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[[File:Vbar FB2EBAD.png|right|300px|thumb|The Green New Deal costs 119.23% of the total economic output of Planet Earth;<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-25/group-sees-ocasio-cortez-s-green-new-deal-costing-93-trillion</ref> to raise global GDP to meet the anticipated costs of the Green new Deal would, of course, necessitate an increase in carbon emissions.]]
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[[File:Blue Marble.jpg|thumbnail|right|175px|Atheism is in decline worldwide, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world's population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref> See: [[Global atheism]] ]]
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The '''Green New Deal''' is a radical [[leftism|lefist]]/[[communist]] and [[totalitarian]] plan to destroy America introduced into the 116th Congress by the [[Democratic party]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gov-richard-lamm-my-plan-to-destroy-america-35408</ref><ref>Murphy, James (January 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/31113-ocasio-cortez-s-green-new-deal-represents-the-true-wishes-of-democrats-and-globalists Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” Represents the True Wishes of Democrats and Globalists]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 6, 2019.</ref><ref>Pollak, Joel B. (February 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/07/pollak-green-new-deal-is-a-republican-parody-of-the-democratic-platform/ Pollak: ‘Green New Deal’ Is a Republican Parody of the Democratic Platform]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (February 11, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31454-exposed-ocasio-cortez-can-scrub-but-she-can-t-hide-green-new-deal-details Exposed! Ocasio-Cortez Can Scrub, but She Can’t Hide Green New Deal Details]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.</ref> It fundamentally seeks to save the planet from total destruction by [[greenhouse gases]] in twelve years by installing [[single-payer]] [[Medicare for All]]. Simply put, it is an [[intersectional]] [[coalition]] of the [[environmental movement]] and the socialist [[welfare state]]. The "climate crisis" gives urgency to pass legislation that will destroy American freedoms, such as the right to own a car, a gun, or private health insurance.
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Below are some [[global atheism]] statistics from research organizations and scholars.
  
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Among several provisions, the Green New Deal would:
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The global [[atheism]] and religious [[demography]] research below covers the time period from 1900 to the end of 2016. In addition, the research below includes irreligion/religion demographic projections going as far as 2100.
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*give "economic security" for people who are "unwilling to work," or [[Basic income|UBI]] (universal basic income);<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (February 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-will-pay-americans-who-are-unwilling-to-work/ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Green New Deal’ Will Pay Americans Who Are ‘Unwilling to Work’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.<br>Democrats tried to hide this aspect of the Green New Deal and denied its existence:
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*Ferrechio (February 9, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/the-mysterious-case-of-aocs-scrubbed-green-new-deal-details The mysterious case of AOC’s scrubbed 'Green New Deal' details]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
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*Nolte, John (February 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/10/nolte-ocasio-cortez-adviser-caught-lying-to-tucker-carlson/ Nolte: Ocasio-Cortez Adviser Caught Lying to Tucker Carlson]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
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*Re, Gregg (February 10, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-adviser-admits-he-falsely-claimed-green-new-deal-didnt-promise-security-for-those-unwilling-to-work Ocasio-Cortez adviser admits he falsely claimed Green New Deal didn't promise security for those 'unwilling' to work']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
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* https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1094277774074875904
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* https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1094316596569493504</ref>
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*wean Americans off of [[beef]] and [[dairy]] products;
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*ban all gas-powered vehicles by 2030;
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*eliminate the [[airline]] industry;
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*promote [[Medicare for All]], "[[gender confusion|gender based justice]]", [[homosexuality]] and [[transgenderism]];
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*tear down and rebuild every building in the country.
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The Green New Deal has been endorsed by [[Democratic party|Democrat]] [[2020 presidential election|presidential hopefuls]] [[Kamala Harris]], [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], [[Cory Booker]], [[Tulsi Gabbard]], [[Jay Inslee]] and [[Juan Castro]]. It was introduced as H.Res.109 in February 2019.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190208215631/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5729035/Green-New-Deal-FAQ.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2018/12/11/congressional-support-for-a-green-new-deal</ref> Six weeks into Democrat control of the House of Representatives it already claimed victory for destroying 25,000 jobs.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/tech/amazon-blasts-ocasio-cortez-says-we-dont-want-to-work-in-this-environment-in-the-long-term</ref>
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== Percentage of the world's population who are atheists - statistics and trends ==
  
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The Manhattan-based Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) has discussed the concept of a Green New Deal since at least 2013: {{Quotebox|"A Green New Deal is concerned with a just transition to a more sustainable economy, with improved provision of public services, and with strict regulation of polluters and financial speculators. While there is much promise in this approach, it contains unresolved contradictions and has been blocked by hostile forces. Moreover, it is unclear whether this agenda is adequate to the challenge posed by climate change.<br>Building green socialism may be the only way to emerge from this time of crisis with a society that treads lightly on the earth while enabling a full range of human flourishing."<ref>http://www.rosalux-nyc.org/green-transformation/?fbclid=IwAR3e8YCrJ2ffNyd275Hb6-EigwwY_z0tWsYsUlqo6UWRE51sLPsgW0vqhQ0</ref>}}
 
