> The result was that during the important 19C, when the mass
> transition to secularism began to take place in Europe, it didn't happen
> here to the same degree, not because Americans were stupider, but because
> religion was a lot more fun.
The big divergence between the US vs. the other industrial countries takes place in the late 20th century, though.
My own theory is that petro-fundamentalism is the US Empire's second childhood.
-- DRR