Episode 481: Admitting the Skeletons in Christianity’s Closet with John Dickson
The Holy Post
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Do We Need a Superstructure to Make Ethics Rational?
There are some in the west who argue that as christianity declines, we don't really need it to have a moral and just society. John Dickson: As we do distance ourselves from christian faith in the west, what does that mean for these uniquely christian virtues that you highlight throughout history? It's because people genuinely believed there was a creator who made human beings in his image,. he says. The question is, will that be enough to sustain us long term once christianity is forgotten - assuming it's forgotten personally? And i think we can raise a question mark about that, and i wouldn't be the only one. Tom holland raises the question how long
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