No Single Strand of Secularism has Vast Numbers
Every once in a while I read a Christian critique of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and those atheist writers of 15 years ago. The standard conclusion of these Christians is that the best sellers were read by millions but the entire "atheist movement" they started has died. This is, of course, non-sense. It's true there have not been shocking best sellers about atheism recently. It's also true that there are not atheist meetings attended by the numbers who attend church weekly. Christian pundits have to agree, however, Christian numbers are falling. They also have to agree the numbers who claim no religious affiliation, "nones", has risen dramatically. Nones are now the largest religious group in the U.S. The Christian pundit in the link points out that when Dawkins published his famous book, the generation that bought and read it had grown up in Sunday School and knew the basics of Christianity. The atheist authors aimed their writing at those who knew Chr