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longship

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4. Okay. I get your point.

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 02:38 PM

Jan 2013

But, it's my sincere hope that I am not wrong about this. The only way to tell is to wait another generation or so.

You call it a fad, and to that characterization I would disagree, however only on a rhetoric level. I would characterize these things as cultural. One may call that a fad, but I might want to use the word meme. I know. It's probably a distinction without a difference.

Regardless, I think it will take time.

I guess we'll see where these trends lead, if we live long enough.

Thanks for your thoughtful response.

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Why the secular movement is here to stay [View all] cleanhippie Jan 2013 OP

I don't think the first point offers any evidence to support it's assertion-- Moonwalk Jan 2013 #1

Well, I think you may be wrong on number one. longship Jan 2013 #2

Oh, I agree that secularism is on the rise among young people, etc. What I doubt... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #3

Okay. I get your point. longship Jan 2013 #4

Secular movements have been around long before the French Revolution. rug Jan 2013 #5

God could put a stop to it in a New York minute. Why doesn't He? n/t dimbear Jan 2013 #6

3 choices: Can't, Won't, or doesn't exist. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #7

How? rug Jan 2013 #8

Any little legitimate evidence that He actually exists. Reverse the rotation of the earth, dimbear Jan 2013 #9

Easy. JoeyT Jan 2013 #10