The new atheists severely overestimated the positive effect of the internet, I thinks that's obvious.
They thought religion is just about indoctrination and information while disregarding material conditions. Giving internet access to an African child is not going to make the Christian missionaries any less effective.
But statistically speaking religion is still definitely on a decline specially in the first world and if not for climate change or neoliberalism then imo most of the western world would be atheist by the end of the 21st century.
The new atheists severely overestimated the positive effect of the internet, I thinks that's obvious. They thought religion is just about indoctrination and information while disregarding material conditions. Giving internet access to an African child is not going to make the Christian missionaries any less effective.
But statistically speaking religion is still definitely on a decline specially in the first world and if not for climate change or neoliberalism then imo most of the western world would be atheist by the end of the 21st century.