Exploring the decline of religion and its potential individual and social consequences, including the rise of nihilism and the search for alternative sources of meaning, as well as the dangers of idolizing man-made gods and the negative impact on society.
“Over half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia [in the 20th century]: ‘Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.’” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1983 Templeton Address Is secularization a sign […]
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Do we Need God? – The Loss of God and the Decay of Society first appeared on
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