Posted on 04/25/2010 1:47:48 PM PDT by NYer
Our faith is under lots of attacks this year ...
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I have never seen it like this in my many years, and I have older brothers and sisters who say the same.
36 Million Sexually abused as Children in USA.... Most By dad, Step Dad Moms Boyfriend, Brother or a friendly Uncle!
At some level, I think they know that, though. That's why they hate it. It's a kind of displaced self-hatred ... like a rebellious son who blames his father for all evil in the world.
Why, thank you. God’s blessings to you, as well.
With respect, there really wasn't any "Protestant" when Western European civilization was built.
What was built after Protestantism was founded was the Enlightenment...which is what our current "enlightened" society is built upon.
Just something to consider...
The Enlightenment is part of that Western European heritage I was talking about, and it had good aspects (think Locke and Jefferson) as well as bad.
My point is simply that people like Dawkins (et al.) live in a civilization created by Christians and still running on the fumes of Christianity. They have nothing with which to replace those fumes once they run out. The resulting spiritual vacuum will be filled with something that will have no time or patience for the likes of Dawkins and Hitchens.
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