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trotsky

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22. Lots has happened in the last 27 years.

Reply to HopeAgain (Reply #16)

Fri Nov 10, 2017, 09:09 AM

Nov 2017

Amazing social progress has been made in the acceptance of LGBT equality. Same sex marriage is legal in all 50 states! 27 years ago I doubt you could have found anyone who thought it was possible.

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Survey Predicts Huge Amount of Non-Religious Americans by 2035 [View all] trotsky Nov 2017 OP

Woot! Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #1

Maybe by then someone will start worrying about how to keep non-believers in our "big tent"? n/t trotsky Nov 2017 #2

We need a movie: "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Reality" (nt) NeoGreen Nov 2017 #7

It'd be nice to feel valued, you know. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #9

Have you ever heard of confirmation bias? guillaumeb Nov 2017 #3

"Allen Downey, a professor of computer science at Olin College" trotsky Nov 2017 #4

Sure. I see evidence of it every day. People post from MineralMan Nov 2017 #5

Or they post their own opinion pieces. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #17

My favorite posts on DU are those MineralMan Nov 2017 #20

Because those who practice evangelical Christianity nowadays are phonies who do not really kimbutgar Nov 2017 #6

Exhibit A: Roy Moore (nt) NeoGreen Nov 2017 #8

Such a trends would seem hard to predict HopeAgain Nov 2017 #10

That's why it is looking at trends in the USA, not "since the beginning of recorded history." trotsky Nov 2017 #11

My point is that current trends are undoubtedly a result of other historical factors HopeAgain Nov 2017 #16

Lots has happened in the last 27 years. trotsky Nov 2017 #22

And hopefully it will continue... HopeAgain Nov 2017 #23

The rest of the story: yallerdawg Nov 2017 #12

How do you square that with your insistence that talking negatively about religion... trotsky Nov 2017 #13

Is this the plan? yallerdawg Nov 2017 #14

When you comment something that contradicts what you've said before, trotsky Nov 2017 #15

Yes indeed, that is the plan, or the pattern. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #18

Nothing like thoughtful, informative discussion. yallerdawg Nov 2017 #19

It does indeed exist. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #21

I would welcome it. trotsky Nov 2017 #24

Again with your self-abasement? yallerdawg Nov 2017 #25

You are asserting there are specific consequences for specific actions. trotsky Nov 2017 #26

You want me to do a survey? yallerdawg Nov 2017 #30

Any actual evidence will do. trotsky Nov 2017 #31

I guess you should drop it then. yallerdawg Nov 2017 #32

Why should I drop it? It wasn't my assertion. trotsky Nov 2017 #33

BTW trotsky Nov 2017 #34

We can meet this projected future in strength delisen Nov 2017 #27

"our ethical foundations do not depend on being a member a church" trotsky Nov 2017 #28

I say it's inevitable really. EvilAL Nov 2017 #29

Although the history of "great awakenings" is fairly scary. Pope George Ringo II Nov 2017 #36

This just shows that at least parts of America are growing up Bradshaw3 Nov 2017 #35