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== Atheism, loneliness and lower social cohesion ==
== Atheism, loneliness and lower social cohesion ==
Dr. J. Gordon Melton said that atheism is not an ideology which tends to create community, but in the last few years there has been some growth of [[Atheist movement|organized atheism]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0i4kuN9XSc Baylor ISR- J. Gordon Melton - End of Religion? (May 5, 2015)]</ref>
Dr. J. Gordon Melton said that atheism is not an ideology which tends to create community, but in the last few years there has been some growth of [[Atheist movement|organized atheism]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0i4kuN9XSc Baylor ISR- J. Gordon Melton - End of Religion? (May 5, 2015)]</ref> However, subsequent to Melton's statement, divisions grew within the [[atheist movement]] (see: [[Atheist factions]]) and numerous atheists have declared that the "atheist movement is dead" or that it is dying (see: [[Decline of the atheist movement]])<ref>
*[https://freethoughtblogs.com/reasoner/2017/10/21/the-atheism-movement-dead-or-alive/ The “Atheism Movement:” Dead or Alive?], [[Freethought Blogs]]
*[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/11/seth-andrews-keeps-hearing-reports-of.html Atheist activist Seth Andrews keeps seeing reports on social media and the media that the atheist movement is dying], ''Examining Atheism''
*[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/10/now-that-that-poseur-atheist-aron-ra.html Atheist Aron Ra indicates the atheist movement is dead. Now that that Aron Ra has surrendered....], ''[[Examining Atheism]]''
*[http://www.atheistrev.com/2013/12/the-day-atheist-movement-died.html The Day the Atheist Movement Died] by Jack Vance at Atheist Revolution
*[https://twitter.com/jennifurret/status/405391218273554433 Jennifer McCreight on Twitter about the Elevatorgate scandal destroying the atheist movement], [[Jen McCreight]], Twitter</ref> In 2019, a writer at [[Freethought Blogs]] wrote: "Last month I looked at some [[Post-mortem interval|postmortems]] of the atheist movement...".<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/atrivialknot/2019/03/26/the-ghost-of-atheist-past/ The ghost of atheist past], Freethought Blogs</ref>
Citing the work of the French researcher Gilles Kepel who wrote the book ''The Revenge of God'' and the work of Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington, who authored the work ''The Clash of Civilizations'', the Christian ministry Tomorrow's World declared:
Citing the work of the French researcher Gilles Kepel who wrote the book ''The Revenge of God'' and the work of Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington, who authored the work ''The Clash of Civilizations'', the Christian ministry Tomorrow's World declared: