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Joe King's avatar

Two different surveys, one showing evangelicals gaining ground but just barely, while the other shows them losing ground but just barely. All while being the most organized and well funded. Look at their media and outreach empires. They do so much just to stay in place. Meanwhile, the nones are growing faster than any other demographic, when all we really have are facts.

This bodes well for the future. That so many will simply follow the facts that are quietly stated and rejecting the lies shouted from bullhorns is a positive trend. This is why they are so intent on theocracy, to be able to force the facts into hiding so that people stop seeing their lies for what they are.

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This is a topic we've talked about before. Shoot, it's something that evangelicals have already commented on, while utterly failing to realize just WHY they're bleeding out.

The fact is that the word is out: religion is a LIE. That simple statement has grown enormous traction in the years since 9/11/2001, and it has grown even more potent with the increased popularity of the internet and the spreading of that message on social media. For perhaps the first time in its history, religion is playing defense, and it doesn't like that very much.

The real danger here as I see it is that, as people leave religion, what remains is more concentrated, more angry, and far more dangerous. Add that to the most recent decisions of the Supreme Court, and you have a mix that is volatile to the point where it resembles a social analog of nitroglycerin.

Which doesn't change the fact that we as atheists need to be public, need to be OUT, and need to stand for our values in the face of all that ... because the alternative is intolerable.

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