The downfall of American morality originated after World War I, when the doughboys returned from Europe with a more 'enlightened' view of behavior. This downward spiral continued during the Second World War. Secularism commenced with the Age of Reason and the Age of Enlightenment, a period when science challenged religion, led by Voltaire, Rousseau, and Kant, replacing faith with reason, establishing the foundation for anti-religious secularism.

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