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Old 05-24-2011, 03:13 PM   #446
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Yes but, you atheists quote those statistics gleefully and think the end of it will be the rejection of all religion. Your making the same mistake as the global warming crowd and assuming that this is the only time such a thing has happened and it won't reverse itself. Voltaire infamously once predicted the demise of Christianity within 50 years. 50 years later his own printing works were producing Bibles.

You can't be blind to the fact that the Western world is increasingly secular though. We are living in a post-Christianity societ. One that arguebly has its basis on that religion (We take Good Friday as a holiday for example) but has significantly demystified it. With each generation people are losing touch with the their religious roots. Sure, they may go to Church on Christmas and Easter, but that really doesn't count. That is more a tradition thing. And you can bet dollars to pesos that Christmas and Easter phenomenon of attendance is dwindling too.
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