I think this belief comes from someone who grows in their philosophy without growing in their theology. When children grow up in the church, they are given an incomplete theology that is meant to be deepened as they get older. The problem is, that in many churches, this is never deepened. People come away as adults only remembering elementary Sunday school lessons about theology that glossed over the harsher realities about God's nature and the state of the spiritual realm deemed too complex or not fit for the under-10 crowd.
There’s going to be a lot of bloodletting before this conflict between militaristic hedonism and cautious responsibility ends.
It seems like Islam is going to be the one that takes over after the materialistic hedonists are done wrecking society. After all the effort spent on crushing Christianity, they will realize that Islam was the real threat all along. It is a good point that there is a strong irrational anti-Christian (and Jewish) vein in the so-called rationalist school of belief. And that vein is made even more stark by the welcoming acceptance other more hostile religions are given. Such an action does lead one to believe that there is something exclusively true about the Jewish and Christian religions.
I never thought I would understand or appreciate the book of Job. I now hold it very dear. Amazing what age will do to you. Job is much too neglected these days. It has hugely important lessons.
Agreed, I assumed materialistic when using the term, what we see now is an open militarism in their approach, attacks rather than clandestine forays...