I have been reading many comments on this forum about how bad religions are for society, and in response to that I
would like to propose the following historical argument.
I’m not the greatest historian around, so I am open to
correction but here’s my view:
Secularism is a recent phenomenon. It really got going in the early 20th century. It was an experiment in doing
without religions in which no one could believe anymore (God is dead, etc.)
What happened to fill the vacuum of this lack of religious belief?
Communism
Fascism.
2 world wars.
The Holocaust
Therefore, I conclude that secularism has its own special dangers, perhaps even worse than problems caused by religious cultures.
Comments?
This message has been edited by robinrohan, 05-13-2005 06:25 PM
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