Is Atheism Dead?

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I noticed today that "Is Atheism Dead?" by Eric Metaxas occupies the top three slots in the Atheism category on Amazon. So the hardcover, Kindle version and audiobook are all outselling every other atheism book. Has anyone read this and have any thoughts? I'm going to pick it up and start working through it. From the table of contents it looks like some recycled arguments from ignorance and old fashioned atheist bashing but it's clearly getting some serious traction. A quick web search didn't turn up any serious rebuttals so I'm wondering if any have been posted.

If Atheism and by extension doubt in religious belief was truly dead, or even on the way out, then we would have no secular societies left on this planet. The fact that the trend seems to be towards "pro choice" across free will on flavour of religion (including no religion) in most places of the world apart from either dictatorial regimes or fanatics seems to indicate the exact opposite.

Let me ask you this. If the majority of people truly believed that if you don't worship the big guy you go to place of eternal flames and torture, then by golly, wouldn't we be failing miserably as a society by not mandating such belief simply from a health and safety point of view?

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Ah, yes, people who claim that atheism is dead forget that they are also atheists

That quote......stupidest shit I ever heard.

Stupidest response I ever heard. Do you understand the quote?