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[[File:600px-Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png|thumbnail|right|200px|During Russia's [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period when every expression of religion except occult activity had been outlawed, Russians were seeing UFOs at five to eight times the rate Americans were.]]
Clay Routledge Ph.D. wrote in ''Psychology Today'' about '''atheism and belief in aliens''':
Clay Routledge Ph.D. wrote in ''Psychology Today'' about '''atheism and belief in aliens''':
:"Atheists reject the magical world. No God. No angels and demons. No miracles. And so on. The general position of what is often referred to as the New Atheist movement is that atheists approach life through logic and empirical evidence (science) whereas religious people rely on faith and feelings. Many atheists would argue that they do not believe in something unless there is a good reason for doing so. But is this true?
:"Atheists reject the magical world. No God. No angels and demons. No miracles. And so on. The general position of what is often referred to as the New Atheist movement is that atheists approach life through logic and empirical evidence (science) whereas religious people rely on faith and feelings. Many atheists would argue that they do not believe in something unless there is a good reason for doing so. But is this true?