Written by: Zeeshan Warraich
However, in this very pursuit of freedom, the West has ironically crafted new sanctities of its own—ideals it refuses to examine critically. When questioned, rather than responding with logical debate, the response often takes the form of mockery or ridicule, particularly through satirical cartoons and media.
Their concept of the human being, and more so, human self-worship, has attained a sacrosanct status.
Just as religious sanctities were once shielded from critique, today’s secular sanctities are fiercely guarded—but without openly acknowledging them as such.
While claiming to have rid the world of sanctities, the West has merely replaced religious sanctities with secular ones.
This transformation has led to global tensions, where debates over freedom, rights, and morality often turn into cultural clashes.
In the so-called global village, the claim to total freedom has, instead, turned the world into a battleground of values.
He has simply swapped religious reverence for secular veneration.
The slogans of liberty now mask new, unquestionable ideologies that are as dogmatic and rigid as the religious beliefs they once sought to dismantle.
❖ The Western Thought and Its Claim of Liberation from Sanctities
Western ideology once claimed to liberate humanity from all forms of sanctity, arguing that sacred values forced people into illogical and contradictory beliefs. The goal was to enable individuals to think freely and rationally without the burden of inherited dogmas.However, in this very pursuit of freedom, the West has ironically crafted new sanctities of its own—ideals it refuses to examine critically. When questioned, rather than responding with logical debate, the response often takes the form of mockery or ridicule, particularly through satirical cartoons and media.
❖ The Rise of Secular Sanctities
In modern Western societies, unrestricted personal liberty has evolved into a new sacred ideal—an untouchable doctrine.Their concept of the human being, and more so, human self-worship, has attained a sacrosanct status.
Just as religious sanctities were once shielded from critique, today’s secular sanctities are fiercely guarded—but without openly acknowledging them as such.
❖ Consequences of the New Sacred Narrative
The result is a paradox:While claiming to have rid the world of sanctities, the West has merely replaced religious sanctities with secular ones.
This transformation has led to global tensions, where debates over freedom, rights, and morality often turn into cultural clashes.
In the so-called global village, the claim to total freedom has, instead, turned the world into a battleground of values.
❖ The Real Shift: From Religion to Secular Dogma
In conclusion, man has not become free from sanctities.He has simply swapped religious reverence for secular veneration.
The slogans of liberty now mask new, unquestionable ideologies that are as dogmatic and rigid as the religious beliefs they once sought to dismantle.
