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Silent3

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3. I only wish the decline in religion was matched with a general rise in rationality

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Sep 20, 2020, 10:21 AM

Sep 2020

The prevalence of rational thinking, of course, is not something I'm ever seen tracked by any particular survey, so I'm just speaking from my general impressions of the world.

What I see is people becoming more disenchanted with the ugly intolerance often associated with religion, and finding religion less effective or appealing as an emotional support system, while at the same time pseudoscience and conspiratorial insanity are on the rise.

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I only wish the decline in religion was matched with a general rise in rationality Silent3 Sep 2020 #3