The same attempt is presently occurring here, beginning in our schools, public buildings and even in appearances by our leader whereby visuals of Christianity are covered, and the National Day of Prayer is not observed.
And Islam is moving right in. They are destroying themselves.
What moral basis guides law?
Dostoyevsky said, “Europe has denied Christ and therefore and only for this reason, it is now dying.” How true.
“There is probably no God.” No there is a statement of certainty for you. Just hedging his bets, I assume.
There is a correlation between the rise of Atheism and the “lack of a common moral code.” If one accepts the position of Dawkins and others, morality and free will are illusions. There are no moral absolutes, for there is no such thing as morality. Humans are animals governed by their genes. Survival is the only purpose of life.
“Instead, there are choices. The market facilitates those choices. The state handles the consequences, picking up the pieces when they go wrong,” the Jewish leader observed.
EXACTLY! If you want liberty, you have to learn how to restrain yourself.
Why do we have more government? Because the state is stepping in to pick up the pieces left by people who cannot or will not act responsibly.
The question is, how can one get people who believe in no higher moral order to stop destroying themselves and society? We need God!
This is what you can expect when Christianity is put in the hands of a government program (in this case, the CoE). For this reason, I abhor “faith-based initiatives” and so should other Christians, IMO.
Sadly people look to the government for their religion. They could take EVERY aspect of religion out of the United States and I would still be as Catholic as I am today. Sadly conservatives look to government to fix this too. If people would attend church on Sunday and pray during the week, they would not be frightened to death about the government getting involved in religion. Sad Sad Sad!!!! I guess it helped that I went to Catholic School for twelve years and have a very strong relationship to God.