  
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The RLS is the American affiliate of the [[Berlin]]-based Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, a wholly owned affiliate of [[German]] political party [[Die Linke]] (The Left)—a direct descendant of the former [[Stalinist]] East German Communist Party.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/former-east-german-communists-training-guiding-democratic-socialists-of-america_2628662.html</ref> The RLS works closely with the United States' largest [[Marxist]] organization, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and the pro-[[China]] [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] (FRSO), as well as the [[Communist Party USA]] (CPUSA), all of which are fully behind the Green New Deal. According to the ''[[New Yorker]]'' the proposal was {{quotebox|"written over a single December 2018 weekend by the staff of the freshman representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three like-minded progressive groups: the Sunrise Movement, a grassroots climate organization; the [[Justice Democrats]], which recruits and supports progressive candidates; and an upstart policy shop called the New Consensus."<br>All three of these groups are spin-offs of a New York City-based revolutionary training organization called "Momentum."<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/how-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-allies-supplanted-the-obama-generation</ref><ref>https://keywiki.org/Momentum</ref>}} According to Momentum’s website: {{quotebox|"We see two dominant traditions of organizing in the [[United States]]: structure-based organizing and mass protest. In the structure-based tradition, developed by [[Saul Alinsky]] and others, organizers start with one-on-one relationships to develop leadership and build a base that can advocate for the needs of particular constituencies. Structure-based organizations, such as community organizations and [[labor union]]s, make instrumental demands, using the base’s leverage over policymakers to win concrete reforms for their members. By contrast, in the mass protest tradition, autonomous groups of individuals create polarizing moments that inspire thousands of unaffiliated people to take to the streets around symbolic, popular social issues.<br>The Momentum model fuses the strengths of the structure-based organizing and mass protest to seed a new tradition of organizing in the United States. Momentum synthesizes the lessons of various 20th century movements, including the [[Ukrainian crisis|Color Revolutions]] of [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[Arab Spring]] in North Africa."}} Momentum boasts of training activists from groups "doing some of the most important movement-building" in the United States, including "[[Black Lives Matter]], Dream Defenders, BYP100, United We Dream, Showing Up For Racial Justice, 350.org, National People’s Action, PICO, and more."<ref>https://www.momentumcommunity.org/about-momentum/</ref> All of these groups are [[front group]]s or close affiliates of the [[FRSO]]. In short, the Green New Deal seeks a fusion of climate activists with the [[civil rights movement]], as was done with the [[Feminist]] movement in the 1970s and [[Gay rights]] movement in the 1990s.
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As a percentage of the world's population, atheism peaked in 1970.<ref>[http://www.science20.com/writer_on_the_edge/blog/atheism_peaks_while_spiritual_groups_move_toward_convergence-156528 Atheism Peaks, While Spiritual Groups Move Toward Convergence] by Nury Vittachi, July 14, 2015, website Science 2.0</ref> Global atheism is expected to decline in the 21st century and beyond in terms of its global market share.<ref>
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*[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]
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*[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-world-is-turning-more-religious-atheism-declining-100518/ Study: World is becoming more religious]
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*[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2019/03/globally-worldviews-of-atheism-and-non.html Globally the worldviews of atheism and non-religious (agnostic) are declining while global Christianity is exploding in adherents]
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*[http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf Gordon-Conwell Seminary - Status of Global Mission, 2014, in the Context of AD 1800–2025]
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*[http://www.science20.com/writer_on_the_edge/blog/atheism_peaks_while_spiritual_groups_move_toward_convergence-156528 Atheism Peaks, While Spiritual Groups Move Toward Convergence] by Nury Vittachi, July 14, 2015, website Sciene 2.0</ref> 
  
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Strong similarities exist between the Green New Deal and Germany's failed environmental program.<ref>Peek, Liz (February 21, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/430980-aocs-green-deal-isnt-new-its-been-a-flop-in-germany AOC's green deal isn't new — it's been a flop in Germany]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 21, 2019.</ref>
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=== Eric Kaufman on global atheism as a percentage of the world's population ===
  
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[[File:Birkbeck College London.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|[[Eric Kaufmann]], a professor at [[Birkbeck College, University of London]] whose work focuses on how demographic changes affects religion/politics, points out that that the atheist population has a sub-replacement fertility rate while religious [[fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] have high rates of birth (See: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]). .<ref>
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Several of the organizations promoting the Green New Deal are connected to far-left financier [[George Soros]], as well as [[Occupy Wall Street]] and [[Black Lives Matter]].<ref>Klein, Aaron (February 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/19/whos-behind-the-green-new-deal-big-money-backs-ocasio-cortez-socialist-dream-project/ Who’s Behind the Green New Deal? Big Money Backs Ocasio-Cortez Socialist Dream Project]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 19, 2019.</ref>
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*[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]
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*[http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/2011/05/eric-kaufmann-shall-religious-inherit.html Eric Kaufmann: Shall The Religious Inherit The Earth?]
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*[http://kitmantv.blogspot.com/search/label/atheist%20demographics Eric Kaufmann's Atheist Demographic series]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwmgFZsgSo0 Eric Kaufmann: Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?, Australian Broadcasting Corporation]</ref> ]]
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On December 23, 2012, Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] who teaches at Birbeck College, University of London and whose academic research specialty is how [[demography|demographic]] changes affect religion/irreligion and politics, wrote:
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{{cquote|I argue that 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious.
  
