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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The other side is that with the recession, people are going to turn to god, psychics and any other charlatans who will offer them hope, even if they have to give up their common sense.
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I'm not sure that this is the case though. The 30s and 40s are generally thought of as one of the more secular periods in American history, and there was largely a return to lay ministry (away from having ordained clergy, and instead having members of the congregation direct and lead the church). Obviously we have a very different world today and there's no certainty that we'd follow the same trends.