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== Atheism and secularism memes ==

== Atheism and secularism memes ==

On a worldwide basis, [[atheism]] is not a very robust meme and [[global atheism]] is shrinking. In addition, the [[secularism]] meme's long term prospects are poor in the West. In the [[Western World]] due to immigration and the higher birth rates of religious people the secularism meme will weaken. Eric Kaufman writes: "Committed religious populations are growing in the West, and will reverse the march of secularism before 2050."<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Early paper - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]</ref>

On a worldwide basis, [[atheism]] is not a very robust meme and [[global atheism]] is shrinking. In addition, the [[secularism]] meme's long term prospects are poor in the West. In the [[Western World]] due to immigration and the higher birth rates of religious people the secularism/atheism memes will weaken. Eric Kaufman writes: "Committed religious populations are growing in the West, and will reverse the march of secularism before 2050."<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Early paper - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]</ref>

== Notes ==  

== Notes ==