I don't discount this. See my review of Everybody is Wrong about God which is explicitly about this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R3LCTFGLJI8X7P/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B016TX3RP6 … https://twitter.com/observeaddict/status/905087702554599425 …
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I just don't think we need to panic hugely if 7/10 young Brits aren't religious when most ppl's ethics come from outside religion anyway.
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Though the propensity to surplant religion with ideology should give pause for thought...
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This is what I'm talking abt. Ppl who would have had liberal, humanist versions of religion will likely have similar non-religious ethics.
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Those who are currently authoritarian zealots would not be likely to be less harmful if they channelled this through religion than politics
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You also have to factor in the increasing level of general uncertainty as that pushes people towards absolutes as a safety blanket.
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Well, we just wrote a thing about that.
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