When man dumped God and assumed his role, this became the agenda of secular idealists who believed they could create paradise on earth. Stalinism is no more, but its legacy endures in new forms. That secular idealism is today channeled into a range of ideologies, all of which replace the biblical belief in a created world by the intention to create the world anew. Melanie Phillips

The main reason for the West’s embrace of self-destructive ideologies is the erosion of religion, specifically, belief in the Jewish and Christian ethics that lie at the very core of the civilization. Melanie Phillips