[War_ooc] Countries, timeline stuff, etc.

[Michael Downey]

Well I suppose I should really wait until the new setting info is put
out before we begin our violent disagreements. Until then.

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:18 PM, John Penta<john.penta at gmail.com> wrote:
> You don't see it as much in the North, though you do among immigrants. Where
> you see it is in places like West Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe,
> all places from which immigrants typically have been coming.
>
> It is, I grant, the iffiest of my posits - there's this gigantic argument in
> the sociological journals over whether it's happening or whether it's
> reporting issues (as reported by my brother, who's working towards applying
> to grad school for a PHD in sociology).
>
> It just seems more interesting to posit that it is, precisely because it
> upends the secularization thesis so popular in sociological development
> circles.
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Michael Downey
> <michael.michaeldowney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >  1. The Great Awakening - A standby from the last time that never really
>> > got
>> > explored, it sounds odd in the wake of the Atheist Bus Campaign and
>> > other
>> > things. But as we go through the recession, I sense on the macro-level
>> > (ie,
>> > globally) an uptick in religious belief, with a return to traditional
>> > values. It'll vary country by country in how it expresses itself, but
>> > it'll
>> > show up everywhere. It doesn't -necessarily- benefit who you think it
>> > would,
>> > either.
>>
>> Really? I haven't noticed a 'macro' rise in religious fervor and
>> traditional values on a global scale at all.
>>
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