Common Bond

It is an interesting consequence of religious uprising that more secularism is born. In almost all societies the religious right is fighting the moderate religious and the secularists. Though the religions are different, the secularists that are created are the same in all societies. This actually increases the number of secularists. To me, this is a wonderful turn of events.
Proof and point. In 1979 the free society of Iran was replaced by an Islamic theocracy. In 2002 a survey of Iranian men and women found 16% of men and only 9% of woman attend a mosque or other religious practices. That's a lot of secular people!

In B5 there is a claim that even worse than death is the death of hope. This gives me hope.