Jonathan V. Last

The answer is, as I understand it, yes. The higher you are on average on the socioeconomic scale, the more likely you are to be participating in organized religion. And that's not surprising because, of course, the higher you are on the socioeconomic scale, the more likely you are to be participating in everything.

The answer is, as I understand it, yes. The higher you are on average on the socioeconomic scale, the more likely you are to be participating in organized religion. And that's not surprising because, of course, the higher you are on the socioeconomic scale, the more likely you are to be participating in everything.

The answer is, as I understand it, yes. The higher you are on average on the socioeconomic scale, the more likely you are to be participating in organized religion. And that's not surprising because, of course, the higher you are on the socioeconomic scale, the more likely you are to be participating in everything.

What we seem to be seeing is the breakdown of Christianity among those who you would think would need it most, which are people who are lower on the socioeconomic scale and who are facing the crises that we all know about, you know, deindustrialization and deaths of despair, and who don't seem to have the kinds of faith-based resources available. that they used to count on.

What we seem to be seeing is the breakdown of Christianity among those who you would think would need it most, which are people who are lower on the socioeconomic scale and who are facing the crises that we all know about, you know, deindustrialization and deaths of despair, and who don't seem to have the kinds of faith-based resources available. that they used to count on.

What we seem to be seeing is the breakdown of Christianity among those who you would think would need it most, which are people who are lower on the socioeconomic scale and who are facing the crises that we all know about, you know, deindustrialization and deaths of despair, and who don't seem to have the kinds of faith-based resources available. that they used to count on.

We've seen a collapse in church going in many of those communities and, you know, churches closing at an absolutely alarming rate.

We've seen a collapse in church going in many of those communities and, you know, churches closing at an absolutely alarming rate.

We've seen a collapse in church going in many of those communities and, you know, churches closing at an absolutely alarming rate.

I'd say that this is something I think that I misunderstood. I come from exactly where you were. I'm very secular. I was on board with the project of thinking society would be better off without superstitious nonsense. And I think one answer to that is that I was empirically wrong. And

I'd say that this is something I think that I misunderstood. I come from exactly where you were. I'm very secular. I was on board with the project of thinking society would be better off without superstitious nonsense. And I think one answer to that is that I was empirically wrong. And

I'd say that this is something I think that I misunderstood. I come from exactly where you were. I'm very secular. I was on board with the project of thinking society would be better off without superstitious nonsense. And I think one answer to that is that I was empirically wrong. And

The second answer that's more fundamental, which is that I have come to think that faith, and in America that means Christianity. Let's not beat around the bush. That's what we're talking about in this conversation. And it means predominantly white Protestant Christianity. That's our founding faith and still the predominant form of faith.

The second answer that's more fundamental, which is that I have come to think that faith, and in America that means Christianity. Let's not beat around the bush. That's what we're talking about in this conversation. And it means predominantly white Protestant Christianity. That's our founding faith and still the predominant form of faith.

The second answer that's more fundamental, which is that I have come to think that faith, and in America that means Christianity. Let's not beat around the bush. That's what we're talking about in this conversation. And it means predominantly white Protestant Christianity. That's our founding faith and still the predominant form of faith.

That it has answers to questions that secularism can't really provide. And one of those questions is, why am I here? What's the purpose of my life on this planet? Am I more than just a random, you know, accumulation of cells that will blink in and out of existence? That's just not a satisfying way of thinking for most people. I'm okay with it. I seem to manage with it.

That it has answers to questions that secularism can't really provide. And one of those questions is, why am I here? What's the purpose of my life on this planet? Am I more than just a random, you know, accumulation of cells that will blink in and out of existence? That's just not a satisfying way of thinking for most people. I'm okay with it. I seem to manage with it.

That it has answers to questions that secularism can't really provide. And one of those questions is, why am I here? What's the purpose of my life on this planet? Am I more than just a random, you know, accumulation of cells that will blink in and out of existence? That's just not a satisfying way of thinking for most people. I'm okay with it. I seem to manage with it.

But a lot of people need more and faith provides it. And the second question is the question of what's the basis of good and evil that's bigger than just the personal preferences, you know, the Nietzschean world that Mago lives in. or that the postmodern left lives in, that also comes from faith and in our society, Christianity.

But a lot of people need more and faith provides it. And the second question is the question of what's the basis of good and evil that's bigger than just the personal preferences, you know, the Nietzschean world that Mago lives in. or that the postmodern left lives in, that also comes from faith and in our society, Christianity.