Analysis: Religious revival? It’s complicated

You Are Not Religious

So? (Photo: Getty)When asked about your religious belief, the correct response is “agnostic.” It means “I don’t know.” That’s a fact: You don’t know. I don’t know. Nobody knows. The origin of the universe? The true nature of reality? Existence after death? Please. We only discovered atoms a couple of hundred years ago. Quantum physics, a hundred years ago. Then there was string theory, which may or may not get us closer to a fundamental understa…

Analysis: Religious revival? It’s complicated

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have a saying. “One stone is a stone. Two stones make a feature. Three stones make a wall.” It is a maxim worth bearing in mind when we read about surveys that claim to detect signs of religious revival. Having perused these data fo...