The Rise of Confrontational Atheism

For decades, atheists have assumed that the advance of science, education, and technology would progressively marginalize religion. But precisely the opposite has happened. Now, a growing minority of atheists is proactively trying to derail the advance of religion. Where will this lead? We’ll explain.

In his book Cosmos,¹ Carl Sagan famously asserted, “The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.” In this statement, he essentially summed up the credo of atheism.

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