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Entry: Be Careful What You Ask For Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/be_careful_what_you_ask_for#17852 Post contents: <<But all that went to Hell in 1968—which would require a book unto itself. But I have my own theory about why Western Europe has slid so completely into secularism: Among other factors, the very government programs which Christians supported in the name of “security” and “social justice” helped remove one of the most important props of religious practice: A healthy fear of want. >> Interesting point. The other interesting cause at work at that precise time was Vatican II, which eliminated the healthy fear of God which is the beginning of wisdom. http://www.strobertbellarmine.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=678 It isn't fashionable to identify spiritual causes of spiritual maladies, but this one seems so obvious that it would take a true obscurantist to avoid. In Our Lord and Our Lady, John Lane. Sent at: 2008 05 16