Seems like lots of contra movement at the moment. I don’t know the stats but I understand there is growth in people declaring no religion and flocking toward the mega churches and Islam.. Looks like the traditional modalities are the losers and a social polarisation occurring. In Christian terms I suspect it would be deemed as the separation of sheep and goats in preparation for The Rapture.

I think it serves the purpose in helping each other understand other people better. So I think its useful to a point at least.

most folks are not woke.

i never had that debate in my early life. i've been an atheist since age 15 (yeah, i know, a late bloomer) but it was never a topic for debate; no one was interested. i wasn't in a religious family and didn't hang out in a religious community. i had been taking shit for being jewish since, well, birth i guess, and that shit continued throughout most of my life (which isn't quite over yet). so bored? not especially. fascinated? not especially. i'm not worried about it. let people believe what they believe, as long as they leave me the hell alone and honor the separation of church and state. unfortunately, neither is happening.

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