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How can it be that the world's most fearless atheist, celebrated for his strident opinions on the Christian and Jewish Gods, could profess to know so little about the God of the Koran? Has he not had the time? Or is Professor Dawkins simply demonstrating that most crucial trait of his species: survival instinct.<ref>[http://www.thejc.com/node/102653 Facing Uncomfortable Truths]</ref>}}
How can it be that the world's most fearless atheist, celebrated for his strident opinions on the Christian and Jewish Gods, could profess to know so little about the God of the Koran? Has he not had the time? Or is Professor Dawkins simply demonstrating that most crucial trait of his species: survival instinct.<ref>[http://www.thejc.com/node/102653 Facing Uncomfortable Truths]</ref>}}
== Atheism and death anxiety ==
On April 2, 2012, ''Science Daily'' reported that ''Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God''.<ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120402094322.htm Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God], Science Daily], Date: April 2, 2012</ref> For more information on death anxiety in atheists and others based on brain research studies (including studies that examined the effects of stress), please see: [[Atheism and death anxiety]]
(Under stress, the brain's processing works in a way that prefers unconscious thinking.<ref>
*[http://aktuell.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pm2012/pm00263.html.en Brain processing under stress], Ruhr-University BochumPress release
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/31/learn-under-stress-brain_n_3678222.html How The Brain Learns Successfully, Even Under Stress], ''The Huffington Post'' By Carolyn Gregoire, Posted: 07/31/2013 1:00 pm EDT Updated: 07/31/2013 1:14 pm EDT</ref>)
A United States study and a Taiwanese study indicated that the irreligious fear death more than the very religious (Please see: [[Atheism and death anxiety]]).
== 2010 Global Atheist Convention ==
== 2010 Global Atheist Convention ==