Monday, January 16, 2012  What Does a Secular Society Look Like?
Photo Credit: Amsterdam Tourism & Convention Board     1. The
future may not look so bright.     In this article:     Tomas
Rees describes studies which argues, that secularisation of
Europe will stop, and then may even decline.      I personally
hope, that religion will be only minor part of our culture in
the future, but I don't think that it will completely disappear.
2. some UK stats here. From the British Humanist Society, so one
can read whatever reporting bias one wishes. Still, 65% of
respondents to the question "Are you religious?" said "no". One
could point to the tiny number of self-identifyng atheists, but
I think the stats point to a secular majority. (An indication of
Brit perverseness noted in the fact that more people identify
their faith as "Jedi knight" than "Jewish". Some people can't
take anything seriously!).      Which conforms very roughly to
my own perception. I live in a small village with an active
congregation, b