ChatterBank1 min ago
Substitutes?
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Diversity, LGB rights, Black lives Matter, Global Warming, Insulate Britain, Veganism - the list continues.
Are many such issues really substitutes for the place once filled in people's lives (& hearts!) with religion?
"When men stop believing in God they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything."
G. K. Chesterton -
Are many such issues really substitutes for the place once filled in people's lives (& hearts!) with religion?
"When men stop believing in God they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything."
G. K. Chesterton -
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I think you may well have something there Khandro. The vast majority of people need something to believe in, even fight for. Religion used to (well still does in some religions) provide this but in these more enlightened times where people question religion and find it wanting they will start to look for some other 'cause'. The recent covid outbreak amply...
07:51 Tue 19th Apr 2022
Khandro, Why would anyone think when you have a faith, you no longer have any interest in any political or ethical issue? Out of your list, I am very concerned about climate change as well as a having a religion(Christian).
I used to be passionate about human rights, but since becoming religious my view on immigrants is pack them all off to Rwanda. Amongst other things that is not just immoral and inhuman it would also be a totally bizarre position to take.
I used to be passionate about human rights, but since becoming religious my view on immigrants is pack them all off to Rwanda. Amongst other things that is not just immoral and inhuman it would also be a totally bizarre position to take.
// It’s well understood that religion was used to subjugate the masses. Now that we’re (largely) free of it, we have the time and energy to sort out the ills of the world.//
We're not doing very well are we? & if the masses of Russia were 'subjugated' by religion, substituting it for Communism didn't work out very well either did it?
We're not doing very well are we? & if the masses of Russia were 'subjugated' by religion, substituting it for Communism didn't work out very well either did it?
vulcan: It's important to understand that & whom you quote in order to not appear foolish. Kierkegaard styled himself above all as a religious poet. The religion to which he sought to relate his readers is Christianity. The type of Christianity that underlies his writings is a very serious strain of Lutheran pietism.
Read you quotation again & ponder on its meaning
Read you quotation again & ponder on its meaning
naomi: //I’m convinced he doesn’t read what half his heroes say//
I'm actually quite knowledgeable about G.K.C. (boast)
His output was quite prolific, so I may not have read the full "half", but I can hazard a guess that I know more about him than you do, particularly as my closest friend has written & published books on him, & we have discussed him together for several hours over many pints & glasses. :0)
I'm actually quite knowledgeable about G.K.C. (boast)
His output was quite prolific, so I may not have read the full "half", but I can hazard a guess that I know more about him than you do, particularly as my closest friend has written & published books on him, & we have discussed him together for several hours over many pints & glasses. :0)