|
|
Article: MORALITY MUST ALWAYS INCLUDE GOD.(RELIGION)
- Article from:
- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 18, 1995
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 Albany Times Union. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN Religion News Service
Pick a page, any page, in your daily paper and you're likely to find one of two things. Either there's a horrific story of violence and evil, or a politician telling us America is going to hell in a handbasket.
All around us we hear the predictions of catastrophe. What we don't hear is what to do about it.
That's not exactly true: there is consensus that we need to shape up. We need to return to traditional morality, to reserve sex for marriage, to discourage divorce, to encourage attentive parenting. We need hard work and a sense of duty. We need to develop the moral backbone without which ...