Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Materialism's Dystopia

This little essay posted by the Acton Institute is an accessible summary of the perils of materialism as seen through the works of C.S. Lewis. We live in a schizophrenic society that lives off the benefits of a Judeo-Christian worldview or an anti-materialist perspective, but wants to believe that the "truth" about existence is materialism. Materialist "values" could never create a Western Civilization the very foundation for our comfortable, safe, and opinionated lives. Freedom, equality, and human rights can not come out of a materialist worldview. They come from Judeo-Christian ideas. Materialism leads to society's suicide.

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