> America has not filled that with anything else
That's not an issue that America has to solve (i.e. the government or the society). It's an individual need that every individual is responsible for.
That's not an issue that America has to solve (i.e. the government or the society). It's an individual need that every individual is responsible for.
You shouldn't be surprised then when vast amounts of people fail to fill a hole that for the vast majority of human history was filled for them.
I honestly believe most people simply aren't capable of making their on meaning or purpose out of nothing.
Being told as a child that if you take drugs you will go to hell is not a meaningful alternative. Not for incredibly complex thinking beings that we are.
Submitting to Jesus, being a part of the "right" religious group is not a benefit to the human race as a whole. It's poison, promoted by power hungry maniacs.
Social programs, education, keeping corporations in check - these are meaningful alternatives to the idea that we need to bring Jesus back to control the population.
Indifference is worse than extreme atheism or fundamentalism because those two options are actually concerned about others
The indifferent person could care less whether you believe or don't, it's your own "individual responsibility", they owe nothing to you and you owe nothing to them
Widespread indifference will bring about the slow dismantlement of society
Finding purpose and our place in the world is our individual responsibility. Don't confuse it with the lies of eternal heaven at the cost of total submission in this life that your religion is promoting.
I've really only witnessed such open drug abuse in countries with strong Christian influence, e.g. the US and Latin America. Might be worth investigating why widespread debilitating drug abuse stems from that background.