SJW is an acronym for the disparaging term social justice warrior. Social justice warriors are leftists/progressives/feminists.
In 2017, the atheist group Mythicist Milwaukee invited anti-SJW atheists to their September 30th Mythcon 2017 conference.
In November of 2016, the right leaning politician Donald Trump won the presidency. In 2017, European right-wing parties achieved gains.
Internet SJW/feminist atheism may have peaked in 2017. Now it may be in decline.
Below are some Alexa graphs for some leading SJW/feminists atheism websites.
RationalWiki may have seen a rise in their web traffic in 2017 due to a better server(s) and/or making their website more mobile friendly. In addition. in 2017 they may have experienced a post Donald Trump election SJW rage bounce in traffic. If they did enjoy a such a post election bounce, it appears as if it might prove to be merely a temporary bounce.
Alexa graph for RationalWiki.org:
Alexa graph for Freethougthblogs.com
Alexa graph for feminist website Skepchicks.org
In 2017, as far as his website, the feminist atheist Aron Ra lost global market share according to Alexa (see: Aron Ra - Alexa ).
In August 2016, it was reported that the SJW YouTube atheist Steve Shives hid his Social Blade YouTube stats because he was losing subscribers (see: Steve Shives hid his SocialBlade stats ).
Aron Ra is an atheist vlogger. Aron Rais also a former president of the Atheist Alliance of America, In addition, he is a former Texas state-director of the American Atheists.
Aron Ra has surrendered!
In 2017, Aron Ra wrote to some of his fellow atheists: "...since ya'll have effectively killed what was left of the atheist movement" (For details, please see the YouTube video at: AronRa Claims Mythcon Killed The Atheist Movement || Facebook Comments). Aron is not the first to indicate/suggest that the atheist movement is dead as can be seen by the articles below:
Now that Aron Ra has admitted defeat and has officially surrendered, it is time for all poseur atheists to admit that deep down there are no atheists and at best there are merely poseur agnostics. And deep down poseur agnostics know that God exists as they just have to looked out their windows to see God's majestic handiwork. Does not a painting demand the existence of a painter?
Atheism, as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and other philosophy reference works, is the denial of the existence of God. Paul Edwards, who was a prominent atheist and editor of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, defined an atheist as "a person who maintains that there is no God." See also: Definition of atheism What proof and evidence do "atheists" have that God does not exist? Checkmate poseur atheists!
Of course, we know the next step after an "atheist" surrenders. He becomes a Christian young earth creationist!!! Congratulations Aron Ra, you are moving forward in your life. By the way, Mr. Ra as a politically left leaning American, what do you think of your new president - President Donald J. Trump? And have you noticed that European politics is now quickly shifting to the right? The circle is almost complete Mr. Ra, Soon you will become a Christian young earth creationist and a right-wing Republican. Utter annihilation awaits your errant secular leftist movements. Completely surrender now! Mr. Ra, if you surrender all to Jesus now, God will give you the strength to slim down your portly godless figure.
I Surrender All lyrics
All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give
I will ever love and trust Him
In His presence daily live
All to Jesus I surrender
Humbly at His feet I bow
Worldly pleasures all forsaken
Take me, Jesus, take me now,
I surrender all
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All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender
Make me Savior wholly thine
May Thy Holy Spirit fill me
May I know Thy power divine
Are the Baptists starting to recognize that atheist ideology is going to eventually going to be a smaller threat to the Christian community in the future? On September 27, 2017, the Baptist Press reported:
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has created a single master of divinity degree in apologetics in its Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Ministry, consolidating two current apologetics programs.
Douglas K. Blount, professor of Christian apologetics at SBTS since 2015, will chair the Billy Graham School's new Department of Apologetics and World Religions. The seminary has had two separate apologetics concentrations -- one each in the school of theology and the Billy Graham School...
The seminary also will offer a M.Div. concentration in Islamic studies led by Ayman Ibrahim, Bill and Connie Jenkins Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Seminary, along with a master of arts in apologetics and the current M.A. in Islamic studies.
