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Line 3: − As of July 18, 2009, [[Google]] retrieves 152,000 sites referring to "second generation atheist," beginning with a list compiled by a Conservapedia critcism site. The list contains authors, comedians, and philosophers, among others. It is followed by this one. On the other hand, the following has been reported by [[Campus Crusade for Christ]]: + + +
removed reference to facetious entry, but retained how Google references to term has mushroomed in year since the term was introduced here
The term is used by atheists,<ref>http://www.americanatheist.org/win01-02/T1/goeringer.html</ref> but it is not easy to find many examples of productive '''second generation atheists'''. While [[atheists]] raised in [[religious]] environments have occasionally been productive, atheists raised in atheistic environments are not known to be<ref>http://www.google.com/search?q=second+generation+atheists</ref>. Moreover it has been shown that second generation atheists who converted to Christianity early in life have been moderately successful.
The term is used by atheists,<ref>http://www.americanatheist.org/win01-02/T1/goeringer.html</ref> but it is not easy to find many examples of productive '''second generation atheists'''. While [[atheists]] raised in [[religious]] environments have occasionally been productive, atheists raised in atheistic environments are not known to be<ref>http://www.google.com/search?q=second+generation+atheists</ref>. Moreover it has been shown that second generation atheists who converted to Christianity early in life have been moderately successful.
In the year following introduction of this term here, [[Google]] references went from less than 1000 sites to 152,000 sites referring to "second generation atheist."
The following has been reported by [[Campus Crusade for Christ]]:
{{cquote|In a study listed in Who's Who in Who's Who, it took 5,000 Presbyterian ministers to produce one child listed in Who's Who. Among lawyers the ratio was 5,000 to 1; dentists 2,500 to 1. But for every seven Christian missionary families from the United States, one of their children would be listed in Who's Who.<ref>http://www.wwcmagazine.org/1997/call.html</ref>}}
{{cquote|In a study listed in Who's Who in Who's Who, it took 5,000 Presbyterian ministers to produce one child listed in Who's Who. Among lawyers the ratio was 5,000 to 1; dentists 2,500 to 1. But for every seven Christian missionary families from the United States, one of their children would be listed in Who's Who.<ref>http://www.wwcmagazine.org/1997/call.html</ref>}}