How Atheism Fails Religion-Leavers

Did We Miss the Apocalypse? (Part Two)

The central point of this article is that contemporary Atheism is floundering because it has failed to adequately speak to the existential realities of the modern person. I previously published an article on what Christians can learn from Atheists. Consider this one to be what Atheists can learn from Christians. Christianity has a resurrection at the center of it’s faith. This is what Atheism is lacking. Atheism needs a resurrection.

I am often accused of being hard on religion. Keep in mind that a lot of my professional work involves counseling people who were deeply damaged or traumatized by religion. I once was a devoted religious person myself. My academic background is in theology, and for many years I was a megachurch pastor.

I am not against religion categorically. Religion means something different for each person and one’s experience of religion, good or bad, is unique to them. However, I am against religion anytime it harms people or does damage in the world.

If you peruse my Substack articles you will find a fair share that address the decline of religious faith in America, the rise of unbelievers, and the failures of the Christian religion. On the other hand, the non-religious alternatives for the unChristian are not exactly working either. In the past I have asked questions such as: Is Christian theism dead? and even, Is God dead? To be fair, I could just as easily ask, “Is Atheism dead?” In other words, is modern Atheism becoming obsolete. I’ve practically said so previously, pointing out in my ORTCON 24 presentation, that Atheism shares a similar flaw as all the other theisms. I attached below my ORTCON 24 slide presentation.