tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post5889373952716320857..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: On the Demise of ReligionLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-23451311090787934362009-03-15T13:59:00.000-04:002009-03-15T13:59:00.000-04:00There's also an 'evangelical left' and there are m...There's also an 'evangelical left' and there are many less political religious alternatives. I agree with Eamon Knight that it's not a question of religion in general. The yen for spirituality is still up to date. Although there are always some waves in history, and the next cycle maybe will bring a decline of some radical forms of religions.S.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16849053404438472935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-44096604197427522482009-03-12T11:19:00.000-04:002009-03-12T11:19:00.000-04:00I could accept the idea that the Religious Right w...I could accept the idea that the Religious Right will collapse (most likely in on itself, resulting in a black hole of stupid), but christianity? Nah. It's endured too long. <BR/><BR/>I suppose, given a lot longer than 10 years, that Christianity might fade into a cultural thing, rather than a true religion that rules peoples' lives.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-53964034887906090352009-03-12T09:44:00.000-04:002009-03-12T09:44:00.000-04:00Theism is being propped up by the Evangelical Righ...Theism is being propped up by the Evangelical Right? That seems a sweeping statement to me.<BR/><BR/>While there exists the general "New Atheist" challenge to theism, I think the proximate causes of evangelical decline are a backlash against its recent socio-political excesses, and (where it is an intellectual issue at all) to specific absurdities like creationism or salvationism. I don't see where this touches more moderate theisms, or the extremisms of non-Christian religions.Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.com