Religion expresses the eternal principles of natural law. It calls us to right reason, to purity of heart, to love of our fellow human beings.
More and more, it feels like we’re living in apocalyptic times.
Disorder increases around us. Monuments and public buildings are being defaced or destroyed. Businesses are looted. Even residences have been put to the torch.
And now churches and religious statuary are under assault.
For many people, attacks on structures associated with faith seem to defy explanation. The protests and rioting are supposedly political in nature. What have houses of worship or religious symbols to do with government policies, abuse of police power, structural injustice?
There is a reason why churches have become targets, of course, and it’s quite obvious.
Churches are the keepers of society’s standards. Religion expresses the eternal principles of natural law. It calls us to right reason, to purity of heart, to love of our fellow human beings.
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