[[File:Vox Day.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px180px|[[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] declared that according to the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) "more than half of all atheists and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] don’t get married."<ref>http://creation.com/atheism</ref>]]
Christian apologist Michael Caputo wrote:
{{cquote|Recently the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has published its mammoth study on Religion in America based on 35,000 interviews... According to the Pew Forum a whopping 37% of atheists never marry as opposed to 19% of the American population, 17% of Protestants and 17% of Catholics.<ref>http://creation.com/atheism</ref>}}
[[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] declared that according to the 2001 [[American Religious Identification Survey]] (ARIS) "more than half of all atheists and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] don’t get married."<ref>http://creation.com/atheism</ref> The fertility rate is significantly lower in the atheist population (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]). The social researcher and author Shaunti Feldhahn found that those who attend church regularly have a significantly lower divorce rate than those who don’t.<ref>[http://www.shaunti.com/2014/06/marriage-month-daily-tip-12-go-church/ Go to church]</ref><ref>[http://www.shaunti.com/book/good-news-marriage/#sthash.8A1kd6mE.dpuf The Good News About Marriage]</ref> Feldhahn conducted eight years of research on divorce statistics and examined U.S. Census data, data from various university centers and relevant books/journals.<ref>[http://www.shaunti.com/good_news_about_this_book/ About this Book - The Good News about Marriage]</ref> In addition, Feldhahn interviewed social science researchers about their methodology and to confirm various quotes.<ref>[http://www.shaunti.com/good_news_about_this_book/ About this Book - The Good News about Marriage]</ref>
Furthermore, the [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] Ken Ammi wrote in his atheism article at [[Creation Ministries International]]:
“The appellation ‘Christian’ a Christian does not make. There are great numbers of people in this world who call themselves ‘Christians’ but have never internalized the teachings of Jesus Christ." …
<ref>[http://creation.com/atheism Atheism = Mario Grinbank - Creation Ministries International]</ref>}}
See also: [[Atheism and divorce]]
== Irreligion and illegitimate births ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and illegitimate births]]
Ben Judah wrote in his article ''London’s religious awakening'':
{{Cquote|So it’s high time to ditch a few myths. ‘‘[[London]] values’’ are not what many people assume. According to the 2011 census, only one in five Londoners are [[Atheism|atheist]] or [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] – compared with one in four in the country as a whole. The new London is the region where the fewest births are out of wedlock – just 36 per cent compared with, say, 59 per cent in the secular North East. The villages and the small towns in the provinces, not inner London, are where the godless are.<ref>[http://catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2016/03/10/londons-religious-awakening/ ''London’s religious awakening''] by Ben Judah</ref>}}
== Other factors related to low marriage rates of atheists ==
[[File:Hong Kong Christians at Gateway Camp.jpg|thumbnail|right|350px200px|Women are more likely to find atheism unappealing. See: [[Atheism and women]] ]] Survey data and website tracking data of prominent [[atheism|atheists]]' websites indicate that in the [[Western World]], [[Atheism and women|atheism is significantly less appealing to women]].<ref>http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/reports/NONES_08.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.livescience.com/culture/090227-religion-men-women.html</ref><ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_appears_to_be_significantly_less_appealing_to_women</ref> Studies also indicate that [[Atheist_PopulationAtheist Population|atheists are a minority in the population]]. In addition, studies indicate that people tend to marry people with similar values or who resemble their parents or themselves.<ref>http://www.physorg.com/news199509031.html</ref><ref>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6188</ref>
== Irreligion and domestic violence ==
See: [[Atheist marriages]]
== Atheist weddings ==
See: [[Atheist weddings]]
== Unattractiveness of atheists as potential marriage partners ==
Atheists have a reputation for being arrogant, angry, socially challenged, immoral, uncharitable, cowardly and engaging in profanity, so their attractiveness as a potential marriage partner is significantly diminished (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]] and [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social intelligence]] and [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]] and [[Atheism and profanity]]).
{{See also: [[|Views on Atheists|l1=Views on atheists]]}}
== Atheism and polymory ==
See: [[Atheist leaders Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships|Atheism and polymory]]
== Atheist marriages and childless couples ==
''See also:'' [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]]
Michael Blume, a researcher at the University of Jena in Germany, wrote concerning the sub-replacement fertility rates of most atheist populations: "Most societies or communities that have espoused atheistic beliefs have not survived more than a century." Blume also indicated concerning concerning his research on this matter: "What I found was the complete lack of a single case of a secular population, community or movement that would just manage to retain replacement level."<ref>[http://www.scilogs.eu/en/blog/biology-of-religion/2011-01-06/atheists-a-dying-breed-as-nature-favours-faithful-sunday-times-jan-02-2011-jonathan-leake-full-draft-version Atheists a dying breed as nature 'favours faithful'] - Sunday Times Jan 02 2011 - Jonathan Leake - Full Draft Version from Michael Blume, 06. January 2011, 11:11</ref> See also: [[Atheism and sexuality]]
In addition, professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] using a multitude of demographic studies argues in an academic paper entitled [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] the decline of atheism in terms of [[Global atheism|its global adherents]] is an established trend that will persist for the foreseeable future and the rate of decline will accelerate. In the Western World, due to immigration and the higher birth rates of religious people, Kaufman writes: "Committed religious populations are growing in the West, and will reverse the march of secularism before 2050."