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On the other hand, the secular West and East Asia has very low fertility and a rapidly aging population... In the coming decades, the developed world's demand for workers to pay its pensions and work in its service sector will soar alongside the booming supply of young people in the third world. Ergo, we can expect significant immigration to the secular West which will import religious revival on the back of ethnic change. In addition, those with religious beliefs tend to have higher birth rates than the secular population, with fundamentalists having far larger families. The epicentre of these trends will be in immigration gateway cities like New York (a third white), Amsterdam (half Dutch), Los Angeles (28% white), and London, 45% white British.
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<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/97-of-worlds-population-growth-is.html 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious], Tuesday, April 30, 2013</ref>}}
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The Green New Deal is a 10-year plan to "mobilize every aspect of American society at a scale not seen since [[World War 2]] to achieve net-zero [[greenhouse gas]] emissions and create economic prosperity for all." [[New Consensus]] provides the theoretical backbone for the Green New Deal. The [[DSA]], [[FRSO]], and [[CPUSA]] are all behind the Green New Deal. Even the [[League of Revolutionaries for a New America]], has backed the plan.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/events/227647884777976/</ref>
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=== Encyclopedia Britanica statistics on global atheism ===
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Ocasio-Cortez's plan calls for, within 10 years a
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*Eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing, agricultural and other industries as well as from America’s transportation and infrastructure network, the sort of legislation that provoked the [[Yellow Vest movement]];
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The new committee will have total oversight of American industry, with a mandate for pushing union membership. Under “Scope of the Plan,” a section on labor states the committee's final plan shall: {{quotebox|"Require strong enforcement of labor, workplace safety, and wage standards that [[collective bargaining|recognize the rights of workers to organize]] and unionize free of coercion, intimidation, and harassment, and creation of meaningful, quality, career employment."}}
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According to the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', 2% of the world's population self-identifies as atheist and the average annual global change for [[atheism]] from 2000 to 2010 was −0.17%.<ref name="eb-2010">{{cite web|title=Religion: Year in Review 2010: Worldwide Adherents of All Religions|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1731588/Religion-Year-In-Review-2010/298437/Worldwide-Adherents-of-All-Religions|work=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.|accessdate=2013-11-21}}</ref> See also: [[Desecularization]]
  
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A survey published in the 2005 ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' stated that 2.3% of the world's population consists of individuals who profess "[[atheism]], skepticism, disbelief, or irreligion, including the militantly antireligious."<ref>http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9432620</ref> In regards to the 2.3% figure just mentioned, the 2005 survey cited by ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' survey did not include [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] in regards to the 2.3% figure and Buddhism can be [[Theism|theistic]] or atheistic.<ref>http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/beliefs/atheism.htm</ref><ref>http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9432620</ref>
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The plan includes universal income and [[Medicare for All]]: The plan, it says, shall {{quotebox|"include additional measures such as basic income programs, universal health care programs and any others as the select committee may deem appropriate to promote economic security, labor market flexibility and entrepreneurism."}} The moral question of robbing people of their basic human dignity as contributing members of society and turning them into lazy leeches is not addressed.
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The plan also imagines creating governmental support for "transitioning" minority communities. The deal shall: {{quotebox|"ensure a 'just transition' for all workers, low-income communities, communities of color, indigenous communities, rural and urban communities and the front-line communities most affected by climate change, pollution and other environmental harm including by ensuring that local implementation of the transition is led from the community level."}}
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=== Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary statistics ===
  
