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The fertility rate is significantly lower in the atheist population (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).

The fertility rate is significantly lower in the atheist population (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).

As far as atheists and divorce, Vox Day wrote in his book ''The Irrational Atheist'' about atheist [[Daniel Dennet]]'s arguments related to divorce:

As far as atheists and divorce, Vox Day wrote in his book ''The Irrational Atheist'' about atheist [[Daniel Dennett]]'s arguments related to divorce:

{{Cquote|As evidence that moral democracy is theoretically functional, he asserts without evidence that the prison population is distributed according to religious affiliation in the general population, an incorrect assertion that was belied in chapter I. Dennett further claims that “brights” have better family values than born-again Christians based on “the lowest divorce rate in the United States” which depends on the flawed 1999 Barna study instead of the 2001 ARIS study he makes use of later in the book, a much larger study that reaches precisely the opposite conclusion. It is certainly a quixotic assertion, considering that these family value atheists

{{Cquote|As evidence that moral democracy is theoretically functional, he asserts without evidence that the prison population is distributed according to religious affiliation in the general population, an incorrect assertion that was belied in chapter I. Dennett further claims that “brights” have better family values than born-again Christians based on “the lowest divorce rate in the United States” which depends on the flawed 1999 Barna study instead of the 2001 ARIS study he makes use of later in the book, a much larger study that reaches precisely the opposite conclusion. It is certainly a quixotic assertion, considering that these family value atheists

are half as likely to get married, twice as likely to divorce, and have fewer children than any other group in the United States...

are half as likely to get married, twice as likely to divorce, and have fewer children than any other group in the United States...