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Why are many conservatives still afraid to speak up for being called bad names?
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<blockquote data-quote="jayem" data-source="post: 74061522" data-attributes="member: 8344"><p>No. Religious belief is changing. Traditional organized religion--among an increasing number of people--is being replaced by a sort of free-form, non-doctrinal spirituality. The article claims 1 in 5 Americans now identify as spiritual rather than religious.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/11/10/16630178/study-spiritual-but-not-religious" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/11/10/16630178/study-spiritual-but-not-religious</a></p><p></p><p>And BTW, if you think Christianity has been a unifying force in Western society, then you have never studied history. Catholics and Protestants were killing each other for centuries. (And both sides were oppressing Jews.) Consider the animosity of Trinitarians towards Unitarians. (Openly espousing the latter was a capital offense in old Europe. Remember John Calvin and Michael Servetus.) Read up sometimes on what the Puritans did to Quakers in our own country during colonial times. Organized, dogmatic religion has been every bit as divisive as it has been cohesive. And maybe more so.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Wrong again. Morals are changing, not disappearing. Homosexuality is losing it's taboo status. But open expressions of racism is not tolerated. Those positions still reflect moral values. Just somewhat different from what was considered normative in the past. Just like living organisms, cultural attitudes evolve in response to changing times and conditions. It's inevitable. What really will cause the downfall of civilization is if society doesn't adapt to change. Again, just like a species, it will either evolve or go extinct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayem, post: 74061522, member: 8344"] No. Religious belief is changing. Traditional organized religion--among an increasing number of people--is being replaced by a sort of free-form, non-doctrinal spirituality. The article claims 1 in 5 Americans now identify as spiritual rather than religious. [URL]https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/11/10/16630178/study-spiritual-but-not-religious[/URL] And BTW, if you think Christianity has been a unifying force in Western society, then you have never studied history. Catholics and Protestants were killing each other for centuries. (And both sides were oppressing Jews.) Consider the animosity of Trinitarians towards Unitarians. (Openly espousing the latter was a capital offense in old Europe. Remember John Calvin and Michael Servetus.) Read up sometimes on what the Puritans did to Quakers in our own country during colonial times. Organized, dogmatic religion has been every bit as divisive as it has been cohesive. And maybe more so. Wrong again. Morals are changing, not disappearing. Homosexuality is losing it's taboo status. But open expressions of racism is not tolerated. Those positions still reflect moral values. Just somewhat different from what was considered normative in the past. Just like living organisms, cultural attitudes evolve in response to changing times and conditions. It's inevitable. What really will cause the downfall of civilization is if society doesn't adapt to change. Again, just like a species, it will either evolve or go extinct. [/QUOTE]
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