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On July 24, 2013, ''CNS News'' reported:
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{{cquote|Atheism is in decline worldwide, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world’s population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020, according to a new report by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) in South Hamilton, Mass."<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref>}}
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The plan calls for "economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work." [[Abraham Lincoln]] defined [[slavery]] in this way: “You work; I’ll eat.” In his Chicago speech of July 10, 1858, Lincoln put it slightly differently, “You toil and I will enjoy the fruits of it.”<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VOw7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT240&lpg=PT240&dq=You+work;+I%E2%80%99ll+eat.%E2%80%9D+In+his+Chicago+speech+of+July+10,+1858,+Lincoln+put+it+slightly+differently,+%E2%80%9CYou+toil+and+I+will+enjoy+the+fruits+of+it.&source=bl&ots=yt9vSDwA7p&sig=ACfU3U2nzg3_XxcYMmC98mX9BJ8yKksGXg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC38S60LrgAhUrgK0KHQ0kCvgQ6AEwAXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=You%20work%3B%20I%E2%80%99ll%20eat.%E2%80%9D%20In%20his%20Chicago%20speech%20of%20July%2010%2C%201858%2C%20Lincoln%20put%20it%20slightly%20differently%2C%20%E2%80%9CYou%20toil%20and%20I%20will%20enjoy%20the%20fruits%20of%20it.&f=false Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party]'', [[Dinesh D'Souza]], St. Martin's Press, Jul 31, 2018.</ref>
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The plan calls for creating a national jobs force to help people participate in this "transition." The Green New Deal shall {{quotebox|"provide all members of our society, across all regions and all communities, the opportunity, training and education to be a full and equal participant in the transition, including through a job guarantee program to assure a living wage job to every person who wants one."}}
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*[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/research/documents/StatusofGlobalChristianity20191.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2019, in the Context of 1900–2050]
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Ocasio-Cortez sees this plan as being a vehicle through which social equality might finally be realized through the use of [[reparations]] to right historical injustices. The final Green New Deal will {{quotebox|"mitigate deeply entrenched racial, regional and gender-based inequalities in income and wealth (including, without limitation, ensuring that federal and other investment will be equitably distributed to historically impoverished, low income, deindustrialized or other marginalized communities in such a way that builds wealth and ownership at the community level)."}}
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[[2020 presidential candidates]] [[Elizabeth Warren]] and [[Kamala Harris]] have expressed support for [[slave]] reparations.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/politics/2020-democrats-race-policy.html</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/430999-warren-harris-back-reparations-for-black-americans-affected-by-slavery</ref> Neither Warren or Harris have elaborated if descendents of people who did not own slaves, such as [[Native American]]s, [[Republican]]s, [[Italian]]s, [[Polish|Pole]]s, [[Jew]]s, [[Hispanic]]s and other [[ethnic group]]s that migrated to the United States after the [[American Civil War]], would be granted an exemption from paying reparations, or if Americans such as [[Barack Obama]] with no ancestry connected to North American slaves would qualify. or if Kamala Harris, who's white grandparents in [[Jamaica]] owned a plantation, would have to pay reparations to herself.
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*[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/research/documents/StatusofGlobalChristianity2018.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2018, in the Context of 1900–2050]
  
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*[http://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/research/documents/StatusofGlobalChristianity2017.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2017, in the Context of 1900–2050]
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The Green New Deal seeks to turn all Americans in [[vegan]]s.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/should-plant-based-meat-replace-beef-completely Should plant-based meat replace beef completely?],  Paul Solman, [[PBS]] News Hour, Dec 21, 2017.</ref>  {{quotebox|"We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of f*rting cows and airplanes that fast,<ref>[http://jonathanturley.org/2008/05/14/epa-issues-fart-chart-bovine-flatulence-measured-state-by-state/ EPA Issues “Fart Chart”: Bovine Flatulence Measured State-by-State], 1 May 2014, by jonathanturley</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpa8Oz9DRbY Cow farts blow up barn]. </ref> but we think we can ramp up renewable manufacturing and power production, retrofit every building in America, build the smart grid, overhaul transportation and agriculture, plant lots of trees and restore our ecosystem to get to net-zero.}}
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The dirty little secret about the [[global warming hoax]] is that it's not [[Dick Cheney]], [[Halliburton]] and [[capitalism]] destroying the planet with carbon emissions, but rather American's beef-eating habits and reliance on dairy products. As population grows, dairy cow and slaughter beef herds get bigger. One cow gives off more methane gas daily than an automobile at a McDonald's drive thru.<ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/should-plant-based-meat-replace-beef-completely</ref>
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*[http://www.justinlong.org/articles/StatusOfGlobalChristianity2016.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2016, in the Context of 1900–2050]
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{{quotebox|"The Green New Deal is about creating the renewable energy economy through a massive investment in our society and economy. [[Cap and trade]] assumes the existing market will solve this problem for us, and that’s simply not true. While cap and trade may be a tiny part of the larger Green New Deal plan to mobilize our economy, any cap and trade legislation will pale in comparison to the size of the mobilization and must recognize that existing legislation can incentivize companies to create toxic hotspots in frontline communities."}}
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*[http://www.internationalbulletin.org/issues/2015-01/2015-01-029-table.html Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2015, in the Context of 1900–2050]
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[[File:Gilets jaunes.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The [[Yellow vest movement]] was spawned by the French government's attempt to implement their version of the Green New Deal.]]
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The Congressional Research Service says automobile electrification will disrupt the automotive parts supply chain,.<ref>https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/IF11101.pdf</ref>
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==== 2100 projection by Dr. Todd M. Johnson ====
  
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The proposal doesn't spell out if "massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing" supports President Trump's trade war with oversees automobile manufacturers, or if the jobs will go to [[China]] to achieve the Democrats' plan to create "a job for anyone who wants one."
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Dr. Todd M. Johnson is associate professor of Global Christianity and director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Massachusetts. He is co-author of several important resources in the emerging field of religious demography, including The World's Religions in Figures (2013) and Atlas of Global Christianity (2009).
  
