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In 2011, Coyne said about atheist meetings which he attended that they had an [[Atheism and arrogance|air of self-congratulation]].<ref>[https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/are-there-too-many-atheist-meetings/ Are there too many atheist meetings?] by Jerry Coyne</ref>  He also indicated about atheist meetings: "But to me the speakers and talks have often seemed repetitive: the same crew of jet-set skeptics giving the same talks."<ref>[https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/are-there-too-many-atheist-meetings/ Are there too many atheist meetings?] by Jerry Coyne</ref>]]

In 2011, Coyne said about atheist meetings which he attended that they had an [[Atheism and arrogance|air of self-congratulation]].<ref>[https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/are-there-too-many-atheist-meetings/ Are there too many atheist meetings?] by Jerry Coyne</ref>  He also indicated about atheist meetings: "But to me the speakers and talks have often seemed repetitive: the same crew of jet-set skeptics giving the same talks."<ref>[https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/are-there-too-many-atheist-meetings/ Are there too many atheist meetings?] by Jerry Coyne</ref>]]

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>

 

[[Atheism]] is not a movement which tends to create community as most atheists are apathetic when it comes to such matters (see: [[Atheism and apathy]] and [[Atheism and loneliness]]).

 

In addition, post the 2011 [[Elevatorgate]] controversy that involved [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] and [[feminism|feminists]], there has been a lot of infighting within the Western, atheist population (see: [[Atheist factions]]).

 

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://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>

In 2011, in a blog post entitled ''Are there too many atheist meetings?'', atheist [[Jerry Coyne]] said about [[Atheist conferences|atheist meetings]] which he attended:

In 2011, in a blog post entitled ''Are there too many atheist meetings?'', atheist [[Jerry Coyne]] said about [[Atheist conferences|atheist meetings]] which he attended: