I think also amongst people who identify with the left and who strongly think/ feel that The Palestinians are the true victims in this war with Israel ( they are victims, but of their own making by voting in Hamas and supporting the atrocities of October 7 th and are now living with the consequences of their choices,) but because the left has also intersected so I intimately with Islamism,b that that religion is also seeing quite a number of converts, particularly amongst liberal women. I think they would have been better to look at Christ's teachings rather than the so called religion of peace but as this article correctly states, there's a spiritual void that many young people feel and are very disillusioned with politics and their futures. The cost of housing, lack of jobs , degrees gained but massive debt and often no job at the end of it in the degree one studied all lead to disillusionment and real concern about their futures. So it's no wonder young people are looking at alternatives that can help fulfil a need they didn't realize they had to give their lives some meaning and hope in connection with others and a better understanding of ones own place in the world, physically and spiritually. It will also reinforce values that for many they may not even have known and give shape/ direction and purpose.
Thank you Mike and I think you are right, especially about disillusion being a leading cause of conversion...
The advent of AI will only push this further. Young people are already struggling to find work and now there is a great replacement by AI similar to that of factory automation.
I had trained and received a Master's in Law and Criminology in 2020, along with an LLB. The big law firms in the UK known as the magic circle are now using AI to create resources that lawyers between years one to three of placement would normally do. There are too many lawyers, not enough jobs. This is only one area.
I think also amongst people who identify with the left and who strongly think/ feel that The Palestinians are the true victims in this war with Israel ( they are victims, but of their own making by voting in Hamas and supporting the atrocities of October 7 th and are now living with the consequences of their choices,) but because the left has also intersected so I intimately with Islamism,b that that religion is also seeing quite a number of converts, particularly amongst liberal women. I think they would have been better to look at Christ's teachings rather than the so called religion of peace but as this article correctly states, there's a spiritual void that many young people feel and are very disillusioned with politics and their futures. The cost of housing, lack of jobs , degrees gained but massive debt and often no job at the end of it in the degree one studied all lead to disillusionment and real concern about their futures. So it's no wonder young people are looking at alternatives that can help fulfil a need they didn't realize they had to give their lives some meaning and hope in connection with others and a better understanding of ones own place in the world, physically and spiritually. It will also reinforce values that for many they may not even have known and give shape/ direction and purpose.
Excellent article.
Thank you Mike and I think you are right, especially about disillusion being a leading cause of conversion...
The advent of AI will only push this further. Young people are already struggling to find work and now there is a great replacement by AI similar to that of factory automation.
I had trained and received a Master's in Law and Criminology in 2020, along with an LLB. The big law firms in the UK known as the magic circle are now using AI to create resources that lawyers between years one to three of placement would normally do. There are too many lawyers, not enough jobs. This is only one area.