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If present trends continue, Johnson projects that by 2100 two-thirds of the world's population would be either Christian or Muslim.<ref>[http://archived.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a429a.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=16849&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1634&cHash=be444ec024f26a3b16b9309239c054e2 Global data upend usual picture of Christianity trends], World Council of Churches</ref>
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Ocasio-Cortez's plan would be financed by taxpayers, the [[Federal Reserve]] and other institutions the government can create. {{Quotebox|"The Federal Reserve can extend credit to power these projects and investments, new public banks can be created (as in [[WWII]]) to extend credit and a combination of various taxation tools (including taxes on carbon and other emissions and progressive wealth taxes) can be employed."}}
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This proposal violates the House [[Paygo]] provision, which mandates all new spending proposals must carry with them cuts in programs for existing constituencies, or proposals for tax increases to offset added spending. Ocasio-Cortez's Medicare for All proposal, which Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi both claim to support, adds spending more than two times America's [[Gross Domestic Product]],<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref> making the Medicare for All provision a fantasy, Ocasio-Cortez a simpleton, and Pelosi and Sanders bald face liars to stupid people. Paygo is Pelosi's own rule that she herself formulated as [[Speaker of the House]].
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Printing money causes inflation and a dramatic rise in the cost of living. To get to net-zero carbon emissions the government of France has targeted elimination of carbon-emitting vehicles by the year 2040 - ten years later than Green New Deal targets. An 8 cent per gallon fuel tax increase in November 2018 to discourage [[fossil fuel]] consumption and encourage conversion to electric cars sparked months of rioting leaving at least 10 people dead and dozens with serious injuries including loss of limbs. The protests and riots - originally over carbon fuel taxes for a green economy - now include protests over rising living costs.
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The '''House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis''' was formed by [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] in 2019 under pressure from Rep. [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] and two [[Marxist]] groups known as the [[Sunrise Movement]]<ref>https://www.sunrisemovement.org/gnd/</ref> and the [[Justice Democrats]].<ref>https://www.justicedemocrats.com/about/</ref> The Green New Deal was introduced as H.Res.109 with 84 Democrat co-sponsors on February 7, 2019. In the [[Senate]] it was introduced as S. Res. 59 with 11 Democrat co-sponsors.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-resolution/59/cosponsors S. Res. 59]</ref> Democrats struggled to defend it while Republicans mocked it.<ref>Richardson, Valerie (February 10, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/10/democrats-stumble-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-n/ Democrats struggle to defend much-mocked Green New Deal]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.</ref>
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"Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population." - Pew Research, The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050<ref>[http://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050 The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050, Pew research]</ref>
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Economist [[Thomas Sowell]], in his 1995 book, ''The Vision of the Annointed'', outlined the general pattern with multiple examples.<ref>http://nobsblog.blogspot.com/2002/12/vision-of-anointed-by-thomas-sowell.html?m=1</ref>
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*'''STAGE 1. THE ‘CRISIS:''' Some situation exists, whose negative aspects the anointed propose to eliminate. Such a situation is routinely characterized as a 'crisis'
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*'''STAGE 2. THE ‘SOLUTION’:''' Policies to end the ‘crisis’ are advocated by the anointed, who say that these policies will lead to beneficial result A. Critics say that these policies will lead to detrimental result Z. The anointed dismiss these latter claims as absurd and ‘simplistic,’ if not dishonest.
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The Observers reported: "The WIN/Gallup International poll from 2012 found that 13% of the global population was atheist. By 2015, the number of atheists had dropped by two percentage points.<ref>[http://observers.france24.com/en/20170111-what-it-be-atheist-different-countries-2017-part-one What it's like to be an atheist in the world today (Part One)], The Observers</ref>
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This is an old ruse first introduced by candidate [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992, referring to increased government spending and piling on the [[national debt]] as "investment." Many other politicians and journalists have since misused the term. Clinton aimed to hide the negative associations most voters had from experiences of the [[New Deal]] and [[Great Society]] - [[new spending]] meant vote buying, tax increases, and [[inflation]]. Fortunately for Clinton, he presided over two years of balanced budgets in the post-[[Cold War]] era and negative aspects of increased spending weren't immediately apparent.
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York, who supports the Green New Deal, was livid when her fellow communists killed the prospect of [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] bringing its main headquarters to New York and creating 25,000 jobs with wages averaging $150,000.<ref>https://youtu.be/nnVS-Zah54k</ref> Elizabeth Warren and Ocasio-Cortez took credit for killing the deal.
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{{Cquote|Atheism as a belief system has peaked and its share of humanity is shrinking, demographic studies indicate. Win/Gallup’s 2012 global poll on religion and atheism put atheists at 13%, while its 2015 poll saw that category fall to 11%. Other figures suggest the changes have deep, broad roots.  
  
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[[CNN]] reported the fight over Amazon is the fight for the future of the Democratic Party. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: {{quotebox|"Anything is possible: today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers & their neighbors defeated Amazon's corporate [[greed]], its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world."}} Warren tweeted {{quotebox|"How long will we allow giant [[corporation]]s to hold our democracy hostage?"}}
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First, a community’s possession of atheistic world-views—for whatever reason—correlates with low or negative birth rates. The most significant examples are East Asian and European countries, which are at “below replacement” rates of birth, shrinking at speed.
  
