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Auschwitz God died, and we are alone in a pitiless universe.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
“Are we, without trial and without evidence…to try, condemn, and execute more than a million men who are professed followers of the Lord Jesus Christ?”
Jon Meacham • The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
Just as Christianity didn’t disappear the day Darwin published On the Origin of Species, so liberalism won’t vanish just because scientists have reached the conclusion that there are no free individuals. Indeed, even Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and the other champions of the new scientific world view refuse to abandon liberalism. After
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
I’m not so stupid. One doesn’t take one’s enemy’s book as a souvenir. There it is on your shelf. The Role of the West. Who is this York Harding?’ ‘He’s the man you are looking for, Vigot. He killed Pyle—at long range.’ ‘I don’t understand.’ ‘He’s a superior sort of journalist—they call them diplomatic correspondents. He gets hold of an idea and
... See moreGraham Greene • The Quiet American
These two visions seem mutually contradictory—but both contain an element of truth. America has indeed become less traditionally Christian across the last half century, just as religious conservatives insist, with unhappy consequences for our national life. But certain kinds of religious faith are as influential as ever, just as secular critics and
... See moreRoss Gregory Douthat • Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
That would be the triumph of what might be called a Christianity without God.