How important is Christianity to the future of the Western world?

Thomas Jefferson, a deist who did not believe in a supernatural Jesus, nonetheless had great respect for his teachings. In his spare time, he would cut out the things in the bible that were said to be spoken by Jesus but didn't contain anything supernatural. He called it "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth" or what's now called the "Jeffersonian Bible". Jefferson saw value in the teaching and wrote, "A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen; it is a document in proof that I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus."

As many Western countries have seen dramatic drop in Christian religiosity, some have lamented that society suffers by having fewer people striving to emulate the "goodness of Jesus".

On a personal note, I spent part of the 2020 lockdown reading the entire New Testament for the first time since growing up in a Christian family. While I may still consider myself an agnostic, I was moved by how Jesus called upon us to be the best versions of ourselves. Happy Holidays to all - and an especially Merry Christmas to Christians everywhere.