More immediately, it has given us an invigorating injection of talent and energy. Yet although the resources we have invested are quite substantial for the Council for Secular Humanism , they are insignificant compared to the budgets of religious groups on campus. And the aggressively evangelical Crusade is just one of hundreds of religious groups targeted at American students. In the face of the immense financial resources available to religious student groups, it may not be possible to stem the flood of campus evangelism. The coming generation of students can expect to experience a pervasive and militant religiosity on campus that would have been unimaginable to their parents in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.
Most universities give students free Internet access.
Many students spend hours a day surfing the World Wide Web and talking in chat rooms or discussion lists. The Internet is a medium of ideas, debate and personal contact. It provides an unprecedented opportunity to spread the ideals of humanism and to involve students in the freethought community. The Internet has already played a fundamental role in the development of the Campus Freethought Alliance. The Alliance exists first and foremost as a cyber-community.