Author Archives: Saints and Sceptics

How Secularism made the Sexual Revolution Boring

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Sex seems to be losing some of its appeal. A new academic study in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour reveals that 15% of adults between the ages of 20 and 24 reported having no sexual partners since they turned 18. Only 6% of the previous generation reported no sexual partners at that age.

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Should we Prepare for Persecution #2

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In the first ‘Persecution’ related article (now updated with links) I suggested we consider a thought experiment – it is to that possibility that I turn now.

But why a thought experiment on the persecution of Christians?

It’s a reasonable question, but the answer is straightforward – very straightforward: the possibility of persecution is probably the furthest thing from the mind of most Christians in the West.

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