There are certain people in Greece, who, albeit with a very limited
knowledge and a complete ignorance of the Orthodox faith,
promote foreign ideas in parrot fashion. These were ideas
developed in the West, which were basically opposed to the
Papist and Protestant distortions of the Christian faith.
However, that which was distorted in the West by counterfeit
Western “Christianity” was never distorted in the East. The
atheist rationalizing of the West had no grounds whatsoever.
Thus, our uninformed compatriots who thrive on repeating
anything foreign in parrot fashion have placed themselves
entirely out of place and out of time with whatever they
convey. Before venturing to speak, they should first ensure
that they have a proper knowledge of the Orthodox dogma, and
then proceed to speak out, with opinions that are consistent
to the actual beliefs of Christians. They would have
seen how all those “great” atheist philosophers of the West
were likewise poor unfortunate uninformed people, who were
basically disillusioned by the counterfeit “Christianity” of
the West, because they NEVER came to know the Christian
faith as preserved by Orthodoxy.
In this series of articles, we shall reveal the
irrationality that is latent in the vacancy and the
ignorance of atheism. It is our sincere hope that these
people will one day face reality, without the distorting
lens called “Enlightenment”. Here in the East,
“enlightenment” was never needed; The light never ceased to
shine in the holy Orthodox faith of the Romans.
The fastest-growing
faith in America is no faith at all. And now
some atheists think they need a church. (...)
Many atheist sects are experimenting with
building new, human-centered quasi-religious
organizations, much like Ethical Culture. They
aim to remove God from the church, while leaving
the church, at least large parts of it, standing.
But this impulse is fueling a growing schism
among atheists...
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New York Magazine , article "If God Is Dead, Who
Gets His House?", by Sean McManus Published Apr
21, 2008
Among the religions in this country which do not
teach what would generally be considered a belief in
the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical
Culture, Secular Humanism, and others.
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USA Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, case
of Torcaso vs Watkins (1961)
