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Originally Posted by GGG
It might be silly but to some degree it’s likely true. Religion likely evolved to maintain social order through self enforcement.
You only need to look at effectivenes of pandemic measures to see the difference between individualist and collectivist societies. Religion was one of the few remaining collectivist pulls in North America so its decrease without replacement is likely to lead to more individualist actions.
This doesn’t mean religion is good or beneficial just that the means of enforcing the social contract will change as a society becomes less religious
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You only need to look to almost any religious person anywhere to realize they are just as bad as any other human.