300 years, yet atheism has not grown into a viable movement | Bart Campolo

[Astreja]

I never said groups were stable entities, but our individual and collective needs can only be met, in the long term, with the backing of group strength.

With atheism as a minority position, currently we can aspire only to be a strong minority group.

I think we should be identifying and reinforcing common ground that we already share with many believers -- in other words, identifying real-world values that improve quality of life for everyone, and focusing on implementation.

In other words, what I'm advocating is the strategic undermining of one key factor that makes religion so appealing -- The promise of a better life.  This is why I suspect that the Nordic nations have relatively little interest in religion:  They've created that better life in the real world.