Así se titula este artículo del Brussels Journal en que se trata de la importancia de la religión en la lucha contra la actual Yijad islámica. Unos extractos:
Is religion a necessary component of society? Catholic historian Christopher Dawson wrote in his book “Progress and religion” from 1929:
“It is the religious impulse which supplies the cohesive force which unifies a society and a culture. The great civilizations of the world do not produce the great religions as a kind of cultural by-product; in a very real sense the great religions are the foundations on which the great civilizations rest. A society which has lost its religion becomes sooner or later a society which has lost its culture”
En efecto, primero se vacían los templos, después las guarderías, en ese momento llegan los musulmanes y se empieza a producir un desplazamiento demográfico que acabará con lo que se ha conocido como “Europa”.
And if modern reason required a pre-existing community of reasonable men before it could emerge in the West, maybe modern reason “must recognize that its own existence and survival demand both an ethical postulate and a religious postulate. The ethical postulate is: Do whatever is possible to create a community of reasonable men who abstain from violence, and who prefer to use reason. The religious postulate is: If you are given a choice between religions, always prefer the religion that is most conducive to creating a community of reasonable men, even if you don’t believe in it yourself.”
Sin embargo, quienes odian la Cristiandad insisten en que “todas las religiones son iguales”, aunque reservan sus acusaciones para algunas y sus disculpas para otra. Para acabar:
I agree with Harris and Dalrymple: As long as there is separation between religion and state, those of us who don’t have any religious belief should prefer religions which tend to create reasonable and prosperous communities. Our traditional Judeo-Christian religions have proven this capability. Islam never has, and probably never will. As Australia’s Cardinal George Pell says, “some seculars are so deeply anti-Christian, that anyone opposed to Christianity is seen as their ally. That could be one of the most spectacularly disastrous miscalculations in history.”
Avisados quedan.
Léelo entero: Thou Shalt Hate Christianity and Judaism
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Los domingos voy a tener un tono “confesional” católico. Los sábados estaría bien tocar temas del judaísmo. Leí hace unos meses “A History of Jews” de Paul Johnson, así que intentaré publicar los sábados una entrada sobre cosas interesantes que encontré allí.
Tags: Reflexiones, Religión y religiones por AMDG
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