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The book ''Atheist Persona: Causes and Consequences'' by John J. Pasquini, Th.D. indicates that many of the prominent atheists (and prominent [[practical atheism|practical atheists]]) who had dysfunctional/absent fathers that he lists in his book also had dysfunctional/absent mothers.<ref>Atheist Persona: Causes and Consequences by John J. Pasquini, 2014, University Press of America, page 3</ref>
 
The book ''Atheist Persona: Causes and Consequences'' by John J. Pasquini, Th.D. indicates that many of the prominent atheists (and prominent [[practical atheism|practical atheists]]) who had dysfunctional/absent fathers that he lists in his book also had dysfunctional/absent mothers.<ref>Atheist Persona: Causes and Consequences by John J. Pasquini, 2014, University Press of America, page 3</ref>
  
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In the United States, the ages 14-17 are very influential in terms of an individual adopting atheism.<ref>
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In the United States, the ages 14–17 are very influential in terms of an individual adopting atheism.<ref>
 
*[http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/listening-to-young-atheists-lessons-for-a-stronger-christianity/276584/?single_page=true Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity] by Larry Taunton, The Atlantic
 
*[http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/listening-to-young-atheists-lessons-for-a-stronger-christianity/276584/?single_page=true Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity] by Larry Taunton, The Atlantic
 
*[https://answersingenesis.org/christianity/church/already-gone/ Chapter 1 - Already Gone]</ref>  Of those who do embrace unbelief in the United States, many do so in their high school years.<ref>
 
*[https://answersingenesis.org/christianity/church/already-gone/ Chapter 1 - Already Gone]</ref>  Of those who do embrace unbelief in the United States, many do so in their high school years.<ref>
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* [http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2002/mar2002p16_955.html Faith of the Fatherless, the Psychology of Atheism]
 
* [http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2002/mar2002p16_955.html Faith of the Fatherless, the Psychology of Atheism]

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Ex-atheist Paul Vitz

The Cambridge Companion to Atheism which was edited by the atheist philosopher Michael Martin declared:

“ Continuity and discontinuity in any identity may be a function of interpersonal networks, especially involving intimate relations. Apostasy and conversion can both be seen as a rejection of parental identity and parental beliefs. It “might well be symptomatic of familial strain and dissociation... apostasy is to be viewed as a form of rebellion against parents” (Caplovitz and Sherrow, 1977:50).[1] ”

A troubled/non-existent relationship with a father can influence a person to become an atheist.[2] Dr. Paul Vitz wrote a book entitled Faith of the Fatherless in which he points out that after studying the lives of more than a dozen leading atheists he found that a large majority of them had a father who was present but weak, present but abusive, or absent.[3][4] Dr. Vitz also examined the lives of prominent theists who were contemporaneous to their atheist counterparts and from the same culture and in every instance these prominent theists had a good relationship with his father.[5] Dr. Vitz has also stated other common factors he observed in the leading atheists he profiled: they were all intelligent and arrogant.[6]

The book Atheist Persona: Causes and Consequences by John J. Pasquini, Th.D. indicates that many of the prominent atheists (and prominent practical atheists) who had dysfunctional/absent fathers that he lists in his book also had dysfunctional/absent mothers.[7]

In the United States, the ages 14–17 are very influential in terms of an individual adopting atheism.[8] Of those who do embrace unbelief in the United States, many do so in their high school years.[9] See also: Atheism and immaturity

Atheism has a lower retention rate than other worldviews

See also: Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews

In 2012, a Georgetown University study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household remain atheists as adults.[10] Similarly, according to recent research by the Pew Research Forum on Religion and Public Life, in the United States, a majority of those surveyed who were raised in atheist or agnostic households, or where there was no specific religious attachment, later chose to join a religious faith.[11][12]

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Notes

  1. ↑ The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, edited by Michael Martin, page 302, published in 2006
  2. ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth12.html
  3. ↑ Vitz, Paul, The Psychology of Atheism, September 24, 1997 (lecture notes taken by an audience member).
  4. ↑ Anders, Kerby, Atheists and Their Fathers (Probe Ministries)
  5. ↑ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/vitz.txt
  6. ↑ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/vitz.txt
  7. ↑ Atheist Persona: Causes and Consequences by John J. Pasquini, 2014, University Press of America, page 3
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  10. ↑ http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups
  11. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/defectors-to-faith-mark-a-growing-trend/story-e6frg7ko-1225710667095
  12. ↑ http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1204/religion-changes-affiliations-survey
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