Are we living in a Post-Religious Era?

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ReapReason said:
By this i mean are we living in a time where the search for God, objective meaning/purpose and objective moral value, simply doesnā€™t matter any-more, or at least it does not concern us as much materialist and social/political goals?

We are moving in to a time where technology and science takes care of much of our ills. Many of the things that may have motivated or inspired people to seek spiritual development has been replaced by entertainment, reality tv, films, games, and other forms of escapism etcā€¦
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Which of these are you asking
ā€œDo there exist people who meet these criteria?ā€
ā€œDo a majority of people meet these criteria?ā€
ā€œDo all people meet these criteria?ā€
 
HisIsTheCrown said:
May he is saying that people have gone astray and are looking for God.
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It sure seemed like the people in Eastern Europe during John Paulā€™s Pontificate were looking for God judging from the crowds JPII would draw whenever he went to Eastern Europe before Communism went belly-up!šŸ¤·
 
LegoGE1947 said:
It sure seemed like the people in Eastern Europe during John Paulā€™s Pontificate were looking for God judging from the crowds JPII would draw whenever he went to Eastern Europe before Communism went belly-up!šŸ¤·
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More recently the new Pope didnā€™t seem to get much love in the UK
 
Anymore though the pope will have critics wherever he travels. I think it is due to the fact that we are in a post christian era. However, maybe in a strange way it is better. The true believers keep the faith while those who could care less simply fall for secularism. In a way itā€™s better than the middle ages where everyone in Europe was Christian, but might not have been that devout. So in a strange way a post christian society might be better in some ways. Though I do think we should come back to a christian society
 
benjammin said:
Anymore though the pope will have critics wherever he travels. I think it is due to the fact that we are in a post christian era. However, maybe in a strange way it is better. The true believers keep the faith while those who could care less simply fall for secularism. In a way itā€™s better than the middle ages where everyone in Europe was Christian, but might not have been that devout. So in a strange way a post christian society might be better in some ways. Though I do think we should come back to a christian society
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I would feel the opposite of what you say here. If I was a devout Catholic, I would be greatly saddened and pained at heart that anybody would fall into the clutches of disbelief preferring a finite meaningless existence.

We are all brothers and sisters, and if we truly care surely it will be a sad day if we lose any of them to ignorance. That anybody would not know the eternal glory and love of their Creator is a sad thing indeed.

Isnā€™t that what Christianity is all about? Loving thy neighbour?

Maybe the age of the true Christian saint is Gone.
 
ReapReason said:
I would feel the opposite of what you say here. If I was a devout Catholic, I would be greatly saddened and pained at heart that anybody would fall into the clutches of disbelief preferring a finite meaningless existence.

We are all brothers and sisters, and if we truly care surely it will be a sad day if we lose any of them to ignorance. That anybody would not know the eternal glory and love of their Creator is a sad thing indeed.

Isnā€™t that what Christianity is all about? Loving thy neighbour?

Maybe the age of the true Christian saint is Gone.
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You are right about the brothers and sisters part, and it does sadden me that so many are leaving the church and donā€™t know God, but in a sense I would rather have a tiny RCC where itā€™s members are all faithful than one with a billion members with the majority being heterodox. We should pray though that those who are out of line will come to correct thinking in the church and that more people do return.
 
Poseidon said:
I think Godā€™s decline is motivated by a combination of increasing affluence and increasing knowledge of the universe. Basically, the things God is needed for - explaining the universe and comforting people - are declining, and Godā€™s going with them.
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Poseidon

It might be the other way around. In other words not Godā€™s decline, manā€™s decline in that man doesnā€™t perceive the need for a God, for the satisfactions he desires. The earth and all thatā€™s on or in it is already available, or given to men, therefore unless men are denied those necessities and wants and becomes powerless in the satisfactions in them, it is most likely men will not turn to God for help. If men wanted that which is of God, the earth is not were to find it anyways. So the decline of men who would seek out the things of the Lord God is declining, not God.
 
We are living in a neo-spiritual paganistic era of ghost hunters; paranormal investigators; haunted this and thats.

There are self-styled pseudo-exorcists and mediums and psychics under the veneer of ā€œscientific approachā€. UFO hunters; Ancient Aliens and it just goes on and on.

Anything but the sound doctrine of Jesus Christ-the One, True Lord and God of all.
 
perro_sarnoso said:
We are living in a neo-spiritual paganistic era of ghost hunters; paranormal investigators; haunted this and thats.

There are self-styled pseudo-exorcists and mediums and psychics under the veneer of ā€œscientific approachā€. UFO hunters; Ancient Aliens and it just goes on and on.

Anything but the sound doctrine of Jesus Christ-the One, True Lord and God of all.
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People are looking for Jesus Christ on this:
We are living in a neo-spiritual paganistic era of ghost hunters; paranormal investigators; haunted this and thats.
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There are self-styled pseudo-exorcists and mediums and psychics under the veneer of ā€œscientific approachā€. UFO hunters; Ancient Aliens and it just goes on and on.
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Simply, as Jesus put it, they did not find the door (ā€œI am the Doorā€), yet.
 
I do think that religious ferver has gone down. Especially with younger people. There seems to be so much immoral things happening out there. But of course this is just my opinion and it isnā€™t really based on statistics or something. I have heard, though, that there is actually more good than bad out there. šŸ™‚
I kind of think of it as a white sheet and the black spots on it (evil and sin) really pop out and that is what your attention is on while we donā€™t notice the great white space around it.
 
RedDuke50 said:
I do think that religious ferver has gone down. Especially with younger people. There seems to be so much immoral things happening out there. But of course this is just my opinion and it isnā€™t really based on statistics or something. I have heard, though, that there is actually more good than bad out there. šŸ™‚
I kind of think of it as a white sheet and the black spots on it (evil and sin) really pop out and that is what your attention is on while we donā€™t notice the great white space around it.
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Immoral things on people today? Just look at the history of convents in classic and medieval churchā€¦
 
RedDuke50 said:
I do think that religious ferver has gone down. Especially with younger people. There seems to be so much immoral things happening out there. But of course this is just my opinion and it isnā€™t really based on statistics or something. I have heard, though, that there is actually more good than bad out there. šŸ™‚
I kind of think of it as a white sheet and the black spots on it (evil and sin) really pop out and that is what your attention is on while we donā€™t notice the great white space around it.
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I do take a little issue with the idea that religious fervor is down among young people. While we certainly are in an era when young people are worse than ever, I think there are strong groups of young people who are trying to live the christian life (and in my case the Catholic Life). I might be biased though since iā€™m only 23
 
benjammin said:
I do take a little issue with the idea that religious fervor is down among young people. While we certainly are in an era when young people are worse than ever, I think there are strong groups of young people who are trying to live the christian life (and in my case the Catholic Life). I might be biased though since iā€™m only 23
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But isnā€™t it consistent with Catholic eschatology, that there will be a great chastisement of the Catholic Faith? If Catholic prophesy (fatima, and similar revelations) is anything to go by, we are moving into an age of great corruption and persecution of the Christian faith on a grand scale.
 
We live in an age where technology and commercialism constantly vie for our attention, feeding narcissism while playing on our sense of productivity and worth. Meanwhile, Cultural Marxism slowly reassigns rights, redistributes values and redefines institutions. All of this draws us away from spiritual lives and the practice of religion. Every age has its challenges to faith ā€“ this seems to be ours.
 
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