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Originally Posted by Nell
"As religion loses its influence over the lives of Americans, what will happen to our democracy? Where are the institutions that are going to teach the next generation of Americans that they too need to voluntarily choose to obey the laws, because if you take away religion, you can’t hire enough police.”
Prof. Christensen passed from complications of cancer January 28, 2020. He never saw what would happen in America in 2020 and how right his Chinese coworker might be.
Question: If a Chinese Marxist can see the correlation of Religion/God and Democracy, why can't Americans see it?
What do you think?
Nell
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That's quite interesting! Paul tells us the government is put in place by God, so if people see that, they will tend to be obedient to the government. Here's another thought - wasn't it Marx who also said that religion is the opium of the masses? I've actually thought this generally a true statement, if "religion" is put into the context of a form largely devoid of the Living God. But the utopian view of things says people are inherently good and will do better without all the restraints. That is, they see the belief in Christ as just a form (since they don't believe in God) of restraint from reaching some illusive utopia.