The number of atheists in America doubled from 1991 to 2001 according to the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS). As of 2001, there were nearly 30 million atheists in the country. Although the majority of Americans still identify themselves as Christians, 30 million atheists do make up a significant percentage of the population (about 10%), and their numbers are on the increase. You can read the rest of this article, which is mostly about atheists in politics, here.
It seems to me that the results of atheism's rise are two fold. First, the Church is silenced. Laws are passed which make it illegal to speak out publicly against homosexuality and other kinds of immorality. Churches then must either go to jail, compromise, or go underground. Then, Islam fills the vacuum created by the absence of Christianity. Secularism/atheism/humanism is a bankrupt system and will collapse in the face of Islam. Be have begun to see this whole pattern play out in Europe; will it happen here in the states as well? I believe the presidential election in November will be a great litmus test to see where we are and where we are headed as a nation.
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