so what do you think?

[Warpy]

12. There will be fewer believers in President Putin's Piggy

but I'm convinced the god stuff is hard wired in some people. They are likely in the minority, as I've heard doubts voiced by many more people than I've heard true belief with no doubts. IOW, I don't bug anyone about it, it's none of my business.

I think the larger number of vocal doubters and outright vocal nonbelievers in Europe can be traced to having two world wars fought on their soil with a depression between them. I know that the Black Death in the mid 1300s broke a lot of faith in the inerrancy of Rome, although god seems to have survived it quite nicely.

This isn't nearly drastic enough to get god to disappear entirely. Churches headed by liars who convince the faithful that Jesus will save their bacon are not going to be nearly as popular once the number of dead is added up, especially among the fellow true believers whose faith was so strong they were total pains in the ass. We might see basically sensible people becoming Deists.

But while this might stir the pot a bit, believers are still going to believe in something.