>We are, sadly, entering a new age of conformity. Aligning yourself with what main stream society thinks is correct is now more important than anything else.

This is why you should develop a second personality, at first it's exhausting but eventually you get the hang of it.

>But maybe it's this fear that leads us rushing back to deep moral systems likes religious fantastics when their faith is questioned.

Or perhaps it's simply that in the abscence of religious structures the mob decides morality.