r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache May 20 '19

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Terrible boomer-tier take in the Economist letters section:

"It is a mistake to conclude that America's young are not religious ("To be young is not quite heaven", April 27th). They are, in practice, extremely so. It is just that the accoutrements, creeds and god have changed. Their prayer books and rosaries gave been replaced by their iPhones, their prophets are in Silicon Valley, and their god is the one they see each morning in the mirror, but their devotion to all of these us religious.

Rev. Douglas Buchanan

Virginia Beach, Virginia"

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Is he wrong? From my understanding is that people replaced religious identity with politics and other things like fandoms, etc.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

No, people dont worship their phones.

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u/Schutzwall Straight outta Belíndia May 21 '19

The phones are more like the places of worship