Submitted by - (United States), Apr 23, 2019 at 13:43
This is likely correct - education/empowerment only makes the moral absolutionist work better and faster towards their already established, sectarian goals. This is testable on more than anecdotal basis, I agree.
But I think with wealth, knowledge and internet the religious-ness is falling dramatically. Also testable, I think.
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