In his February 18 column “Prayer move a rejection of Christ”, Ken Orr asks why, in seven generations, we have changed dramatically from a Christian nation dedicated to love, truth and justice, to an increasingly agnostic, secular humanist society that has lost its way?
While I agree with Tony Lee that a morality instilled by fear of the supernatural provides no sound basis for good behaviour, I think that there is another reason; the complete loss of moral authority by the Catholic Church.
http://gisborneherald.co.nz/opinion/3247315-135/a-complete-loss-of-moral-authority
http://gisborneherald.co.nz/opinion/3247315-135/a-complete-loss-of-moral-authority