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Harvard University's Samuel Huntington observed: "The late 20th century has seen the global resurgence of religions around the world" (''The Clash of Civilizations'', p. 64).<ref>[http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2005/november-december/the-return-of-religion The Return of Religion]</ref>
 
Harvard University's Samuel Huntington observed: "The late 20th century has seen the global resurgence of religions around the world" (''The Clash of Civilizations'', p. 64).<ref>[http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2005/november-december/the-return-of-religion The Return of Religion]</ref>
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[[Alister McGrath]] points out that many atheists/agnostics were angry that the secularization thesis failed because religion was "supposed to" disappear. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=creNs9-Ui6A 'Why God Won't Go Away'] by Alister McGrath</ref> After nearly three centuries of failed predictions of the secularization thesis and mankind practicing religion for thousands of years,  most reasonable social scientists would simply modify/abandon their thesis and attempt to replace it with a better theory or theories.  The stubbornness of many secularists to cling on to their failed thesis suggest a rigid, limited and deliberate dullness of thinking. See also: [[Dullness of atheism]]
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[[Alister McGrath]] points out that many atheists/agnostics were angry that the secularization thesis failed because religion was "supposed to" disappear. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=creNs9-Ui6A 'Why God Won't Go Away'] by Alister McGrath</ref> After nearly three centuries of failed predictions of the secularization thesis and mankind practicing religion for thousands of years,  most reasonable social scientists would simply modify/abandon their thesis and attempt to replace it with a better theory or theories.  The stubbornness of many secularists to cling on to their failed thesis suggest a rigid and limited thinking.
 
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