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The mistake you made is assuming that Christianity hasn't already been replaced, or for that matter, that it is dead at all. This might sound contradictory at first but let me explain.

One must understand, when looking at the seemingly suicidal attitude of Europeans, their history. A history that was spent being conditioned morally by Christianity, a religion that was created for the purpose of infiltrating an empire and to destroy it from within. You can argue as much as you want that this wasn’t what Jesus wanted, but you can’t argue against the fact that this was the result which the people who ended up spreading the religion had in mind. They were oppressed. So downtrodden that the only option they often had towards Roman aggression, or perhaps what they perceived as such, as to turn the other cheek (the historical context of which is that if one strikes a willing target, one is a cur and a bully of the weak. Not a good reputation to have). And so, Christianity infiltrated the west bringing with it the core of its moral philosophy, which some rightly interpret as suicidal. For else can one describe a religion, in which one is encouraged to sacrifice all in this life, so that one may enjoy endlessly the next? If I told you to give me all your money, and that I would repay your investment after you died infinitely, you would rightly call me a scoundrel and a crook. However, when I garb the same offer in some fancy biblical vernacular and garb the whole thing as a spiritual exercise, suddenly, I find myself a holy man? Giveth onto others and doeth the right thing in this life, so you may recieveth endlessly in the next. Why don’t men simply always do the right thing, even without such nebulous incentives? Mostly because being a good man isn’t in their interest. It’s a net negative when one looks at the amount of resources, societal power and even number of relationships that one will have in comparison to an ‘evil’ man.

However, Christianity has successfully made the European spirit believe that if one is just in this life, one shall be rewarded in the next. This wasn’t so bad originally, despite it having contributed to the fall of several nations and empires, however, what if, as a whole, Europe would suddenly lose faith. What if god was dead? Would the conditioned response to doing acts of good which are not in one’s interest suddenly disappear? Of course not. Culture affects religion, and religion impacts culture. Want it or not, Europeans have on average become people that believe in doing the right thing even if it is a detriment to themselves. Well, at least the stupider amongst them, but that always has been the majority. How else could you describe a person willing to work against their own interest simply because they have faith in heaven.