“and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall.”
Lax immigration policies and political correctness over the past generation have removed that defense.
Lax immigration policies and political correctness over the past generation have removed that defense.
Exactly. Our ancestors assumed that technology would help to make us wiser than our adversaries. And, in some respects, it has, but..... it has also made us complacent. Thanks to our advanced technology, most cannot imagine that our civilization will ever fall. Technology serves as a buffer to the effects of the idiotic—and allows foolishness to flourish. If we lose to militant Islam, it will be due as much to self-inflicted wounds as to antying the enemy does.