“ People are resigned to the absence of God and are organizing their lives independently, for good or for ill, and without any reference to God. ” ​ — One Hundred Years of Debate Over God — ​ The Sources of Modern Atheism.
हालाँकि शुरूआत में एक बहुत ऊँचा पेड़ प्रभावोत्पादक होता है, अंततः उसे साधारण समझा जाता है ।