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To get us started, check out this Globe and Mail article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-marching-away-from-religion-to-secularization/article1833451/ There is an implication here that religion, rather than being outright refuted, is simply becoming less central to people's lives. What does this mean for the atheist "project" of raising awareness of atheism? A more pointed question: Do most (or many) people particularly care about the "debate" between religion and atheism? What does this mean for the types of arguments advanced by different parties-would it perhaps be more productive to focus on, say, substantive moral questions than to directly engage with metaphysical religious ones? Well, that's quite a few questions. Don't feel compelled to answer them, they're simply starting points. Thoughts, anyone? --Scott C