Hello,

This week I wrote a speculative post about the future of religion in the West. The current trend is towards secularisation, but will that continue forever? I use Python to draw a couple of graphs indicating the current trends in Northern Ireland, my homeplace:

I happened to come across more data on the same topic today:

Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge

In 2018 - "I know God really exists and I have no doubts about it." Silent: 70% Boomers: 59% Gen X: 62% But, look at this huge gap between Gen X and Millennials. Millennials: 44% Gen Z: 33% The decline for Gen Z is staggering, too. 49% in 2014 39% in 2016 33% in 2018.

July 2nd 2021

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And here’s your meme of the week:

Tom Stafford @tomstafford

June 30th 2021

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Til next week,

Fergus