How the Internet Is Taking Away America’s Religion

Re:How the Internet Is Taking Away America’s Religion by sjwright on Monday April 21, 2014 @11:39PM (#7625666)

> as the moderates leave, the fundamentalists make the churches more and more fundamental and fanatic, driving out the moderates still left, which gives the fundamentalists even more power and the church drives out those moderates still left and so on.

That's a fascinating point. The question is, as this circular process reaches a new equilibrium, what are we left with?

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Re:How the Internet Is Taking Away America’s Religion by prawn on Monday April 21, 2014 @11:47PM (#7625688)

In some cases, maybe a secretive minority willing to die for the incredible belief in their cause and not enough moderates to criticise their behaviour?

Bit like what you can see with friends who push their partying too hard. They alienate more conservative friends but find agreeable social partners elsewhere, gradually re-filling their social circle with other hard partiers. Over time, perhaps what was normal seems boring and the behaviour gets worse?

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