A '''second generation atheist''' is one descended and raised in an [[atheism|atheistic]] environment by parents who are both [[atheists]].
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A '''second generation atheist''' is one born and raised in an [[atheism|atheistic]] environment by parents who are both [[atheists]].
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The term is used by atheists,<ref>http://www.americanatheist.org/win01-02/T1/goeringer.html</ref> but it is not easy to find many examples of productive '''second generation atheists'''. While [[atheists]] raised in [[religious]] environments have occasionally been productive, atheists raised in atheistic environments are not known to be<ref>http://www.google.com/search?q=second+generation+atheists</ref>. Moreover it has been shown that second generation atheists who converted to Christianity early in life have been moderately successful.
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The term is used by atheists,<ref>http://www.americanatheist.org/win01-02/T1/goeringer.html</ref> but it is not easy to find many examples of productive '''second generation atheists'''. While [[atheists]] raised in [[religious]] environments have occasionally been productive, atheists raised in atheistic environments are not known to be<ref>http://www.google.com/search?q=second+generation+atheists</ref>. On the other hand, it has been shown that second generation atheists who converted to Christianity early in life have been moderately successful.
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In the year following the introduction of the term here at Conservapedia, [[Google]] references went from less than 1000 sites to 152,000 sites referring to "second generation atheist."
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In the year following the introduction of the term at Conservapedia, [[Google]] references went from less than 1000 sites to 152,000 sites referring to "second generation atheist."
The following has been reported by [[Campus Crusade for Christ]]:<ref>http://www.wwcmagazine.org/1997/call.html</ref>
The following has been reported by [[Campus Crusade for Christ]]:<ref>http://www.wwcmagazine.org/1997/call.html</ref>