== Prominent atheists whose wives believe in the existence of God ==
[[File:David Silverman.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|The president of the [[American Atheists]] organization, [[David Silverman]], hasn''t been able to convince his wife to become an atheist through deeds and/or spoken words.<ref>[http://www.mastermediaspeakers.com/davidsilverman/index.html David Silverman]</ref> See: [[Prominent atheists whose wives believe in the existence of God]]<br /><br /><small>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Silverman-Apr_4_2011.JPG Wikimedia Commons] photo, see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en license agreement])</small>]]See also: '' [[Prominent atheists whose wives believe in the existence of God]] and [[Atheism and women]]
Below is a list of prominent [[atheism|atheist]] who have wives that believe in the [[Arguments for the existence of God|existence of God]]:
*[[David Silverman]], ex-president of [[American Atheists]]<ref>[http://www.mastermediaspeakers.com/davidsilverman/index.html David Silverman]</ref>
*[[Austin Cline]], atheist blogger <ref>[http://www.atheist-community.org/library/newsletters/2008-03.pdf About Austin Cline]</ref>
== Richard Carrier, adultery, divorce and polyamory ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships|Atheist leaders and immoral relationships]] and [[Atheist marriages]]
The atheist [[Richard Carrier]] divorced his wife and now practices polyamory.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/6737 Coming Out Poly + A Change of Life Venue]</ref> Before divorcing his wife, he was involved in adulterous affairs<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/6737 Coming Out Poly + A Change of Life Venue]</ref>
The Christtian apologist Jason Engwar at the Christian blog Triablogue wrote:
{{cquote|Richard Carrier [http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/6737 has a post up announcing that he's "polyamorous"], which he calls his "sexual orientation". He's been adulterous in his relationship with his wife, and they decided to get a divorce after having tried polyamory for a while. In the thread, he refers to how he has "sympathy for people who cheat on their spouses", how he's come across "many" polyamorists, and how he's become more convinced that "monogamy is the actual problem". So far, most of the responses at his blog are positive.<ref>[http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2015/02/atheism-adultery-polyamory-and-shifting.html Atheism, Adultery, Polyamory, And Shifting Morals]</ref>}}
Carrier advocates the crank notion that [[Jesus]] never existed and is merely a myth which is a baseless, extreme minority position among historians and contrary to abundant historical evidence pointing to Jesus being a historical figure (The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', a parcel of the [[propaganda]] of the atheistic, [[communism|communist]] [[Soviet Union]], is the only encyclopedia to ever advocate the Christ myth.
See also: [[Historicity of Jesus]]).<ref>[http://www.tektonics.org/uz/vector01.php A Response to "Why I Don't Buy the Resurrection Story"] by [[JP Holding]]</ref><ref>[http://www.tektonics.org/ezine/carrierindex.html The Incredible Sinking Carrier or, The Impossible Faith Vindicated] by JP Holding</ref><ref>[http://www.bede.org.uk/price1.htm Scholarly opinions on the Jesus Myth]
by Christopher Price</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Resources for leaving atheism Atheism and becoming a Christian]]*[[Christian apologetics|Evidence for Christianityromance]]*[[Atheism and obesitysexuality]]*[[Atheism]]*[[Atheism and Mental and Physical Health]]== External links ==*[[Psychology, obesity, religiosity and atheism]]*[[Atheism and suicide]https://winteryknight.com/2016/09/29/do-atheists-have-a-lower-divorce-rate-than-christians-3/ Do atheists have a lower divorce rate than Christians?]*[[Atheism and social outcasts]]*[[Western http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/atheism and race]-man-marriage-ruined-william-craigslist-a7856851.html Man reveals how atheism ruined his marriage], ''Independent'', 2017*[[Atheism and bestiality]]*[[Essayhttp: The atheist and evolutionist helpline|The atheist and evolutionist helpline]] //metro.co.uk/2015/03/17/oklahoma-is-banning- [[satire]atheists-from-getting-married-5107328/ Oklahoma is banning atheists from getting married], ''Metro''*[[Essay: The benefits of atheism|The benefits of atheism]] - satire
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