* '''Negative experiences with Christians''' <ref>http://media.www.sdsucollegian.com/media/storage/paper484/news/2006/04/04/OpinionEditorial/The-Single.Greatest.Cause.Of.Atheism-1782085.shtml</ref>
* '''Negative experiences with Christians''' <ref>http://media.www.sdsucollegian.com/media/storage/paper484/news/2006/04/04/OpinionEditorial/The-Single.Greatest.Cause.Of.Atheism-1782085.shtml</ref>
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==Atheism and its Decline as a Theoretical Position==
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According to Munich theologian [[Wolfhart Pannenberg]] "Atheism as a theoretical position is in decline worldwide."<ref> http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453432.91875.html</ref> [[Oxford]] scholar [[Alister McGrath]] agrees and has stated that atheism's "future seems increasingly to lie in the private beliefs of individuals rather than in the great public domain it once regarded as its habitat."<ref>http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453432.91875.html</ref>
==Atheism in Academia==
==Atheism in Academia==
In 2001 atheist and [[Philosophy|philosopher]] [[Quentin Smith]] stated the following:
In 2001 atheist and [[Philosophy|philosopher]] [[Quentin Smith]] stated the following:
{{cquote|[[Naturalism|Naturalists]] [atheists] passively watched as realist versions of theism … began to sweep through the philosophical community, until today perhaps one-quarter or one-third of philosophy professors are theists, with most being orthodox Christians…. God is not 'dead' in academia; he returned to life in the 1960's and is now alive and well in his last academic stronghold, philosophy departments."<ref>http://www.rzim.org/slice/slicetran.php?sliceid=880</ref>}}
{{cquote|[[Naturalism|Naturalists]] [atheists] passively watched as realist versions of theism … began to sweep through the philosophical community, until today perhaps one-quarter or one-third of philosophy professors are theists, with most being orthodox Christians…. God is not 'dead' in academia; he returned to life in the 1960's and is now alive and well in his last academic stronghold, philosophy departments."<ref>http://www.rzim.org/slice/slicetran.php?sliceid=880</ref>}}
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== Atheist population as a percentage of various countries' populations==
== Atheist population as a percentage of various countries' populations==