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−	[[File:Georgetown Riverview.jpg\|thumbnail\|right\|~~200px~~\|In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household in the United States remain atheists as adults.<ref name="retention rate">Nazworth, Nap (July 11, 2012). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ "Study: atheists have lowest 'retention rate' compared to religious groups"]. christianpost.com.</ref>]]	+	[[File:Georgetown Riverview.jpg\|thumbnail\|right\|250px\|In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household in the United States remain atheists as adults.<ref name="retention rate">Nazworth, Nap (July 11, 2012). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ "Study: atheists have lowest 'retention rate' compared to religious groups"]. christianpost.com.</ref>]]
	In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that in the United States only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[Atheism\|atheist]] household remain atheists as adults.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups]</ref> According to Dr. Mark Gray, "of those raised as atheists, 30% are now affiliated with a [[Protestantism\|Protestant]] denomination, 10% are Catholic, 2% are Jewish, 1% are Mormon, and 1% are Pagan."<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and children]] and [[Desecularization and aging populations]]		In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that in the United States only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[Atheism\|atheist]] household remain atheists as adults.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups]</ref> According to Dr. Mark Gray, "of those raised as atheists, 30% are now affiliated with a [[Protestantism\|Protestant]] denomination, 10% are Catholic, 2% are Jewish, 1% are Mormon, and 1% are Pagan."<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and children]] and [[Desecularization and aging populations]]

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 *[[Atheists doubting the validity of atheism]]
 *[[Atheism and evidence]]
 *[[Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian]]
 *[[Conversion from atheism to Christianity]]

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 *[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2014/02/4-reasons-why-atheism-and-agnosticism.html 4 reasons why atheism and agnosticism are weak, errant, secular religions]
 *[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/staunch-atheists-convert-to.html Staunch atheists convert to Christianity at UK Soul Survivor event]
-*[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/accordingtomatthew/2019/02/new-study-examines-why-atheists-convert-to-christianity/ Why atheists convert to Christianity]
+*[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/accordingtomatthew/2019/02/new-study-examines-why-atheists-convert-to-christianity/ Why atheists convert to Christianity
+*[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2022/02/will-2022-be-truly-horrendous-year-for.html Will global atheism be hurt by a global, economic depression in the 2020s or 2030s?], [[Examining Atheism]]
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 === Growth of Christianity in China ===
 [[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|right|200px|Yang Fenggang of Purdue University expects China to have largest Christian population in the world by 2030.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21629218-rapid-spread-christianity-forcing-official-rethink-religion-cracks ''Cracks in the atheist edifice''], ''The Economist'', November 1, 2014</ref>]]
 Historically, atheism has generally been an integral part of [[communism|communist]] ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]).

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 ''See also:'' [[Growth of Christianity in China]] and [[Growth of evangelical Christianity in irreligious regions]] and [[Atheism and communism]]
-[[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|left|200px|Yang Fenggang of Purdue University expects China to have largest Christian population in the world by 2030.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21629218-rapid-spread-christianity-forcing-official-rethink-religion-cracks ''Cracks in the atheist edifice''], ''The Economist'', November 1, 2014</ref>]]
+[[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|right|200px|Yang Fenggang of Purdue University expects China to have largest Christian population in the world by 2030.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21629218-rapid-spread-christianity-forcing-official-rethink-religion-cracks ''Cracks in the atheist edifice''], ''The Economist'', November 1, 2014</ref>]]
 Historically, atheism has generally been an integral part of [[communism|communist]] ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]).

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 In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that in the United States only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[Atheism|atheist]] household remain atheists as adults.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups]</ref> According to Dr. Mark Gray, "of those raised as atheists, 30% are now affiliated with a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denomination, 10% are Catholic, 2% are Jewish, 1% are Mormon, and 1% are Pagan."<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and children]] and [[Desecularization and aging populations]]
-[[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] wrote about the Pew Research Forum's examination data involving individuals raised as atheists:
+Theodore Beale wrote about the Pew Research Forum's examination data involving individuals raised as atheists:
 {{cquote|...the example of various former atheists such as [[C.S. Lewis]] and [[Anthony Flew]] indicates that atheism is nothing more than a transitive state for many individuals...
-The retention rate is even worse for the full blown atheist population. 60% of those raised atheist abandon atheism; 0.5% of the population was raised atheist and 0.3% of it left atheism. And while 1.4% of the population became atheist, the fact that nearly all of the nation is not atheist means that the non-atheist population has a retention rate of 98.6%, which is nearly 2.5 times better than the atheist retention rate of 40%. Therefore, the perceived rapid growth of atheism is nothing more than an artifact of the atheist population's statistical insignificance. Even the dying Episcopalian church has a better retention rate than atheism...<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/03/another-atheist-myth.html Another atheist myth]</ref>}}
+The retention rate is even worse for the full blown atheist population. 60% of those raised atheist abandon atheism; 0.5% of the population was raised atheist and 0.3% of it left atheism. And while 1.4% of the population became atheist, the fact that nearly all of the nation is not atheist means that the non-atheist population has a retention rate of 98.6%, which is nearly 2.5 times better than the atheist retention rate of 40%. Therefore, the perceived rapid growth of atheism is nothing more than an artifact of the atheist population's statistical insignificance. Even the dying Episcopalian church has a better retention rate than atheism...<ref>[https://voxday.net/2010/03/25/another-atheist-my/ Another atheist myth]</ref>}}
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 In 2012, a study by the General Social Survey of the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago found that belief in God rises with age, even in atheistic nations <ref>[http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/04/18/belief-god-rises-age-even-atheist-nations Belief in God rises with age, even in atheist nations]</ref> (For more information, please see: [[Atheism and immaturity]]).
-Theodore Beale declared:
+Theodore Beale declared: "...the age at which most people become atheists indicates that it is almost never an intellectual decision, but an emotional one. (This is why most self-identified atheists are angry, bitter, and immature. The anger, bitterness, and immaturity are usually the [[Causes of atheism|cause of the atheism]], they are not, as many Christians erroneously suppose, the effects.)<ref>[https://voxday.net/2011/01/11/answering-atheists-question/ Answering an atheist's question]</ref>
-{{cquote|...the age at which most people become atheists indicates that it is almost never an intellectual decision, but an emotional one. (This is why most self-identified atheists are angry, bitter, and immature. The anger, bitterness, and immaturity are usually the [[Causes of atheism|cause of the atheism]], they are not, as many Christians erroneously suppose, the effects.)<ref>[https://voxday.net/2011/01/11/answering-atheists-question/ Answering an atheist's question]</ref>
 The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[True Free Thinker|Ken Ammi]] concurs in his essay ''The Argument for Atheism from Immaturity'' and writes: "It is widely known that some atheists rejected God in their childhood, based on child like reasons, have not matured beyond these childish notions and thus, maintain childish-emotional reactions toward the idea of God."<ref>[http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/argument-atheism-immaturity]</ref>

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 == See also ==
 *[[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]
 *[[Atheists doubting the validity of atheism]]