>>12313I think many educated Westerners believe in some sort of higher power, but they don't actually allow it to influence their day-to-day behaviour. They're still functionally irreligious.
I don't actually have anything against people who find strength in their faith in their everyday life. Most online proponents of 'religion' believe in nothing. Their worldview is best summarised by that fake Voltaire quote: "I want my lawyer, my tailor, my servants, even my wife to believe in God, because it means that I shall be cheated and robbed and cuckolded less often"
>>12316The Amish, Orthodox Jews and modern Muslims have zero cultural achievements to speak of, unless you count their sky-high rates of childhood sexual abuse. If propelling dysfunctional client societies of the secular mainstream to reproduce at yeast-like rates is an advantage of religion, then I'd rather everyone be an atheist.
Western Christianity at least fostered stable, prosperous societies and led to the creation of the most beautiful works of art in existence. What do the Amish and Muslims have to speak of?
>>12309 I think the tradcath/orthobro sperging that dominated online rightoid spaces for the last 10 years is just going out of fashion, and the posts are a reflection of that.