Posted: Nov 26, 2016 12:37 pm
Corneel wrote:archibald wrote:tuco wrote:Atheism possibly thrives in "luxury", I prefer to call it "welfare state" instead, but its not condition necessary. Atheism can also be (by)product of repression against religion, see communism and religion for example.
There is not one way to salvation
Good point. I had forgotten about coercion.
In that case and in the absence of other factors that would diminish religiosity, you'd probably end up with something which will resemble religion (leadership cult or ideological cult).
Indeed. That seems like a good possibility.
There's also the segue into 'spirituality' (aka vagueness) which I believe is quite popular, even in Scandinavia. I stand to be corrected by someone from there. I read that a surprising proportion of Icelanders, for example, entertain the notion of elves.
On a side note, superstition (of which religion is arguably just one sophisticated type) has always been, I read, particularly popular in the former USSR, and indeed China (another 'atheist state').