Waves of atheism have swept the West before. One was in the mid-18th century, when the devastating Lisbon earthquake, killing some 60,000 people, shook the belief of many in the benevolence of God. Another was in the mid-19th century, when advances in geology destroyed the traditional chronology of the Old Testament, proving that Earth was much older than the 6,000-odd years the Bible allowed. A third spasm followed the First World War, when the combination of Freud’s writings and Einstein’s theories of relativity upset established views of the human psyche and the universe. ~Paul Johnson, “Militant Atheism and God,” 10/08/07 www.forbes.com/currentevents via Priscilla Wilson
Don’t forget the Black Death of the 14th century, a pandemic when c. 75 million humans were wiped out. The fourth I would add is our abuse of the earth. If all is sacred, why damn “God’s” creation with our economic greed and human-centered priorities. ~jpc
It is ungodly to commit geocide.* Namaste.
* "geocide": destroy the earth (Thomas Berry)
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