http://churchandstate.org.uk/2020/03/covid-19-means-a-worldwide-lessening-of-religious-fantasy/?fbclid=IwAR2orlJODsKHOimS4btZbkpVBDGLzFuIH18LGTfCzz-qpSbCwYA6d2PhhPA
“无论教宗方济各还是其他人受到了感染，都是人命关天！
可以预知，全人类对新冠病毒COVID-19所作出来的各种反应，很有可能被视为人类摆脱宗教束缚的主要诱因。”
人类由此将会进一步地加快世俗化的脚步，一场轰轰烈烈的伟大文艺复兴，即将要开始！
宗教将会进一步地消亡！
中华儒释道无神论与宗教无关的传统文化，将会受到世人的瞩目！
伴随着的将会是中华民族的伟大复兴！
作者在文章中是这样写道：So how does their power get undermined? Well it already is very much so lessened in the minds of a huge number of humans worldwide.
那么要如何削弱宗教的力量呢？ 嗯，在全世界许多人的脑海中宗教已经大大地在消亡中。
远离宗教！远离神魅！
我们年轻的一代，将有机会迎接中华民族的伟大复兴！
COVID-19 Means A Worldwide Lessening Of Religious Fantasy
By Donald A. Collins | 23 March 2020
Church and State
As we fight a worldwide epidemic and recognize we as humans “are all in this together” I wanted to take this propitious moment to consider what a potentially massive huge change in religious viewpoints this Coronavirus crisis may have engendered!
For so much of history humanity has suffered under the yoke of religious beliefs which systematically continue to drive dire discord worldwide.
It is naive for me or anyone to expect such centers of temporal power as the Vatican or Mecca to cede sway over their absurd beliefs but (and this is the heart of my discourse) anyone who realizes the absurdity of religious fantasy does not have to write an op ed like this or rant against it in the public square! Or suffer great personal danger in so acting.
So how does their power get undermined? Well it already is very much so lessened in the minds of a huge number of humans worldwide.
I suspect a substantial similar number of people around the world are simply anxious to ignore in their daily lives any deference to insidiously influential beliefs! Proper human conduct is not owned by the Christian 10 commandments, but by the observance of such parts of that list as “thou shall not kill” and not by thou shall put only one god before you!!!
As our solar observations reveal endless other likely worlds out there the adherence to any fixed orthodoxy becomes more and more absurd.
So why will religion get ultimately back benched!
My opinion: because of the current worldwide efforts to contain and treat Coronavirus.
What a profound message never before posed as it is now with “all hands on deck” around the world.
Yes, the 1918 Spanish flu infected 300 million people—one quarter of the then world’s population— and killed 50 to 100 million, but its viral origins were not then discovered. No doubt grieving those immense human losses was used by religions worldwide to honor the dead. No problem except no cure either.
Now humans, not some high priest, are heroes and better yet concreate solvers of this humanistic medical crisis.
Never again will this electronically connected world population be unexposed to this revelation!!
Religious fantasy can no longer be offered as a route to human survival. We humans are in charge and responsible.
What a profound moment which may not be immediately recognized but in a short time (in cosmic terms) organized power-seeking religions will lose face if not place!
There must be some better educational use St Patrick’s Cathedral and all those other lush palaces of religious righteousness which in time no doubt will be found.
Thus those long time no no’s such as access to contraception or safe abortion or the right to die on one’s own schedule will be more and more ignored and made accessible by and to the growing numbers of humanistic people who see the light on why freedom from thoughtless religious orthodoxy is vital.
So, whether Pope or others get it, the die is cast and the example of worldwide response to COVID-19 could well in retrospect be seen as the main instigator of relieving humans from religious bondage.
Former US Navy officer, banker and venture capitalist, Donald A. Collins, a free lance writer living in Washington, DC., has spent over 40 years working for women’s reproductive health as a board member and/or officer of numerous family planning organizations including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Guttmacher Institute, Family Health International and Ipas. Yale under graduate, NYU MBA. He is the author of From the Dissident Left: A Collection of Essays 2004-2013.
