The young people of Iran are the ones who are going to determine the future of Iran. Not the old religious folks who are dying out and becoming a thing of the past. I support Dani and the young Iranians to effect change in their country and their lives. Keeping them isolated and poor and angry is NOT going to make the situation any better. It will only make matters worse.
The religious folks aren't going anywhere. The young people have given up because the govt has been brutal and barbaric towards any protests. So they just do their own thing. The govt will play games and shift back and forth from conservative to reform and fool the people into thinking they have "freedoms". And the West led by Obama just legitimized the govt. for decades to come by removing the sanctions.
Nope, young people are too smart and savvy to fall for the brainwashing religious types.
Lol. That is due to exposure and education. Not necessarily all atheists, but they have their OWN belief systems.
Young Americans Losing Their Religion
New research shows young Americans are dramatically
less likely to go to church -- or to participate in any form of organized religion -- than their parents and grandparents.
"It's a huge change," says Harvard University professor Robert Putnam, who conducted the research.
Historically, the
percentage of Americans who said they had no religious affiliation (pollsters refer to this group as the "nones") has been very small -- hovering between 5 percent and 10 percent.
However, Putnam says the percentage of "nones" has now skyrocketed to between 30 percent and 40 percent among younger Americans.
Putnam calls this a "stunning development." He gave reporters a first glimpse of his data Tuesday at a conference on religion organized by the
Pew Forum on Faith in Public Life.
The research will be included in a forthcoming book, called "American Grace."
This trend started in the 1990s and continues through today. It includes people in both Generation X and Y.
