atheism]]).

Most atheists are apathetic when it comes to sharing atheism with others - especially when compared to evangelistic religions such as [[Christianity]] (see: [[Atheism and apathy]]).

Most atheists are apathetic when it comes to sharing atheism with others - especially when compared to evangelistic religions such as [[Christianity]] (see: [[Atheism and apathy]]).