The Singaporean diplomat, Kishore Mahbubani has wisely said that the greatest failing in modern Western thought is the lack of a basic common moral understanding. It creates a cultural divide that will sap and divide the West in the years ahead. Failing modern Western thought: Mahbubani argues that as a result of the ethical decline, the West has developed …
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Christian Values formed Western Civilization: Equality, individualism, empathy, human dignity
In a world where the Western media chronically demonizes religion and Christian values, let us take a look at the essence of the true Christian principles. In essence, our most cherished Western values originate from the pool of Christian ideals. Christianity was central in creating Western civilization and Jesus born in Bethlehem established a system of values that …
Read More »The Scorned Christian Values of Martin Luther King Jr.
Herland Report: Somehow the Christian preacher, Dr. Martin Luther King, who later was martyred, is not so popular anymore. His message of justice, Christian values, non-violence does not fit well into the Marxist Black Lives Matter narrative. Nor does it suit the current establishment, but that does not make these values less relevant. Precisely the quest for justice, yet …
Read More »Alexandr Solzhenitsyn: The failings of human consciousness, deprived of its divine dimension, is determining factor in all major crimes of this century
Herland Report: The Christian thinker, novelist and Nobel Prize laureate 1970, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn spoke vividly about the meaning of the repressive atheist experiment in the Soviet Union. Solzhenitsyn is referred to as the symbol of the contemporary Orthodox Christian revival in Russia, as he experienced more than sixty years of suffering under the harsh Soviet regime and came out undefeated …
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