Scandinavian journalists expose the West’s demise from ‘weak Christianity’

American Thinker: The following brief but highly informative interview, titled, “Europe: Deep Spiritual Crisis,” appeared earlier this year on Herland Report TV.’The host, Hanne Nabintu Herland, a Norwegian historian of religions and a journalist, interviews Iben Thranholm, a Danish theologian and journalist.

Both women are to be commended for raising many important points — indeed, for getting to the heart of the West’s problems, including vis-à-vis Islam — that are seldom acknowledged in American media, certainly not “mainstream” media.’Moreover, as both come from Scandinavia, arguably the most “progressive” region in the world, they know what they speak of and offer a prognostication the U.S. can learn from.

The general theme of the episode is that Western values have become almost entirely materialistic in essence.’Because pure materialism is ultimately dissatisfying — “man shall not live on bread alone” — more and more Western people are turning to any number of metaphysical ideologies, from Islam to paganism — anything, as long as it’s not Christianity.’Because many of these ideologies are intrinsically hostile to Christianity, Western culture, which was founded on Christian principles, has become suicidal — hence the current situation, especially in Europe.  more here