The Withering of Faith in Western Culture and its Impact on Society

The power of bad ideas comes from the attempt to escape from shame. Without God, there is no path to forgiveness and righteousness. The withering of faith has been happening for centuries, as great thinkers like Shakespeare foresaw. In Hamlet, Shakespeare explores the confusion and moral relativism that would characterize future philosophies. Postmodernists have used the alienation between words and meaning to disrupt our society.