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"it feels like Europe is post-religion" You say that likes it's a bad thing?
by arethuza 1y ago
"it feels like Europe is post-religion"
You say that likes it's a bad thing?
- mensetmanusman 1y agoSurprisingly (for secularists), post religion means degrowth of the culture. So it’s a good thing if you want Europe’s culture replaced by what the data show is happening, and it’s a bad thing if you think Europe’s traditional culture is worth saving.
- arethuza 1y agoWell where I am (Edinburgh) we have a superabundance of culture at this time of year - very little of which has anything to do with religion?
- mensetmanusman 1y agoI’m alluding to the long term trends(one - two generations out, assuming they follow the behavior of the last two generations).
- aprilthird2021 1y agoPost-religion directly correlates with less friends, less peers, less in-built community, etc. You can have all those things without. Many do. But it requires extra work that organized religion does for you, and we're talking about a problem where people aren't having kids because they are extra work