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Is Religion a Force in Western Society?
You wrote that religion is not our enemy before the Western faith captured the heart of our world. In the 20th century, when religion ceased to be a force of international politics, the scale of human slaughter was far beyond anything human beings have ever known. What is the world like when we take religion out of it? I mean, I think Nietzsche was largely right. It wasn't a statement about God's presence in the world. And I believe that if the force of nihilism has no clear counter without an idea that we're all here for a purpose and that there's a God who wishes us to be better.