Currently, [[global atheism]] is shrinking and sound scholarship in the discipline of demographic research indicates that the shrinking of global atheism will accelerate and affect Western atheism (see: [[Decline of atheism]]). Global atheism has been on the decline since 2000. In addition, in terms of the English speaking world, Google trend data as of August 2013 indicates that the world's interest in atheism and [[evolution]]ism has declined while interest in [[God]] has increased since 2004.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/08/google-trends-interest-in-atheism.html Google trends: Interest in atheism and evolution down. Google searches for God are up. Atheism beaches will be softened up before major attacks on atheism ]</ref> | Currently, [[global atheism]] is shrinking and sound scholarship in the discipline of demographic research indicates that the shrinking of global atheism will accelerate and affect Western atheism (see: [[Decline of atheism]]). Global atheism has been on the decline since 2000. In addition, in terms of the English speaking world, Google trend data as of August 2013 indicates that the world's interest in atheism and [[evolution]]ism has declined while interest in [[God]] has increased since 2004.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/08/google-trends-interest-in-atheism.html Google trends: Interest in atheism and evolution down. Google searches for God are up. Atheism beaches will be softened up before major attacks on atheism ]</ref> |