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Amazon was promised up to $1.5 billion in tax abatements in exchange for the promise of creating 25,000 jobs. Ocasio-Cortez believes a tax abatement is a bucket of cash the government can spend on subways or teachers. Warren called the tax incentives "bribes."
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Second, [[Atheist state|“forced” atheism]] has been disappearing steadily over the past 40 years and we see a corresponding surge of people towards spiritual clusters. In percentage terms, 1970 may be considered the high point for global atheism and agnosticism. As communism weakened, and eventually collapsed in 1989, there was a significant resurgence of religious belief (see chart below). The same thing is now happening in China.
  
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CNN claimed {{quotebox|"Democrats and party leaders have not exactly kept pace with all, or maybe even most, of their constituents in urban areas, where jobs are plentiful -- but fewer and fewer people feel they're able to get ahead.<br>It was a campaign of younger politicians and [[activist]]s who sent the Internet giant packing, and the lesson may very well be that a new crop of progressives is hostile to the idea that government should be working with corporate America to make jobs."}}
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Third, the surge of popularity for a [[New Atheism|novel type of “evangelical atheism”]] which began about a decade ago appears to be [[Decline of militant atheism in the West|losing some of its steam]]. The movement’s celebrity leaders have fallen out of the bestseller lists, and are often now criticized by their former cheerleaders in newspaper columns. After a high-publicity start in 2013, Sunday Assemblies have plummeted out of the limelight and growth has been glacial.
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Mayor [[Bill De Blasio]] blamed Amazon for the deal falling apart.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/politics/amazon-aoc-democrats-future/index.html</ref>
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And the near future? The latest global data also shows that young people, classified as those under 34, tend to be measurably more religious (66%) than older ones (60%). “With the trend of an increasingly religious youth globally, we can assume that the number of people who consider themselves religious will only continue to increase,” said Jean-Marc Leger, President of WIN/Gallup International Association.
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..the data suggests that the global proportion of atheists will fall, while the number of pro-spiritual, pro-science middle group will grow.<ref>[http://www.science20.com/writer_on_the_edge/blog/atheism_peaks_while_spiritual_groups_move_toward_convergence-156528 Atheism Peaks, While Spiritual Groups Move Toward Convergence] by Nury Vittachi, July 14, 2015, website Science 2.0</ref>}}
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[[Patrick Moore]], co-founder of [[Greenpeace]], said of Ocasio-Cortez, the bills author, and to its supporters: {{Quotebox|Pompous little twit. You don’t have a plan to grow food for 8 billion people without fossil fuels, or get the [[food]] into the cities. Horses? If fossil fuels were banned every [[tree]] in the world would be cut down for fuel for cooking and heating. You would bring about mass [[death]].<ref>https://www.inquisitr.com/5322741/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-called-pompous-little-twit-by-greenpeace-co-founder-trump-mocks-green-new-deal/</ref>}}
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{{Cquote|In 2100, however, the world will likely be only 9% [[Nones|unaffiliated]] — more religious than in 2012. The peak of the unaffiliated was in 1970 at around 20%, largely due to the influence of European [[communism]]. Since communism’s collapse, religion has been experiencing resurgence that will likely continue beyond 2100. All the world’s religions are poised to have enormous numeric growth (with the exceptions of tribal religions and Chinese folk religion), as well as geographic spread with the continuation of migration trends. Adherents of the world’s religions—perhaps particularly Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists—will continue to settle in the formerly Christian and ever-expanding cities of Europe and North America, causing increases of religious pluralism in these areas. Christians and Muslims together will encompass two-thirds of the global population—more than 7 billion individuals. In 2100, the majority of the world’s 11.6 billion residents will be adherents of religious traditions.<ref>[http://denninginstitute.com/pjd/PUBS/futurist-sep12.pdf The 22nd Century at First Light: Envisioning Life in the Year 2100: A special report by members and friends of the World Future Society], Religious Belief in 2100 by Gina A. Bellofatto</ref>}}
  
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The current [[atheist population]] mostly resides in [[East Asia]] (particularly China) and in secular Europe/Australia primarily among whites.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, ''Washington Post'', May 23, 2013</ref> See: [[Global atheism]] and [[Western atheism and race]]  
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Razib Khan points out in ''Discover Magazine'', "most [[secular]] nations in the world are those of East Asia, in particular what are often termed “[[Confucianism|Confucian]] societies.” It is likely therefore that the majority of the world’s atheists are actually East Asian."<ref>[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/11/most-atheists-are-not-white/ Most atheists are not white & other non-fairy tales], Discover magazine</ref> See: [[Asian atheism]]
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[[China]] has the world's largest [[atheism|atheist]] population.<ref name="thechapmans.nl">[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref name="washingtonpost.com">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>
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According to ''Slate'', "[[Protestantism|Protestant]] Christianity has been the fastest growing religion in China."<ref>[http://www.slate.com/bigideas/what-is-the-future-of-religion/essays-and-opinions/fenggang-yang-opinion When Will China Become the World’s Largest Christian Country?], Slate</ref>  [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Christianity]] is especially growing sharply in China.<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0111/In-China-a-church-state-showdown-of-biblical-proportions In China, a church-state showdown of biblical proportions]</ref>
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Yang Fenggang of Purdue University, in Indiana, says the Christian church in China has grown by an average of 10% a year since 1980. He reckons that on current trends there will be 250m Christians by around 2030, making China’s Christian population the largest in the world. Mr. Yang says this speed of growth is similar to that seen in fourth-century Rome just before the conversion of [[Constantine]], which paved the way for Christianity to become the religion of his empire.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21629218-rapid-spread-christianity-forcing-official-rethink-religion-cracks ''Cracks in the atheist edifice''], ''The Economist'', November 1, 2014</ref>}}
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Revision as of 00:27, May 20, 2019

