Reality shows are for those who don't have something useful to do with their time. America is perfectly welcome to be the religious "heartland" that we all hear it is. To draw a parallel... the nations of Islam were the most learned in ancient times and a true wonder among the educated peoples of the ancient world. They went off the rails at some stage and this seems to be linked to their religion. They despise science, give no heed to the rights of women and generally seem to be regressing to primitive times. I will probably be killed (legally) by followers of their religion for merely suggesting such a thing! So I see the spirituality that revealed its splendor in the middle of last century is being replaced by religion because people lack the ability to question why... and then follow it up with scientific reasoning, deduction and explanation. They seem happier to simply answer, "Why that is the work of god", when confronted with something that cannot be simply explained. So if we remain happy to say, "That is the work of the creator" every time something comes along we can't explain without scientific testing then no doubt we will have to give up our houses, labour saving devices (including cars etc) because science is the single reason we have those things. We can all be warm and fuzzy in the knowlege that, as we climb back into the trees, god is really rooting for us!
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Reality shows are for those who don't have something useful to do with their time. America is perfectly welcome to be the religious "heartland" that we all hear it is. To draw a parallel... the nations of Islam were the most learned in ancient times and a true wonder among the educated peoples of the ancient world. They went off the rails at some stage and this seems to be linked to their religion. They despise science, give no heed to the rights of women and generally seem to be regressing to primitive times. I will probably be killed (legally) by followers of their religion for merely suggesting such a thing! So I see the spirituality that revealed its splendor in the middle of last century is being replaced by religion because people lack the ability to question why... and then follow it up with scientific reasoning, deduction and explanation. They seem happier to simply answer, "Why that is the work of god", when confronted with something that cannot be simply explained. So if we remain happy to say, "That is the work of the creator" every time something comes along we can't explain without scientific testing then no doubt we will have to give up our houses, labour saving devices (including cars etc) because science is the single reason we have those things. We can all be warm and fuzzy in the knowlege that, as we climb back into the trees, god is really rooting for us!