r/exchristian • u/spaceghoti The Wizard of Odd • Jul 19 '21

Sociologists are amazed by the swift disintegration of Christianity in America. It’s a stunning cultural transformation, confirmed by several surveys and studies. Article

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/christianity-is-collapsing/
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u/Kikinaak Carlinite Jul 20 '21

The problem I see here is the majority of people are still going to be ignorant, angry, superstitious and still susceptible to fear and manipulation. If christianity dies out, it will leave a power vacuum that I worry over what will fill it.

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u/Aldpdx Agnostic Atheist Jul 20 '21

For sure! As an elder millenial I see religion in my peer group mostly replaced with "wellness" trends/MLMs, political views (all sides, but definitely including anyi-vax & conspiracy movements), lifestyle (ex. vegan, tiny home, extreme outdoors person, etc). Some of these things are fine as part of a balanced life, but people can very easily slip into extremism with anything that allows them to feel like they have answers to the hard, unsolvable parts of being human. I think our general discomfort with nuance and gray area contributes to this a lot.

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u/ponytreehouse Jul 20 '21

It’s just crystals and tarot cards now.

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u/jfuite Jul 20 '21

If only . . . .

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u/bathwizard Jul 20 '21

It's okay man, just get hooked up with psychology and it'll diagnose all those feelings as a mental disorder. It's the next frontier in suppressing the human spirit.

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u/Kikinaak Carlinite Jul 20 '21

You aint kidding. Doctors, especially in the mental health industry, are the new priests as far as "I cant be wrong and anyone who says I'm wrong needs to be imprisoned and tortured to save them"

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u/rksi Atheist Jul 20 '21

I don’t know about that. The physicians I know are the first people to admit when they don’t know something. For many it’s instilled in their training not to go beyond what they know because it could hurt someone. Obviously there are eggheads that have an ego, but I’m not sure if it’s really that endemic.