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Some well-meaning folk talk of a civil religion, a kind of cult of patriotism, founded upon a myth of national virtue and upon veneration of certain historic documents, together with a utilitarian morality. But such experiments of a secular character never have functioned satisfactorily; and it scarcely is necessary for me to point out the perils of such an artificial creed, bound up with nationalism: the example of the ideology of the National Socialist Party in Germany, half a century ago, may suffice. Worship of the state, or of the national commonwealth, is no healthy substitute for communion with transcendent love and wisdom.....orthodoxytoday.org/articles/KirkCivilization.php?/articles/KirkCivilization.htm
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:06:23 +0000

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