Today's paper carries this piece: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/atheist-temple-an-aberration-not-divine-inspiration-20120203-1qxfa.html
Despite the efforts and premature obituaries of some, religion remains alive and well. Be it from the cultured despisrrs of religion in the west, or totalitarianisms of the left or right, religious belief and practice refuses to disappear.
Could it be that eternity really is in the heart of humanity and that we really are hard-wired to worship?
This is not the same as saying that all religions are the same (most certainly not). However, it is an assertion of the essentially spiritual nature of humanity and the universe.
One shudders at a temple of atheism that celebrates reason alone and worships humanity. There are too many examples of the horrors that soon follow. For example attempt to eliminate the old, the ill, the disabled and the different on grounds of cost-based economics or a chilling Darwinean attempt to enhance the human gene pool.
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