Post Religion

[MindForgedManacle]

Who knows. Could be, might not be. If it does, then it too will simply have to be combated. Not that I think religion will die out, and if it will, not anytime soon.

[earwaxyness]

From inside, that is understandable but not really correct. What's really happening is that religious Americans are far louder and more public and pushy about their beliefs because, for the first time, they feel that Christianity's status as de facto national religion is legitimately threatened.

I believe there are actually some statistics which support the notion that the U.S. has become more religious over time since its beginnings, and in a big way....

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I suppose that depends how we define religion. Strict adherence to a specific religion vs. deism vs. "spiritual but not religious" vs. non religious or spiritual in any sense of the word and all the others in between. All might give you a very different picture of how religion has grown/shrunk over time.

[Doubting Thomas]

You can go and see David Icke, pay a large amount for a ticket and more for a book, but will that protect you from the lizard people? What it does do is further convince you that you are correct in your beliefs

And that's why these people sell so well. If you devote a lot of time and mental energy to believing something, you love to have those beliefs validated. It's no different as to why conservatives love to listen to Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.