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Do you see a Spiritual Immunity to the Moral Breakdown?
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A syndicated columnist reaches to a higher source for help: he said,It is impossible to have a moral community or nation without faith in God, because everything rapidly comes down to ‘me,’ and ‘me’ alone is meaningless. The entire twentieth century is being sucked into the vortex of atheism and self-destruction.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.My mother accused me once of bringing my children up "without a moral compass" because I stopped going to church. Morals are not in and of themselves the result of religion. Although most religions have some sort of moral code there are some which do not (The worship of Kali comes to mind!) I do agree that the breakdown of moral structure is worrying but not necessarily a vortex of atheism and self-destruction.
Wow. Doom and gloom from goodlife. Quelle surprise! Overall, I would disagree. Child mortality rates are better, longevity is greater, the world overall more prosperous. Healthcare much improved and improving.
In fact, the only cloud I see on the horizon is not the vortex of atheism and self- destruction, but the vortex of rigid doctrine from the preachers of doom an gloom, such as yourself. As to the most recent atrocities and wars, much of those can be laid at the door of the religious fundamentalists.
The faster we accelerate the process of secularism, the greater the spread of critical thinking, rationality and concomittent rise of of atheism, coupled the rejection of outdated, outmoded, xenophobic, homophobic, mysogynistic patronising garbage spouted by the evangelists, the better the world will be....
In fact, the only cloud I see on the horizon is not the vortex of atheism and self- destruction, but the vortex of rigid doctrine from the preachers of doom an gloom, such as yourself. As to the most recent atrocities and wars, much of those can be laid at the door of the religious fundamentalists.
The faster we accelerate the process of secularism, the greater the spread of critical thinking, rationality and concomittent rise of of atheism, coupled the rejection of outdated, outmoded, xenophobic, homophobic, mysogynistic patronising garbage spouted by the evangelists, the better the world will be....
//If anything is bringing destruction to this world, it's religion. Look around you, //
True. “All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me.” Although this offer was made thousands of years after the beginning of false religion, it provides the key to understanding who is behind false worship and what its purpose is. Late in the year 29 C.E., the Devil offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in exchange for an act of worship. This episode tells us two things: that the kingdoms of this world were Satan’s to give and that the ultimate object of false religion is Devil worship. (Matthew 4:8, 9)
True. “All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me.” Although this offer was made thousands of years after the beginning of false religion, it provides the key to understanding who is behind false worship and what its purpose is. Late in the year 29 C.E., the Devil offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in exchange for an act of worship. This episode tells us two things: that the kingdoms of this world were Satan’s to give and that the ultimate object of false religion is Devil worship. (Matthew 4:8, 9)
Goodlife, you really don't get it do you? YOU and everyone who, regardless of the flavour of religion they follow, thinks their way is the right way, are creating division. For 'God's' sake stop - the lot of you!! Whilst people like you willingly abandon their precious intellect to the mind-numbing superstition of the long dead and ignorant in the hope of cheating death – and that’s the sole reason you do it - this madness - because that's exactly what it is - will continue - and there will never be peace on earth.
The last part of your C&P comes from Solzhenitsyn. The actual quote is: "The entire twentieth century is being sucked into the vortex of atheism and self-destruction. We can only reach with determination for the warm hand of God, which we have so rashly and self-confidently pushed away ... There is nothing else to cling to in the landslide."
The first part seems to come from 'Some spud' on Yahoo Answers.
If you are going to copy and paste your "questions", why not do a bit of basic Googling first and think twice about posting any that are utter gibberish? This would have the added bonus of decreasing the new questions on B&S by roughly 50%.
The first part seems to come from 'Some spud' on Yahoo Answers.
If you are going to copy and paste your "questions", why not do a bit of basic Googling first and think twice about posting any that are utter gibberish? This would have the added bonus of decreasing the new questions on B&S by roughly 50%.
Goodlife [18:34 Sun 07th Oct 2012] - “... //If anything is bringing destruction to this world, it's religion. Look around you, // True...”
Good to know that you've seen sense at last Goodlife!
Somehow I don't think you meant to present your 'answer' in quite such a way. However, if you insist on beginning the majority of your copy and paste 'answers' with curt, meaningless adjectives then I suppose it was only a matter of time before you made a pig's ear of it.
Good to know that you've seen sense at last Goodlife!
Somehow I don't think you meant to present your 'answer' in quite such a way. However, if you insist on beginning the majority of your copy and paste 'answers' with curt, meaningless adjectives then I suppose it was only a matter of time before you made a pig's ear of it.
I find it amazing that people such as Goodlife seem to think that the world is going to hell in a handcart because of atheism and secularism. It's such a warped notion that it beggars belief.
Secularism and atheism are the reason we have free societies in the world today. Free societies have not come about because of religion. They have occurred despite religion. The separation of church and state is the foundation for just about every functioning democracy today. The reason we no longer execute homosexuals in this country and others is not because of religion. The reason women have equal rights to men is not because of religion. The reason we have freedom of speech and the right to practice or not practice the religion of our choice is not because of religion.
Functioning, free democracies where everyone is equal and where 'hate' crimes are illegal exist specifically because of secularism and atheism.
The crying shame is that some religious people think that secularism is evil and immoral precisely because it gives equal rights to homosexuals, women and atheists.
Secularism and atheism are the reason we have free societies in the world today. Free societies have not come about because of religion. They have occurred despite religion. The separation of church and state is the foundation for just about every functioning democracy today. The reason we no longer execute homosexuals in this country and others is not because of religion. The reason women have equal rights to men is not because of religion. The reason we have freedom of speech and the right to practice or not practice the religion of our choice is not because of religion.
Functioning, free democracies where everyone is equal and where 'hate' crimes are illegal exist specifically because of secularism and atheism.
The crying shame is that some religious people think that secularism is evil and immoral precisely because it gives equal rights to homosexuals, women and atheists.