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Originally Posted by Marilyn Monroe  They believe in reicarnation, so they don't kill cows. Who would want to be a cow? Good question. But......some of the Christian stuff sounds pretty far out there as does Judaism.
People are questioning things a lot sooner than they used to. The youth aren't that interested in tradition. |
I would attribute this to the vast wealth of knowledge that is readily available to the average person. Hundreds of years ago there was no such thing as the internet or even mass production. The knowledge that many youth possess today from schooling, TV, travel, and our fast-paced society close many of the gaps that would otherwise be filled by supernatural or spiritual beliefs.
That is, IMO, the decline can be attributed to two things:
1) an ever increasing body of scientific knowledge
2) ever increasing ease of access to such knowledge
Without prevalent sources of mysticism in the world ones sense of spirituality is never provoked. Even today the most spiritual and religious tend to be those who claim to have had some sort of "mystical" or "divine" experience that is beyond explanation.