Interesting article. And what with the splinter factions of churches growing everyday coupled with the 40 to 50 different versions of the Bible, and that millennials are rejecting organized religion (for many reasons); yes -- it is on the down swing. I hope it continues, but am doubtful that man will be able to put aside his belief in something to debit or credit for things that happen.

WOW! What a good read this is

I guess the main thing is keeping a sense of community and connectiveness, if Christianity has been the main way this has happened in the past.
Community gardens, men’s sheds, gyms, diet clubs, games cafe’s, live music etc. become more important. In the uk the change has been more gradual, I mean they have beer festivals and dinner dances in my parent’s local church open to all.

“Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thought-crime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed will be expressed by eactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. . . . The process will still be continuing long after you and I are dead. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for commiting thought-crime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. . . . Has it ever occcured to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?”

To the attached article, etc, I'd say " Wake up Amerikka, at least 80% of your troubles are deeply rooted in the mires of intolerances, bigotry, divisivenesses, etc, born and bred by Religions/religious ideologies and the sooner your nation comes to realize this the better it will be."
In my opinion, just like religions, wherever Amerikkka goes it creates a conflict, makes a desert and calls it Progress.
The time is nigh to stop Amerikkkan Democratic Imperialism, re-think, re-shape and become a Nation that this world WILL accept rather than shun.

Very interesting article

Inevitable, but not sure of the timing.

Good article, it makes me happy that I'm closer to the end of my movie then the beginning.

What a load of crap. How does a decline in Christianity lead to a rise in racism. When the hate filled rhetoric and the most violence against minorities comes from self proclaimed Christians. Terminology is constantly changing.