To borrow from Mark Twain, "reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." So too religion. It will be with us for a while yet. But atheists can take heart, the trend is inexorably towards secularism -- whole nations becoming "religion-neutral" and abandoning supernatural Gods.

Australia is the latest country to lose its Christian heritage; European nations still lead the way; but Scandinavia takes the prize by becoming more than 85% secular. The religious minority observe a diminutive faith that is now "peripheral, personal and private", rather than the "public and predatory" ravings of evangelists.

Atheists can work towards this common goal with either a 'macro' or 'micro' strategy; or both.

On the 'macro' front, we need more people with journalistic expertise, or just good "out there" communication skills. It's a case of choosing secular and atheist issues, one at a time, and delivering the 'message' to the broadest possible audience in a rational and well reasoned style. As a former journalist I wrote Sacred to Secular as a platform to put out regular media releases, to write op-ed columns and to chase regular radio interviews. It's not rocket science and those with a clear and incisive writing style can make a great contribution to relegating religion to the pages of history.

But the 'micro' strategy is something everyone can engage in -- all walks of life and at every level, from academia to the local neighborhood. Peter Boghossian's development of Street Epistemology is the most engaging and successful strategy of one-on-one communication to release the "religiously imprisoned" from their cloistered cells of superstitious belief. And Anthony Magnabosco has proved to be one the best exponents of this strategy.

Together with the 'macro' and the 'micro' there is a real secular solution. For atheists in Islamic countries the challenge is most daunting but for Christianised nations the goals of religious neutrality are within reach. We all have the chance to make even the smallest contribution to eradicate centuries of dominant and oppressive religion. To finally achieve free and ethical secular societies -- national communities based on the principles of science, reason and rational thought. —Brian Morris