Further Thoughts on the Cause of Our Current Social Ails

Civitas, 20 May 2008

Last week I posted a blog here suggesting many of the ills currently bedevilling our society, including most notably the current knife-crime epidemic in the capital, were attributable to the Bible and its teachings having ceased to be the focus of religious education in many state schools.
That suggestion elicited several sceptical comments. These variously claimed that it was too late to put the clock back, and, in any case, the Bible wasn’t a particularly good source of moral instruction. It was open to infinite interpretation, contained some pretty dubious moral teachings, and was capable of informing the moral outlook of some very violent societies, the United States being cited as one.
continued on the Centre for Social Cohesion blog.