Another thing. I think we all need to pray for these atheists. The mere fact that they want there children to learn about some higher power is reason enough to keep evangelizing and inviting them to your (our) church. Whichever applies. LOL!
Prayers, prayers!
My prediction?
From this generation of atheists will come a very reverent generation of true believers, probably to the far right churches.
Well, it would certainly be a miracle if it happens. The trend is currently in the opposite direction and has been for the past 40 years. There are now five times as many young non-believers than there were 40 years ago with upwards of 20% expressing their non-affiliation with religion.
As a nation we appear to be near the beginning of the same secularization that took place decades ago in Western Europe, and the danger is that if Christians continue to express the same hostility towards non-believers that I have seen on many threads on this board, they will be delivered right into the hands of the left.
Since I’m not a Christian I would prefer to live in a country where conservative atheists and agnostics can live without the constant antipathy non-believers get from the religious right. Political allegiances are hard to maintain when you’re not even considered to be worthy of political office unless you profess belief in a supernatural being.