• Apologetics,  Atheism,  Harold Netland,  Religious Pluralism

    Too Focused on Atheism

    Evangelicals are worried about atheism; Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris, Dennett – new atheists  But the number of people who count themselves as atheists is small. Just 4% according to some researchers. Perhaps more people would count themselves as “non-religious” (11%), but that figure may even include Christians who are fond of the saying, “Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship.” If one is focused on the spread of the gospel in America there are far larger demographics to be concerned with. Catholics number just over 20%; there are more Mormons in the US than atheists and, since being here, I have met many more protestants who do not believe the gospel than atheists who…