Steven Pinker has a couple of books about how things are better off now than at any other time in history. But you wouldn't know it by watching the news.

don't worry, the sun will go supernova and get us

@AtheistNews Yes, I'm reading Enlightenment Now by Pinker. Excellent read so far!!!

@Redheadedgammy It's easy to believe the world is worse off now then it was... whenever. But in a wide variety of relevant categories, things are so much better now and continue to get better. Enlightenment Now illustrates that very, very well.
I truly believe secularism makes a healthier and more prosperous population than any theocracy or religiously privileged society. It also looks like those theocrats are seeing dwindling support for their policies and are desperately fighting to keep what power they have.

Likewise for Spain.

I'm surprised you're having that issue.

@AtheistNews Yes, I'm surprised about the lack of access too. Doesn't happen very often.
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@Zealandia It's not that long, so with what is posted above here is all is.
On the first day of class, Terkel asked each student to write down what religion they were raised to believe. The choices were Catholic, Christian, Jewish, Atheist, Agnostic, other, and “none”. Then he asked them to write down what they personally identify with now.

In total, Terkel surveyed 99 students across his two sections of world religions for this semester and has now surveyed 12 sections in total.

“I think that what’s happening is this generation is having more difficulty believing in general than others, due to more facts, laws, technology and it is taking away from belief."

"It’s getting to the point to where you have to check your intellect at the door before you walk into a church,” Terkel said.

Terkel said that Catholics are taking a big hit and usually Christianity takes a bigger hit than seen here making this joke that this class is, “his most religious class of all time.”

“The United States is turning into like missionary territory due to the place it is in with the church,” said Jordan Cinderich, the director of Campus Ministry. “It’s a polarizing time when religious believers, believe more so, and non-believers, believe less.”

Cinderich said that the biggest reasons are technology and faith in science. “Purpose of religion is human connection, this becomes destroyed in that.”

@Zealandia For whatever reason, this site won't let me post the two graphs that accompanied the article.

@AtheistNews Thanks for posting that. Much appreciated.

I became an Atheist while in the US Army. In their system, there is not a category for atheist, just no religious affiliation/preference. Not to spilt hairs, but I argued there was a difference. I had to request custom dog tags that had atheist on it, since they would not supply them in the way I believed. So you could say, I was an atheist in a foxhole.

@BrentMBA2004 You were brave! More and more atheists in foxholes are speaking out and with the latest Supreme Court issue the judges are being spoken to by atheists as saying the cross does not honor them.

Even they are rebelling.

Just a play on words.