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So you believe that religion has been replaced by materialism and this is the cause of societal ills.
But to me religion and materialism are the same collective dysfunction. In other words religion can be — and has been and is — as bad as the unbridled pursuit of wealth in disrupting society.
When I have encountered deeply religious people I have found them to be single-mindedly faithful to their ideas about their god. I find this single-mindedness dangerous. If someone truly believes they have a higher calling then it opens them up to the possibility of all kinds of immoral acts in the name of _____ (fill the blank).
Church and State must be kept separate!