ABSTRACT
Atheism involves the denial of transcendence and the supernatural and rejects any belief in an afterlife and miracles such as the resurrection. The new atheists write mainly from a scientific perspective and take a hard line with respect to religion. They see a great danger in the irrational thinking that they see associated with religion. As far as the future of atheism is concerned, Victor J. Stenger presents data to show that secularism is the fastest-growing belief system in the world. It is abundantly clear that the New Atheism is based on a scientific, materialistic worldview. There is no room for any kind of spiritual dimension as the New Atheism does not believe anything exists beyond the material world that science examines. While the New Atheism contains many valid criticisms of conventional religion, it is equally dogmatic about its worldview as is the most die-hard fundamentalist.
