tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post4518585874964446647..comments2024-03-29T11:20:48.180+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: USA Religious Decline ConfirmedRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-11053574979008042842016-03-13T08:43:40.992+00:002016-03-13T08:43:40.992+00:00I always felt that the USA was simply a generation...I always felt that the USA was simply a generation, maybe two, behind Europe in its religiosity. Any politician in the UK who announced that God had told him to run for office would immediately become unelectable. Religion is normally off limits for politics here because we regard openly religious people as a little bit loopy or using it as a cover for something sinister. People like bishops and archbishops have to go out of their way to be 'normal' to avoid becoming figures of fun.<br />Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-17836663911351646882016-03-13T07:49:06.159+00:002016-03-13T07:49:06.159+00:00Good news, indeed. It's interesting to note th...Good news, indeed. It's interesting to note that countries considered most educated are those with the lowest levels of faith adherence. America has, in the past at least, shown a remarkable resistance to religious change. The young will always lead the way in changes of this kind. Although Americans are not close to the levels of secularisation experienced in Northern Europe and Australasia. In New Zealand, where I reside, the previous Prime Minister was an atheist. I don't think America has reached this stage, yet. I remember reading that atheists are the least trusted group in American society, according to polls. But this will change and I'm hoping, and predict, that change will be swift, much to the chagrin of the loony, money grubbing evangelists. Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.com