Madonna, the cross, the decline of the West

Madonna uses a crown of thorns and a cross in her 2006 world tour. A Catholic priest reflects on the decline of the arts and religion in the West and asks the question, "150 years from now, will Notre Dame in Paris be a mosque, a museum or a Cathedral. He asks if religious attendance in the U.S. continues to decline what will be the results?

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[JennaSmith987]

Jesus is dead.

[pogle1000]

Fr we need the Charismatic Renewal in our church and Prayer for revival

[LassedeV]

@KC101X omg. seriously?

[DaBroskiBro]

@hpolezig thank you

[HPoelzig]

Just as the Gods of Mt. Olympus had their heyday and then passed into obscurity, the Catholic church had its era of power and influence, eventually to be supplanted by more modern ideas such as science. Just becasue people are losing interest in Christianity doesn't mean culture is in decline.  We are simply moving on. Catholic myths worked for people of the Middle Ages, but the supernatural fables of the Bible do not capture the imagination of modern people as it once did.

[Tekitachan]

i dont like priestes... they scary xD when they talk it feels like they wanna go into my brain and convince me god is here and he's gonna punish me if i dont belive him Oo.. wich is a aprt i dont get, if he wants us to belive why dont he just come visit ??

[evrithnguneed]

"self-preservation is an important motivating factor." wrong, it is the single most important drive for every living organism on the planet. might is right, your religious bullshit walks every time. the world is slowly waking up to the fact that institutionalized religion is a tool of manipulation and that the kingdom of heaven is within and not for sale.

[AMANOTAVANTA]

you are a devil,like your father you will burn in hell and you know it..there is a sweet little place prepared just for you and your buddyes,shuve your chross up your ass you faggot.

[andypdq]

2.37 Makes a change, for thousands of years, we have seen faeces presented as religion.

[CSV1]

You are perhaps mistaking Himmler for Hitler?

The Greeks, the Romans, the Gauls, the Vikings and many more, all managed fine without an authoritarian monotheistic religion. Christianity has given Europe very little and will continue to give even less.

Germany lost a war and did not collapse as a civilization. Most of NS Germany's policies were carried out successfully and the nation had been rejuvenated. The war could just as easily been won by the Axis. But circumstances favored the Allies.