Culture

We Can’t Tolerate Disasters Because We Don’t Believe In The Afterlife

Should we be afraid of COVID-19? Seriously, should we be afraid? Well, that depends. What is the greatest thing that COVID-19 could take away? Your job, your security, your life? Those are pretty major things that would cause fear in any person. However, the religious world provides a unique answer to the question of fear that we have lost in our secular society.

By Katarina Bradford3 min read
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Namely, we don’t need to succumb to fear because hope is ultimately rooted in the transcendent. Is this a more helpful perspective than what the secular world can provide during our current pandemic?