Greenway projected that the new apologetics department will become one of Southern's premier programs, drawing on the "strength of our institution from top to bottom."
The ultimate goal of the apologetics department is to train students not just to win intellectual arguments, but to have a concern for building the church, he said. The department will seek to equip pastors and teachers to be on the front line of engagement -- not just with non-believers or atheists, but also people of other faiths in an increasingly pluralistic culture.
The Oxford University Press published an article entitled The Death Of Secularism which declared:
Secularism is under threat
From Turkey to the US, India to Russia, parts of Europe and the Middle East, secularism is being attacked from all sides: from the left, from the right, by liberal multiculturalists and illiberal totalitarians, abused by racists and xenophobes as a stick with which to beat minorities in diverse societies, subverted by religious fundamentalists planning its destruction.
If you look at the major atheist groups right now, like the national groups, the ones that are doing the real activist work... They are not bringing in the kind of donations they used to. Most of them are starved for cash. They're downsizing left and right. Because people aren't just giving like they used to. And I talked to a lot of the major donors out there and they said, "Well, we're kind of tired of seeing the atheist community just fight amongst itself and not really get anything done. We'd rather not give money if we don't think it's going to go somewhere.
Atheist Dr. Gordon Stein wrote:
Atheism has long ceased to be a rare and oft-ignored philosophical outlook...It has transformed itself into an active political programme with clear objectives which, though they vary from state to state, unequivocally include the elimination of state religion, religious education, and the enshrinement of scientism (Gordon Stein, Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, page 74.).
There is a reactionary element to atheism, For example, the atheist ideology in Muslim countries is a reaction in part to Islam. On the other hand, the atheists in a culture absorb various aspects of that culture.
In the Western World, right-wing, populist nationalism rising in Europe and the United States has increased the prevalence of the secular right within Western atheism. In addition, there is a backlash against feminism within atheism - especially after the Elevatorgate controversy which involved feminists disparaging Richard Dawkins.
Historically, the atheist population has titled on the left side of the political spectrum. For example, according to the University of Cambridge, historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power." According to the Pew Forum, in the United States: "About two-thirds of atheists (69%) identify as Democrats (or lean in that direction), and a majority (56%) call themselves political liberals(compared with just one-in-ten who say they are conservatives)"
So what is the net affect of right-wing atheism rising within American atheism?
First of all, religious belief is still very powerful and widespread, and there is nothing inevitable about its decline. In fact, the proportion of people who say they believe in God actually ticked modestly upward, from 86 percent to 89 percent, since Galluplast asked the question in 2014.
We do live in a multivariable world so atheist infighting might be one of several variables that is causing the promulgation of atheism to be more challenging in the United States.
China and Europe are the two geographic regions where are atheists are the most prevalent. As alluded to above, in Europe right-wing nationalism is rising in reaction to Muslim immigration and anti-European Union sentiments. This is going to cause right-wing atheism to rise within European atheism. And since European atheism affects American atheism, it should cause right-wing atheism to rise within American atheism.
Now when you consider that China is experiencing an explosive growth of Christianity and atheists infighting within Western atheism will in all likelihood increase, the future of atheism looks very bleak.
In 2012, the W. Edwards Deming Institute published a report by the World Future Society which stated:
In 2100, however, the world will likely be only 9% unaffiliated — more religious than in 2012. The peak of the unaffiliated was in 1970 at around 20%, largely due to the influence of European communism. Since communism’s collapse, religion has been experiencing resurgence that will likely continue beyond 2100. All the world’s religions are poised to have enormous numeric growth (with the exceptions of tribal religions and Chinese folk religion), as well as geographic spread with the continuation of migration trends. Adherents of the world’s religions—perhaps particularly Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists—will continue to settle in the formerly Christian and ever-expanding cities of Europe and North America, causing increases of religious pluralism in these areas. Christians and Muslims together will encompass two-thirds of the global population—more than 7 billion individuals. In 2100, the majority of the world’s 11.6 billion residents will be adherents of religious traditions.
Atheism isn't Edgy or Amazing- It's Dying Out Worldwide