Atheism is in decline worldwide, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world's population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020.[1] See: Global atheism

Below are some global atheism statistics from research organizations and scholars.

The global atheism and religious demography research below covers the time period from 1900 to the end of 2016. In addition, the research below includes irreligion/religion demographic projections going as far as 2100.

Percentage of the world's population who are atheists - statistics and trends

As a percentage of the world's population, atheism peaked in 1970.[2] Global atheism is expected to decline in the 21st century and beyond in terms of its global market share.[3]

Eric Kaufman on global atheism as a percentage of the world's population

Eric Kaufmann, a professor at Birkbeck College, University of London whose work focuses on how demographic changes affects religion/politics, points out that that the atheist population has a sub-replacement fertility rate while religious fundamentalists have high rates of birth (See: Atheism and fertility rates). .[4]

On December 23, 2012, Professor Eric Kaufmann who teaches at Birbeck College, University of London and whose academic research specialty is how demographic changes affect religion/irreligion and politics, wrote:

“ I argue that 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious.

On the other hand, the secular West and East Asia has very low fertility and a rapidly aging population... In the coming decades, the developed world's demand for workers to pay its pensions and work in its service sector will soar alongside the booming supply of young people in the third world. Ergo, we can expect significant immigration to the secular West which will import religious revival on the back of ethnic change. In addition, those with religious beliefs tend to have higher birth rates than the secular population, with fundamentalists having far larger families. The epicentre of these trends will be in immigration gateway cities like New York (a third white), Amsterdam (half Dutch), Los Angeles (28% white), and London, 45% white British. [5]

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Encyclopedia Britanica statistics on global atheism

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, 2% of the world's population self-identifies as atheist and the average annual global change for atheism from 2000 to 2010 was −0.17%.[6] See also: Desecularization

A survey published in the 2005 Encyclopedia Britannica stated that 2.3% of the world's population consists of individuals who profess "atheism, skepticism, disbelief, or irreligion, including the militantly antireligious."[7] In regards to the 2.3% figure just mentioned, the 2005 survey cited by Encyclopedia Britannica survey did not include Buddhist in regards to the 2.3% figure and Buddhism can be theistic or atheistic.[8][9]

Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary statistics

On July 24, 2013, CNS News reported:

“ Atheism is in decline worldwide, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world’s population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020, according to a new report by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) in South Hamilton, Mass."[10] ”

GCTS Tables on the decline/growth of atheism/Christianity/other religions, by year

Data compiled by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS):

2100 projection by Dr. Todd M. Johnson

Dr. Todd M. Johnson is associate professor of Global Christianity and director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Massachusetts. He is co-author of several important resources in the emerging field of religious demography, including The World's Religions in Figures (2013) and Atlas of Global Christianity (2009).

If present trends continue, Johnson projects that by 2100 two-thirds of the world's population would be either Christian or Muslim.[11]

Pew Research on global atheism

See also: American atheism and French atheism

"Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population." - Pew Research, The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050[12]

For addition information on the future of American atheism, please see:

Win-Gallup International statistics on global atheism

See also: WIN/Gallup International studies on global atheism and religion

The Observers reported: "The WIN/Gallup International poll from 2012 found that 13% of the global population was atheist. By 2015, the number of atheists had dropped by two percentage points.[13]

Science 2.0 website statistics on global atheism

The website Science 2.0 declared on July 14, 2015:

“ Atheism as a belief system has peaked and its share of humanity is shrinking, demographic studies indicate. Win/Gallup’s 2012 global poll on religion and atheism put atheists at 13%, while its 2015 poll saw that category fall to 11%. Other figures suggest the changes have deep, broad roots.

First, a community’s possession of atheistic world-views—for whatever reason—correlates with low or negative birth rates. The most significant examples are East Asian and European countries, which are at “below replacement” rates of birth, shrinking at speed.

Second, “forced” atheism has been disappearing steadily over the past 40 years and we see a corresponding surge of people towards spiritual clusters. In percentage terms, 1970 may be considered the high point for global atheism and agnosticism. As communism weakened, and eventually collapsed in 1989, there was a significant resurgence of religious belief (see chart below). The same thing is now happening in China.

