The second much more controversial force is religion. America is a far more religious country than any of its European counterparts. More than 60 per cent of Americans say that religion plays an important role in their lives.
Britain and much of Europe are floundering without a moral compass (even if Americans don't live up to ours half the time) and they're unable to face the Muslim challenge. There's a vacuum there, and it will be filled by something.
That's a good point, xJones. Secularism is really just humanism with a pretend face of neutrality. If people insist on living without God (witness Old Testament Israel), sometimes God will delive them into the hands of their mortal enemies (radical Islam???) Just a theory.
Good point. But there is a vacuum here as well. It is just that we are a newer country and haven't slid down the slope quite as far. If we are lucky we can start climbing back up.