 His influence on the Unitarian movement also faded. His version of Arianism, in which Christ was seen as having most of the supernatural attributes of the second person of the Trinity without actually being God, gave way to the Socinian view, championed by Priestley, which stressed the straightforward humanity of Jesus. His reputation in actuarial work and demography suffered from his mistaken claim that the British population was in decline. Even his beloved project of reducing or eliminating the national debt by means of a sinking fund fell out of favor.