Weekly Poll: Has Western Culture Become Atheistic and Irreligious?
Weekly Poll: Has Western Culture Become Atheistic and Irreligious? Thursday February 7, 2008 For a lot of Christians, ‘atheist’ is a label designed to denigrate, not describe. People who don’t adhere faithfully to religious doctrines are ‘practical atheists.’ The broader culture is ‘atheistic’ because if fails to embody or enforce the religious dogmas which someone deems critical. Is any of this sensible or reasonable? Has the West become atheistic and irreligious simply because it no longer upholds Christian traditions like it used to? In some ways, modern culture has become more secular and atheistic because so many cultural institutions are not dependent upon any religious revelations or beliefs for their existence or authority. It’s possible to be a secular atheist and partake in so much of modern culture without anyone noticing that they are an atheist. This is a problem for many religious believers because it’s easy for people to walk away from theism and religion without sufferi
