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Originally Posted by JTM45

That actually sounds like a description of Christians (or any one of the of the archaic religious groups that sadly still exist!).

In fact it sounds like you. Someone who is not aware that Christianity is growing in massive leaps and bounds on this planet,
and,
someone who doesn't understand that just their peculiar cultural 'beliefs' are not shared by the rest of the planet and let me describe this for you:
- You have a 'belief' that technological progress and 'modernization' is the same as 'declining religion'.
That is something peculiar to just a few western countries and is not shared by the rest of the world.

In fact, religion never became 'archaic' in these western countries but never mind that because in the rest of the planet religion maintains popularity and practice REGARDLESS of 'modernization' or these advances in society (technology, sciences etc).
Religion maintains or in many cases lately INCREASES in practice.

But you just assumed that your own peculiar experience of your little culture in just these last few decades is 'The World Now and Always'.
An 'Objective Truth'.
In fact, I better you are 'surprised' by what I'm telling you and your first reaction is 'Disbelief'.
I must be crazy.
In fact I must not only be wrong but deliberately 'offending you' with some lies.
You think and react this way BECAUSE you are one of these types who is absolutely so convinced their beliefs and knowledge must be superior that to even question it 'offends you'.
Thats you.
You just did that.