Moral standards don’t depend on religion

IN his column on Christian Europe, Rónán Mullen (Irish Examiner, December 22) referred to George Weigel and his belief that some of Europe’s problems stem from the fact that there has been a general falling away from Europe’s Christian past.
Moral standards don’t depend on religion
Wed, 29 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

It is easy to look back with rose-tinted glasses and see only the good that religion brings.

All to often we conveniently forget the horrors that were justified in the name of Christianity.

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