Third, the surge of popularity for a novel type of “evangelical atheism” which began about a decade ago appears to be losing some of its steam. The movement’s celebrity leaders have fallen out of the bestseller lists, and are often now criticized by their former cheerleaders in newspaper columns. After a high-publicity start in 2013, Sunday Assemblies have plummeted out of the limelight and growth has been glacial.

And the near future? The latest global data also shows that young people, classified as those under 34, tend to be measurably more religious (66%) than older ones (60%). “With the trend of an increasingly religious youth globally, we can assume that the number of people who consider themselves religious will only continue to increase,” said Jean-Marc Leger, President of WIN/Gallup International Association.

..the view that atheism will sweep the globe to produce a non-believing utopia is extremely unlikely. The shrinking of the skeptical share of humanity is inevitable, as Welsh geneticist Steve Jones has stated.

..the data suggests that the global proportion of atheists will fall, while the number of pro-spiritual, pro-science middle group will grow.[14]

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Ipsos statistics on global atheism

Ipsos, a major global market research company, published a report on report on religious belief/skepticism from a worldwide perspective and the report provides various statistics gained from survey results.

W. Edwards Deming Institute and World Future society projection on religion/irreligion

See also: Growth of evangelical Christianity

In 2012, the W. Edwards Deming Institute published a report by the World Future Society which indicated:

“ In 2100, however, the world will likely be only 9% unaffiliated — more religious than in 2012. The peak of the unaffiliated was in 1970 at around 20%, largely due to the influence of European communism. Since communism’s collapse, religion has been experiencing resurgence that will likely continue beyond 2100. All the world’s religions are poised to have enormous numeric growth (with the exceptions of tribal religions and Chinese folk religion), as well as geographic spread with the continuation of migration trends. Adherents of the world’s religions—perhaps particularly Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists—will continue to settle in the formerly Christian and ever-expanding cities of Europe and North America, causing increases of religious pluralism in these areas. Christians and Muslims together will encompass two-thirds of the global population—more than 7 billion individuals. In 2100, the majority of the world’s 11.6 billion residents will be adherents of religious traditions.[15] ”

Projected decline of global atheism statistics

Projected decline of atheism in various regions

Geographic distribution of the world's atheists

See also: Atheist population and Asian atheism and Secular Europe

The current atheist population mostly resides in East Asia (particularly China) and in secular Europe/Australia primarily among whites.[16] See: Global atheism and Western atheism and race

Razib Khan points out in Discover Magazine, "most secular nations in the world are those of East Asia, in particular what are often termed “Confucian societies.” It is likely therefore that the majority of the world’s atheists are actually East Asian."[17] See: Asian atheism

Chinese atheism and the growth of Christianity in China

See also: Growth of Christianity in China and East Asia and global desecularization

In front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

China has the world's largest atheist population.[18][19]

According to Slate, "Protestant Christianity has been the fastest growing religion in China."[20] Evangelical Christianity is especially growing sharply in China.[21]

On November 1, 2014, an article in The Economist entitled Cracks in the atheist edifice declared:

“ Officials are untroubled by the clash between the city’s famously freewheeling capitalism and the Communist Party’s ideology, yet still see religion and its symbols as affronts to the party’s atheism...

Yang Fenggang of Purdue University, in Indiana, says the Christian church in China has grown by an average of 10% a year since 1980. He reckons that on current trends there will be 250m Christians by around 2030, making China’s Christian population the largest in the world. Mr. Yang says this speed of growth is similar to that seen in fourth-century Rome just before the conversion of Constantine, which paved the way for Christianity to become the religion of his empire.[22]

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Ethnic Chinese and the rise of Christianity in Southeast Asia

See: Ethnic Chinese and the rise of Christianity in Southeast Asia

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020
  2. ↑ Atheism Peaks, While Spiritual Groups Move Toward Convergence by Nury Vittachi, July 14, 2015, website Science 2.0
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  4. ↑
  5. ↑ 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious, Tuesday, April 30, 2013
  6. ↑ Religion: Year in Review 2010: Worldwide Adherents of All Religions. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.. Retrieved on 2013-11-21.
  7. ↑ http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9432620
  8. ↑ http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/beliefs/atheism.htm
  9. ↑ http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9432620
  10. ↑ Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020
  11. ↑ Global data upend usual picture of Christianity trends, World Council of Churches
  12. ↑ The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050, Pew research
  13. ↑ What it's like to be an atheist in the world today (Part One), The Observers
  14. ↑ Atheism Peaks, While Spiritual Groups Move Toward Convergence by Nury Vittachi, July 14, 2015, website Science 2.0
  15. ↑ The 22nd Century at First Light: Envisioning Life in the Year 2100: A special report by members and friends of the World Future Society, Religious Belief in 2100 by Gina A. Bellofatto
  16. ↑ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live, By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post, May 23, 2013
  17. ↑ Most atheists are not white & other non-fairy tales, Discover magazine
  18. ↑ Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)
  19. ↑ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live, Washington Post By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013
  20. ↑ When Will China Become the World’s Largest Christian Country?, Slate
  21. ↑ In China, a church-state showdown of biblical proportions
  22. ↑ Cracks in the atheist edifice, The Economist, November 1, 2014
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