Dennis Prager argues that abandoning God and the Bible creates a moral crisis. He claims nothing has replaced Christianity as a source of values in the West, and that secular institutions like universities have become moral wastelands rather than better alternatives.
For all those who are leaving religion, it's a— I think it's a— if you're a serious person, it's a serious challenge. What do you have that's better? As I tell religious Jews and religious Christians all the time, I have brought— I believe this. If I'm wrong, I apologize. I believe I have brought more people Christian and Jew to faith and to taking their religion seriously than any living person. And my entire approach has been the necessity of God and the Bible rather than the existence of God. In other words, I have not stressed faith. I have stressed values. I've stressed necessity. Like the question that I'm posing to you, appropriately given the holiness of this weekend to the Christian world. It's a fair question. What has replaced Christianity in the West and been better morally? You look at the United States now. Would you say that the United States is a better country with more irreligious people in it as a percentage of the population than ever in American history. Theoretically, if you leave religion, you are going to something better, right? But as I put it, look at the wastelands of the universities. I've said this all of my life since I was in graduate school. What? Garbage, moral nonsense, intellectual lies permeate, permeate the university, and now the high school and the elementary school. If you get rid of something, you better have something better.
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