http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/08/less-religion-means-more-government/ A First Things Blog Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/08/less-religion-means-more-government/comment-page-1/#comment-3762 David T. Koyzis Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:51:46 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=8781#comment-3762 This is exactly what happened in Québec during the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s. As the Roman Catholic Church retreated, the provincial government took its place.

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/08/less-religion-means-more-government/comment-page-1/#comment-3746 kurt9 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:35:37 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=8781#comment-3746 In other words, most people are too stupid and incompetent to make it on their own independent of both religion and government. At least this is how the article comes across to me.

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/08/less-religion-means-more-government/comment-page-1/#comment-3662 Ellen Lewis Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:44:51 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=8781#comment-3662 Four things:
Justice Truth Love Freedom

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/08/less-religion-means-more-government/comment-page-1/#comment-3656 John Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:26:46 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=8781#comment-3656 Excellent article and just what I’ve been thinking myself. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness can be best found in a society based on Judeo-Christian values. Atheism/nihilism leads to big government as the people can no longer look after themselves. This is why we see Britain and Europe in the state they’re in now.

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