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You think nobody will bring their faith with them?



Precisely. Religions are in decline among the younger generations. By the time we go to Mars as a colonizing species, hopefully we won't bring "faith to a deity" with us.


There's plenty of other damaging ideologies to take their place. Look at the extremist 1% on either side of the left/right political divide for examples. Religion isn't a cause of negative ideological/extremism, it's a symptom of cognitive tendencies that give rise to it.


In decline among young people who are not having replacement levels of offspring.

Social science has taught us religion imparts survival benefits (as does ‘politics’)


>Religions are in decline among the younger generations.

And ideology is rising, see




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