Atheism is experiencing explosive growth all over the world. Even in the United States the number of atheists is surging. The truth is that people in most modern nations are rejecting the concept of "god" more than ever before, and this is really starting to frighten many major religious institutions.

In a 2008 Gallup survey, 15 percent of Americans claimed no religion at all. That is up from only 8% in 1990. That is almost a doubling in the number of "non-religious" in less than 20 years. That is explosive growth! In fact, the "non-religious" now outnumber all religious organizations in the United States except for the Catholics and the Baptists.

But the U.S. cannot yet match the enthusiasm of British atheists. More than 100,000 people in the U.K. have recently downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" from a website that seeks to assist the non-religious in renouncing their Christian faith.

The de-baptism certificates are being distributed by a group called the "National Secular Society". This campaign comes on the heels of a highly successful bus advertising campaign by atheists in the U.K. that promoted this slogan: "There's probably no God."

The growth of atheism shows no signs of slowing down.

Millions in both the United States and the U.K. are eagerly buying books by militant atheists.

Just consider the titles of a few recent New York Times bestsellers.....

*"God is Not Great: Why Religion Poisons Everything" by journalist Christopher Hitchens.

*"The End of Faith" by atheist author Sam Harris.

*"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins.

So why are so many people now turning to atheism?

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