Res Ipsa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:47 pm
MG 2.0 goes through elaborate mental gymnastics to turn me into his existential enemy. MG 2.0 is not my enemy. The fact that he is a person of faith is no threat to me, let alone an existential threat. It is his bigotry and divisiveness that I see as a threat to civil society.
As I think I’ve already said, but if not clearly…here goes again, I do not see YOU as a person as an existential threat. I have little doubt that you as a person are a decent and good human being. It is the secular humanist anti/non theistic school of thought that I believe poses a danger to civil society over the long haul.
As I mentioned to malkie, Canadians, even if their society has become more secularized, in practice, as a result of governmental control and its historically entrenched views/inclinations towards less liberty and freedom in comparison to what our founding fathers envisioned (those that carried the day anyway), still carry the principles and ideas taught in the religious teachings of their forefathers in their hearts/consciousness.
Generationally, this may not last forever as the whispers of those principles and teachings taught within a religious system of thought and action gradually disappear from the collective consciousness.
It is GenZ’s somewhat radical departure from the faith of their fathers that is causing some degree of consternation for many as to where this may lead as we look to the future. For reasons I’ve already laid out in this thread.
We see some of those unfortunate inclinations expressed in recent history as we are observing the cultural divide as to what is and isn’t appropriate for young innocent children to be exposed to in regards to sexuality. Apparently there are those that seem to have little or no difficulty accepting pornography in the school system of America’s schools. Secularism at its best/worst?
Of course, there are other areas also where secular humanist anti theists are also trying to work themselves into the very fabric of traditional morality and ethical behavior (relativism). It is a war of sorts as you have alluded to. Two diametrically opposed schools of thought have a difficult time coexisting,
even though people that may consider themselves to belong to one or the other of these schools of thought CAN and DO exist together as neighbors and often cosponsors of various charitable endeavors, etc.
The million dollar question is whether this civility would/will continue if secular non/anti theistic majorities were to gain the upper hand. Religious folks, generationally, have been the ‘glue’ that hold things together. Not religiously powerful governments, mind you…but individuals and churches.
Regards,
MG