I wrote earlier about Patheos' series of articles on the Future of Religion. Each week a  series of guest authors wrote about the future of a particular religion. The last few weeks covered Mormonism, Islam, and Paganism, but none of the articles related to the internet's role. This week's articles are about  "Humanism", but they really mean positive secularism by that. Hermant Mehta, whose blog is at FriendlyAtheist.com, wrote a pieced titled, "How the Internet Is Reshaping Humanism." Mehta assesses three aspects of the answer:

• The impact of the "Blogosphere"
• Increased membership in and donations to atheist organizations
• Larger and more niche atheist communities

His analysis is not exhaustive, but correct. However his points are not unique to atheism. These very same trends can be observed in relation to most religions, or subcultures. Nevertheless it was good to read them from his perspective, despite that I found the piece too short and would have appreciated more examples.