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“Men have forgotten God"
Over a half century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of old people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: "Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened." Since then I have spent well-nigh 50 years working on the history of our revolution; in the process I have read hundreds of books, collected hundreds of personal testimonies, and have already contributed eight volumes of my own toward the effort of clearing away the rubble left by that upheaval. But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: "Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.”
Whether you are a religious person or not, I think people need something to believe in, to guide them and help them do the right thing. Religion served this purpose in the past. Without it, there is a void and it will be replaced with something else. Power-hungry despots understand this and seek to put themselves and the State into the role of God.
They were also responsible for preserving a good deal of civilized records and ancient, acquired learning during the so called Dark Ages, if the history can be trusted.
So he was arrested for not using a word or he was arrested for trespassing?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11184043/Teacher-refused-use-students-gender-neutral-pronouns-JAILED-Ireland.html
'I love my school but I am here today because I would not call a boy a girl': Teacher who refused to use student's gender-neutral pronouns condemns 'insanity' as he is JAILED in Ireland
Enoch Burke was arrested yesterday morning for breaching a court order
The order barred him from teaching or being present at his Westmeath school
The dispute began over his refusal to address a transitioning student as 'they' rather than 'he', as requested by the student and their parents in May
He was later suspended, and refused to stay away from the school
After the ruling, Mr Burke said: 'I love my school, with its motto Res Non Verba, actions not words, but I am here today because I said I would not call a boy a girl'