Americans Grapple With Evil Amid Decline in Religious Faith

Emilie Kao at Heritage 

The writer lists her key takeaways in this article:

• "In modern-day America, few statements can raise eyebrows more swiftly than expressing faith in the transcendent.
• "In a world where we can communicate globally and change the temperature of our homes, it is easy to believe that we have mastered our physical environment.
• "As elites show increasing hostility to faith and regular Americans eschew traditional and moral frameworks, we may become increasingly blind to this dimension.

. . . "From Joy Behar mocking Vice President Mike Pence as mentally ill for believing that God guides him, to former President Barack Obama ridiculing “bitter” people who cling to guns or religion, the “enlightened” claim to have progressed past the simplistic explanations of those who still believe in the existence of good and evil.

"In a world where we can drive vehicles, communicate globally, and change the temperature of our homes with the touch of a finger, it is easy to believe that we have mastered our physical environment. Yet we are stumped when the age-old problem of evil rears its ugly head." . . .