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The generation of my grandparents were the last in my family to be religious, in the Netherlands. Loss of the moral component isn't what I see, that's not what
by Scarblac 9y ago
The generation of my grandparents were the last in my family to be religious, in the Netherlands.
Loss of the moral component isn't what I see, that's not what I'm afraid of. I don't think Christian kids are less likely to commit that sort of crime.
But I feel a sense of community has been lost, people used to know each other from church, used to celebrate important life events from birth to marriage to death together. Now I only know a few people in my city.
- rafiki6 9y agoI agree with loss of community and generally speaking those important life event celebrations are what make a community, but have you ever considered that what made those life events important to begin with is the religion itself? Non-religious societies can likely establish new important events and celebrations for those. I'm not necessarily in favor of religious decline but I'm happy to see that people live in a society with a real choice. Most of the world isn't like that still.
- Scarblac 9y ago> but have you ever considered that what made those life events important to begin with is the religion itself? We should invent new events, but it's hard to get to get strangers involved celebrating the same ones. Especially if people have real choice -- then everybody invents something else! I mean, by itself the choice is fantastic of course, but we do lose something.