The price of losing Christianity
13 January 2011
A “fundamental loss of respect” for parents, teachers and the values “previously instilled by the church” has been criticised by a top psychologist.
The Christian Institute reports that Tommy MacKay, a professor at Strathclyde University, warned that society is “losing its old anchor points” and added that we are sitting “on an unexploded time bomb of disturbed behaviour”.
This supports the view stated in the Scottish Christian Party Draft Manifesto for 2011: “Legislation does not give people an incentive to keep the law. Such an incentive comes from personal values and in the past the regular listening to the Christian Gospel in churches had a moralising effect upon the public. Such Christian ethos came at a cheap price, and society is now counting the cost through the breakdown of law and order, as personal and corporate greed continue unchecked.”
