There's always been atheists and the like, they are mentioned in the Old Testament, and it's probably always been and always will be a very small minority. And

There's always been atheists and the like, they are mentioned in the Old Testament, and it's probably always been and always will be a very small minority. And a lot of the so-called "New Atheists" these days aren't really best defined as atheists, they are better described as "Scientists" or "Humanists", where the object of religious adoration is either the concept of scientific progress or human achievement.