An evolutionist by the name of Fergus Mason is quickly slapped down about the work of the academic Eric Kaufmann who says that religious conservatives will inherit the earth

 In article entitled Lady creation evangelist keeps spreading the word about Creation.com.
I wrote:

The Birkbeck College, University of London professor Eric Kaufmann using a multitude of demographic studies argues in an academic paper entitled Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century that the decline of atheism in terms of its global adherents is an established trend that will persist for the foreseeable future and the rate of decline will accelerate and affect the Western World. See: Why are the years 2012 and 2020 key years for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?

The evolutionist Fergus Mason is quickly slapped down and utterly defeated! 

Well, it seems like an evolutionist by the name of Fergus Mason may be upset by Kaufmann's work.

The evolutionist Fergus Mason wrote:

You do know that Kaufmann thinks the demographic rise of religion will be a disaster, right? I only ask because you never mention that.

Of course,  Fergus Mason, like all evolutionists,  was quickly slapped down and utterly defeated!

I wrote in response:

Fergus,

A few points:

1. Do I know that? At this blog, comments are expected to be fully supported. That is why so few of your blog comments are posted (plus you have yet to produce a video where you and Viva/Shock debate the 15 questions). Also, even if your claim is true, evidence from a "hostile witness" is valuable and that is why courts of law allow such evidence. See: http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=884

2. Kaufmann does not want agnostics/atheists to get into a population footrace with religious conservatives as he adheres to the ideology of global warming alarmism. See: http://marcalandimartino.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/eric-kaufmann-inheriting-the-earth/ and http://fora.tv/2010/09/05/Eric_Kaufmann_Shall_the_Religious_Inherit_the_Earth

3. Through a confidential source, our Question Evolution! Campaign knows that Kaufman is an agnostic. If you think Kaufmann supports the work of bombastic New Atheists, you are sadly mistaken!

4. I have watched Eric Kaufmann videos plus read a number of his articles and he appears to be an easy going Canadian (he was born in Canada) who is not into political correctness. Through a confidential source, our Question Evolution! Campaign group knows that Kaufmann prefers the academic community in the UK over the the one in Canada because there is less political correctness and academic work in the UK is more data driven than in Canada

Kaufmann also appears to have a sense of humor and seems less high strung than you. You can see that here where he appears to be in good humor when answering questions by the secular audience who is upset with his findings: http://fora.tv/2010/09/05/Eric_Kaufmann_Shall_the_Religious_Inherit_the_Earth

5.  Given that so many secular/liberal societies are buried in debt and/or are being overrun by unruly rioting Muslims, you haven't shown why a region run by Christian religious conservatives would be disastrous. See: http://www.gfmag.com/tools/global-database/economic-data/10398-external-debt-by-country.html#axzz2MbQ5vpcd and http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/islam/TBIQTB3F96G9046V5 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzLECtFT4aU

Next, last time I checked, unlike atheists who had murderous rulers like Stalin/Mao who caused misery and mayhem in their societies, the Amish (who are Christian religious conservatives) seem to run far more peaceful and productive societies! For example, unlike militant atheists the Amish make plenty of tasty honey and apple butter! See: http://creation.com/atheism#atheism-communism and http://www.millersappleorchard.com/Order.php

For more information please see:

 Religious immigrants highly resistant to secularization will dramatically alter the religious landscape of Europe

The agnostic and British academic Eric Kaufmann says "the rate of secularisation has flattened to zero in most of Protestant Europe and France". Also, Kaufmann writes that secularism "appears exhausted and lacking in confidence"

The future of European Darwinism and atheism is bleak

Decline of atheism videos


Eric Kaufmann: Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? from Australian Broadcasting Corporation on FORA.tv

Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?



Eric Kaufmann - Demography and religion/secularism



Creation Ministries International website resources

Creation vs. evolution answers

Question Evolution! Campaign

15 questions for evolutionists

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 1 - Questions 1-3

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 4–8

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 9-15

Refuting evolution

Atheism, agnosticism and humanism: Godless religions

Evidence for Christianity

Creation Ministries International Question Evolution! Videos

• Question Evolution! campaign - Introduction

• 15 Questions for Evolutionists -- General objections

• 15 Questions for Evolutionists -- Question 1

• 15 Questions for Evolutionists -- Question 2

• 15 Questions for Evolutionists - Question 3

• 15 Questions for Evolutionists - Question 4

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• 15 Questions for Evolutionists - Question 15

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Richard Dawkins: Insightful secular strategist or an insincere book peddler?

