There are those who think that Christianity has caused more harm than good in the history of the West. As Europe experiments with radical secularism, we may see this hypothesis actually tested. Developments like these you cite would not encourage me, were my hopes focused on the beneficence of the secular worldview.
Progress is what we hope for; history is what we get. It would be nice to learn from it, occasionally. But I know too much history to expect that to happen too often.
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Date: 2006-05-17 10:40 pm (UTC)There are those who think that Christianity has caused more harm than good in the history of the West. As Europe experiments with radical secularism, we may see this hypothesis actually tested. Developments like these you cite would not encourage me, were my hopes focused on the beneficence of the secular worldview.
Progress is what we hope for; history is what we get. It would be nice to learn from it, occasionally. But I know too much history to expect that to happen too often.