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guillaumeb

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4. Post 5,916 in the series.

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 05:53 PM

Dec 2018

How wonderful.

Meanwhile, in other news, the officially atheist Government of China continues to attack and imprison theists.

As did the once officially atheist Government of Russia.

But in both countries, this forced conversion, so to speak, is failing.

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Religion declining in importance for many Americans, especially for Millennials [View all] trotsky Dec 2018 OP

I think that's a natural progression, really. MineralMan Dec 2018 #1

Not to be a statistic-nazi... but... NeoGreen Dec 2018 #2

I agree. Seems likely that 2017 was the outlier, too. trotsky Dec 2018 #3

Post 5,916 in the series. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #4

Seems almost like if you allow freedom of religion, people may simply decline the offer marylandblue Dec 2018 #6

And in China, and formerly in Russia, they were intolerant of theism. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #7

Seems like the common factor between those two is Marxism-Leninism and it's Maoist variant. marylandblue Dec 2018 #8

And an intolerance, possibly for what they see as rivals. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #10

Your definition of intolerance is so broad, almost everyone could be guilty of it. marylandblue Dec 2018 #12

#Whataboutism n/t trotsky Dec 2018 #9

Textbook Lordquinton Dec 2018 #11

Someday, we'll be Iceland. Won't that be horrible? Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #5