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Article: The religion of secularism.(COLUMNIST)(Column)
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- Catholic Insight
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- March 1, 2007
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The western world is more religious than at almost any me in its history. No, it's not a typing error, not me spasm of absurdity. Again, the western world is more religious than at almost any time in its history. Religious to a fundamentalist, literalist and vehemently screaming degree. It has its own crusades, inquisitions and lists of banned books and it will seldom listen to contrary opinion.
Which is not to say, of course, that North America and Europe is Christian. Nor is it Muslim or Jewish or part of any other historically recognized faith. No, its gods are several and its faith perverse. The altar sparkles and shines with the sacraments of sexual licence, ...