“无论教宗方济各还是其他人受到了感染，都是人命关天！
可以预知，全人类对新冠病毒COVID-19所作出来的各种反应，很有可能被视为人类摆脱宗教束缚的主要诱因。”
人类由此将会进一步地加快世俗化的脚步，一场轰轰烈烈的伟大文艺复兴，即将要开始！
宗教将会进一步地消亡！
中华儒释道无神论与宗教无关的传统文化，将会受到世人的瞩目！
伴随着的将会是中华民族的伟大复兴！
作者在文章中是这样写道：So how does their power get undermined? Well it already is very much so lessened in the minds of a huge number of humans worldwide.
那么要如何削弱宗教的力量呢？ 嗯，在全世界许多人的脑海中宗教已经大大地在消亡中。
远离宗教！远离神魅！
我们年轻的一代，将有机会迎接中华民族的伟大复兴！
COVID-19 Means A Worldwide Lessening Of Religious Fantasy
By Donald A. Collins | 23 March 2020
Church and State
As we fight a worldwide epidemic and recognize we as humans “are all in this together” I wanted to take this propitious moment to consider what a potentially massive huge change in religious viewpoints this Coronavirus crisis may have engendered!
For so much of history humanity has suffered under the yoke of religious beliefs which systematically continue to drive dire discord worldwide.
It is naive for me or anyone to expect such centers of temporal power as the Vatican or Mecca to cede sway over their absurd beliefs but (and this is the heart of my discourse) anyone who realizes the absurdity of religious fantasy does not have to write an op ed like this or rant against it in the public square! Or suffer great personal danger in so acting.
So how does their power get undermined? Well it already is very much so lessened in the minds of a huge number of humans worldwide.
I suspect a substantial similar number of people around the world are simply anxious to ignore in their daily lives any deference to insidiously influential beliefs! Proper human conduct is not owned by the Christian 10 commandments, but by the observance of such parts of that list as “thou shall not kill” and not by thou shall put only one god before you!!!
As our solar observations reveal endless other likely worlds out there the adherence to any fixed orthodoxy becomes more and more absurd.
So why will religion get ultimately back benched!
My opinion: because of the current worldwide efforts to contain and treat Coronavirus.
What a profound message never before posed as it is now with “all hands on deck” around the world.
Yes, the 1918 Spanish flu infected 300 million people—one quarter of the then world’s population— and killed 50 to 100 million, but its viral origins were not then discovered. No doubt grieving those immense human losses was used by religions worldwide to honor the dead. No problem except no cure either.
Now humans, not some high priest, are heroes and better yet concreate solvers of this humanistic medical crisis.
Never again will this electronically connected world population be unexposed to this revelation!!
Religious fantasy can no longer be offered as a route to human survival. We humans are in charge and responsible.
What a profound moment which may not be immediately recognized but in a short time (in cosmic terms) organized power-seeking religions will lose face if not place!
There must be some better educational use St Patrick’s Cathedral and all those other lush palaces of religious righteousness which in time no doubt will be found.
Thus those long time no no’s such as access to contraception or safe abortion or the right to die on one’s own schedule will be more and more ignored and made accessible by and to the growing numbers of humanistic people who see the light on why freedom from thoughtless religious orthodoxy is vital.
So, whether Pope or others get it, the die is cast and the example of worldwide response to COVID-19 could well in retrospect be seen as the main instigator of relieving humans from religious bondage.
Former US Navy officer, banker and venture capitalist, Donald A. Collins, a free lance writer living in Washington, DC., has spent over 40 years working for women’s reproductive health as a board member and/or officer of numerous family planning organizations including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Guttmacher Institute, Family Health International and Ipas. Yale under graduate, NYU MBA. He is the author of From the Dissident Left: A Collection of Essays 2004-2013.
