Posted on 05/11/2005 11:49:07 AM PDT by animoveritas
In sum, cultures that ignore faith and morals can secure neither freedom nor truth and will sooner or later begin to violate the dignity of their citizens. Totalitarian states were the most obvious example of this, but democracies have also fallen prey to the temptations of unrestrained secular ideologies, especially nihilism.
The Popes refusal to go along with the fads of secular, post-modern society was viewed with rage and amazement. It was, many believed, impossible to stop the historical inevitability of trends embodied by so-called sexual liberation and the modern cult of victimhood.
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Excellent article, thanks for posting it.
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