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[[File:David Silverman Reason Rally.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|In 2018, [[David Silverman]] said about his fellow atheists: "Lots and lots of division [[Decline of the atheist movement|in our movement]]. Hard, bad division... And that has resulted in a [[Atheist factions|splintering and factioning of the movement]] that I have never seen before and none of us have."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VYLMYvImc David Silverman - How the Mighty Get Back Up]</ref>]]

[[File:David Silverman Reason Rally.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|In 2018, [[David Silverman]] said about his fellow atheists: "Lots and lots of division [[Decline of the atheist movement|in our movement]]. Hard, bad division... And that has resulted in a [[Atheist factions|splintering and factioning of the movement]] that I have never seen before and none of us have."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VYLMYvImc David Silverman - How the Mighty Get Back Up]</ref>]]

There is a lot of internal conflict within the [[atheist population]] in the [[Western World]] (see: [[Atheist factions]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]).  

There is a lot of internal conflict within the [[atheist population]] in the [[Western World]] (see: [[Atheist factions]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]). See also: [[Conflict resolution]]

Furthermore, an important aspect of [[conflict resolution]] is being [[Open-mindedness|open-minded]] enough to view the conflict objectively and from the other person's point of view. There is [[social science]] research indicating that [[atheism|atheists]] are less open-minded (see: [[Atheism and open-mindedness]]).

Furthermore, an important aspect of [[conflict resolution]] is being [[Open-mindedness|open-minded]] enough to view the conflict objectively and from the other person's point of view. There is [[social science]] research indicating that [[atheism|atheists]] are less open-minded (see: [[Atheism and open-mindedness]]).