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xrayzed wrote:Social trends are often cyclical, and much of the recent discussion in the media was largely centred around a number of books by prominent atheists that appeared at roughly the same time. So it is entirely possible that the recent high levels of discussion in the media about atheism have temporarily peaked.

This does not in any way imply that atheism is going away, or that if there is a decline we won't see another resurgence, and possibly an even wider and louder debate than we've had to date. It sure as hell doesn't mean that atheists have suddenly decided that they really do want to kowtow to magical invisible beings after all.