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In 2013, citing experts in demography and survey data, the ''Christian Post'' declared that there were three trends pointing to the United States potentially becoming more religious in coming years - namely an aging population becoming more religious over time, religious immigrants and the higher fertility rate of religious conservatives.<ref>[http://global.christianpost.com/news/3-reasons-america-may-become-more-religious-102859/ 3 Reasons America May Become More Religious]</ref>

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~~== Low stature of American atheists in American society ==~~

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Concerning various '''[[views on atheists]]''', research in the American Sociological Review finds that among several groups listed, atheists are the group that Americans relate least to in terms of their vision of American society and are the group most likely to be mentioned as one that Americans would not want to have marry into their family.

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<ref>Edgell, Gerteis & Hartmann 2006</ref> Dr. [[Sam Harris]] is a founder of the [[New Atheism]] movement. [[Sam Harris]] is quite aware of the stigma surrounding atheism and has even advocated that atheists no longer call themselves atheists.<ref>http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist</ref> In fact, Dr. Harris has said concerning the label of atheist, "It's right next to child molester as a designation."<ref>http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist</ref>

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~~! Position:~~

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~~! This group does not at all agree with<br> my vision of American society:~~

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~~! I would disapprove if my child wanted<br> to marry a member of this group:~~

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~~| Atheist~~

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~~| 39.6%~~

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~~| 47.6%~~

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~~| Muslim~~

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~~| 26.3%~~

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~~| 33.5%~~

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~~| Homosexual~~

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~~| 22.6%~~

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~~| NA~~

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~~|Conservative Christian~~

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~~| 13.5%~~

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~~| 6.9%~~

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~~| Recent Immigrant~~

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~~| 12.5%~~

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~~| Not Asked~~

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~~| Hispanic~~

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~~| 7.6%~~

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~~| 18.5%~~

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~~| Jew~~

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~~| 7.4%~~

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~~| 11.8%~~

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~~| Asian American~~

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~~| 7.0%~~

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~~| 18.5%~~

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~~|African American~~

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~~| 4.6%~~

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~~| 27.2%~~

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~~| White American~~

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~~| 2.2%~~

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~~| 2.3%~~

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