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main reasons why
people turn away
from faith in God.
Research published in

Nature in 1914 put the number of
people believing in God at 35.2%. In the 90 or so
years since, a great majority of scientists have turned
their backs on belief in God and have adopted a materi-
alist, atheist mindset. The most important fact to be noted
here is that this is the same period during which the theory
of evolution came to rule the scientific world. 44
Lack of faith is also widespread in a number of the Asian
countries that play a major role in the world economy. China
heads the list, with 71% of its population describing themselves as
agnostic or atheist. Various studies, books and articles have ex-
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amined this state of affairs, particularly in European countries
where there has been a turning-away from religious moral values.
Europe's rejection of its Christian roots, the rapid abandonment of

religious moral values, the strengthening of atheism, the weaken-
ing of devotion to the Church, the way that work opposed to
Darwinism in America has failed to be reflected in Europe,
Europe's determination to teach the theory of evolution in schools
and refusal to give space to opposing views—all this represents
the basis of these studies. [The] Associated Press published a sur-

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