We live in a world that is increasingly unmoored from civility, morality and even reality. Are we just going to sit by and watch it crumble or are we going to do something about it?
I think you may be making the same mistake you so correctly point out in others: Taking a few examples and then using them to justify painting with a very broad brush.
I think my Christian (Roman Catholic) faith DOES underpin most of the good I do in this life.
Yet that is not the point of faith.
The purpose of faith is to set yourself right with the Creator.
A side benefit is that having a strong religious faith makes the world a far more bearable place.
Knowing that there is something beyond this pale provides a perspective that puts all the bad stuff that happens into context.
I think you may be making the same mistake you so correctly point out in others: Taking a few examples and then using them to justify painting with a very broad brush.
I think my Christian (Roman Catholic) faith DOES underpin most of the good I do in this life.
Yet that is not the point of faith.
The purpose of faith is to set yourself right with the Creator.
A side benefit is that having a strong religious faith makes the world a far more bearable place.
Knowing that there is something beyond this pale provides a perspective that puts all the bad stuff that happens into context.