Is Richard Dawkins an insightful secular strategist or merely an insincere book peddler?

Global atheism and global agnosticism  are both shrinking in terms of their number of adherents and their worldwide market share.

We provide a host of evidence for these matters from academia, survey data, leading web traffic tracking companies and other sources of information (see our post: Down with evolutionary belief! Down with atheism! Hurray for the Question Evolution! Campaign!).

If Dawkins is a poor strategist, this would further complicate things for those who oppose Christianity and creationism.

Recently, we posted some strong evidence pointing to Dawkins being an inconsistent and disingenuous book marketer.

We encourage you to read our posts:

Is Richard Dawkins a flip-flopper?

Why does Richard Dawkins have such a high belief in the possibility of fairies being at the bottom of the garden?

Richard Dawkins and the Rabbi Boteach debate

Richard Dawkins: a bumbler, strategist or a book peddler?

Setting aside Dawkins' endorsement of the Brights Movement which was a total disaster and his previously cited inconsistent and muddled thinking, is there evidence that he is a disaster when it comes to strategic thinking?  We know that the evolutionist Adolf Hitler was no strategist and tactician and he constantly irritated his generals. Does Dawkins possess the same cognitive deficit?  Many times intense anger can cloud a person's judgement and the abrasive Dawkins certainly hates Christianity.

Let us compare the master strategist and general Sun Tzu, whose work The Art of War is still studied by generals and strategic thinkers today, with the behavior of Richard Dawkins.

Richard Dawkins vs. Sun Tzu

The famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote that when you are smaller in number, attack the weakest points of the enemy.

"To be certain to take what you attack, attack where the enemy cannot defend." - Sun Tzu

"To achieve an advance that cannot be hampered, rush to his weak points." - Sun Tzu

So what is the current "strategic" plan of Richard Dawkins? He prominently features a "Ten point vision of a secular America" on his main website. The United States is a country that is the capital of creationism and where atheists are held in low esteem by a very large segment of the population.

American atheist Sam Harris said about the label of atheist: "It's right next to child molester as a designation." A study conducted by the University of British Columbia involving Americans and Canadians indicated that atheists are among the least trusted groups in North America.

The evidence is mounting that Richard Dawkins is not an astute strategist for agnosticism, atheism and evolutionism. But let's dig deeper.

Did Richard Daawkins' God Delusion significantly advance atheism or agnosticism?

New Atheism is a new form of militant atheism which started in the period between 2004 and 2007. The New Atheism movement has not had much of an impact in terms of gaining new adherents to atheism. In a March 10, 2008 USA Today article Stephen Prothero wrote:

Numbers lie, but they also tell tales untrustworthy and otherwise. So the key question stirring around the much discussed U.S Religious Landscape Survey released in late February by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life is what tale does it state about the state of the union.

For some, the story of this survey, based on interviews in multiple languages with more than 35,000 adults, is the strength of American Religion.

Not too long ago, I wrote that American atheism was going the way of the freak show. As books by Christopher Hitchens and other "new atheists" climbed the best seller lists, I caught a lot of flak for that prophecy. But atheist make up only 1.6% of respondents to this survey....

Vox Day argues that the main thing the book the God Delusion accomplished was further damaging Dawkins reputation as the book was sloppily researched and badly argued.

Why is America a focus of Dawkins' efforts?

Of course, given his past flops, one can certainly believe that Dawkins' focus is the result of ineptness. I strongly suspect, given the evidence above, that he is focusing on America due to hopes of greater book sales as the New York Times and other liberal media outlets will help Dawkins hawk more books. Expanding atheism in Eastern Europe, which was impoverished by atheistic communism, is not going to yield significant book sales for Dawkins.

Furthermore, the refusal to Richard Dawkins to debate the Christian William Lane Craig provides ample additional evidence of the insincerity of Dawkins. Oxford atheist Daniel Came wrote to Dawkins: "The absence of a debate with the foremost apologist for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your CV and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."



Other resources

Question Evolution! Campaign

15 questions for evolutionists

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 1 - Questions 1-3

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 4–8

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 9-15

Refuting evolution


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