Secular societies are happier are they? Like the USSR and the People's Republic of China?
Or in Denmark, the child pornography capital of the world?
[ I didn't know this but there was about a decade where Denmark allowed every kind of porno ... the Danish companies that produced child porn got filthy rich from it:
.... Censorship laws were relaxed and the Danish government led the march by legalising all forms of pornography in 1969. The effect was to create a massive industry that created materials that later became mainstays among the international paedophile market.
One expert has described the following decade as a ‘‘ten year madness’’. A lack of legislation in other Western countries permitted a global industry to develop which was primarily based on images of children being abused, which were sourced and distributed from Denmark. .......... Brothers Peter and Jens Theander were early market leaders. Their company, Rodox/ Color Climax, has been linked to an estimated 100 million magazines and 10 million films since they started production of child pornography publications from their Copenhagen base in 1975. ........... The age-range of victims was primarily 7-11, but often younger. ....... The business made the brothers multi-millionaires.
By the time the Danes made the production of child pornography illegal, the industry had made numerous people vast sums of wealth through the creation of images of children being sexually abused, and the distribution for sale of millions of magazines and films reputed to remain in circulation among paedophile networks around the world today. .......... Just over 30 years ago, it was deemed legal in Denmark to film or photograph an adult sexually abusing a child, and process and package the content for sale to a willing market. Lax laws and non-existent enforcement in most of the western world made the child pornography trade so lucrative that many Danish businessmen became multimillionaires within a short period. ........... http://www.irishsalem.com/international-controversies/denmark/danesfirst-childpornography-28oct07.php ]
Although many atheists maintain their moral sense, the moral pit of "everything is permitted" thinking should not be underestimated.
Communism began, I believe, with Marx's secularism combined with a genuine concern about economic injustice and the intent to do something about it. And the results are now in the history books. If you really think that secularism can make life better, the first thing I want to see is that you have figured out what the lessons were from this massive failure and have learned those lessons.
Victor Reppert, dangerous idea |
