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Originally Posted by Lagun
My interest is: what is relevant about Christianism? The religious message for which who follows the steps and becomes a good Christian will find it´s way in Heven or the social message, in terms of the civic values that underline Christianity? And in any case, the debate would be, could they coexist separately?
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Originally Posted by Lagun
But I have always have doubts about their perdurability in the case that they were disconnected from the Religious "message
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They cannot exist on their own. I think this has been proved by History. In the abscence of a supramundane reality (God), values fade away. In the absence of sacred laws issued by a God, morals cease to exist. Why should you care about your fellow man when there's no supramundane reality you can woship by caring about your fellow man? Why should you care about your people, your heritage, your traditions, your culture, ... anything? Why souldn't you go to the shopphing mall to buy something you don't need just because it feels good, then get drunk to numb your anxiety, etc? After all, if there's no God, why sould you care about anything that's not your own pleasure?
That's what's relevant about religion. While spirituality works the personal level, you need organized religion if you want society to function. You need your nation to believe in the same God(s) that you believe in, because this would result in them holding the same values that you hold. Society based on secular laws, where everything is based on reason, on a "social contract", leads to atomization, leads to a situation in which people just care about thriving, about their own benefit.
If you accept what I just said (belief in a supramundane reality = healthy society), you will probably have to accept that christianity is relevant, as it is the religion that has moulded our spirits during hundreds of years. There's no way to return to our "pagan roots" on a social level. In the spanish case: Who do oppose to abortion (80.000 abortions per year only in Spain)? True catholics. Who do oppose to homosexual marriage and the consequent erradication of the traditional family structure? True catholics. Who do have the highest number of sons per marriage? True catholics.
This leads me to the most relevant question nowadays on this respect: is it feasible a re-evangelization of society, so the christian cosmovision would be again at the core of our nation, and hence the altruistic values return?