05-22-2007, 02:00 AM
What people forget when looking at the west is that people there are taking full advantage of a newfound freedom after having lived in iron shackles for centuries. The evolving spiritual and mental understanding that existed in those countries prior to christianity's takeover was nearly completely exterminated. Many in the west can still not go back because they just don't resonate with the ideas and understanding of the Old Religion any more - because of the chasm of >1.5 millennia that christianity created between them and their Old Ways.
The society that developed in the west after the 'sudden freedom' from christianity naturally had a tendency to abuse it. It's been maybe between 1 and 2 centuries now since the grip of christianity started becoming ineffective; and people and popular culture are still pushing further at the boundaries of what is taboo. This is an adolescence they are going through. It is therefore not right to suggest shackling them up in that intolerant christo ideology again.
They will find their way, and they need time for this.