Albert Mohler: Piracy, Islam, and the Modern Age
Friday, May 01, 2009
It wasn't supposed to turn out this way. The prophets of secularization were absolutely certain that religious belief would recede in the modern age. As they saw the new age coming, they were confident that religious belief -- or at least any strong form of belief - would burn away like the morning mist as modernity took shape.
As Peter L. Berger explained in "Secularization Falsified" [First Things, February 2008]: "Ever since the Enlightenment, intellectuals of every stripe have believed that the inevitable consequence of modernity is the decline of religion. The reason was supposed to be the progress of science and its concomitant rationality, replacing the irrationality and superstition of religion." the rest
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. May Allah give you more strength to write articles like this article has got a place in my heart. in these days Muslims has gone away from the true teachings of Islam. the authors like you can play a good role to create a society which would be based on the true teachings of Islam. i really appreciate you.
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