I am of the opinion that changing world-views to the point where people will consider voting for someone of a different view is a real challenge. I do not think it is entirely the same as a Christian conversion as we have a little “help” from the Holy Spirit if it gets to that point.
The problem is we have had 50+ years of institutionalized leftism. Overcoming this inherent advantage will take several generations. In short, I believe it is nearly hopeless to effect change in these institutions given the status quo.
Education, media, government and big business are so infected with the leftist/statist world-view that only a “significant emotional event” (SEE) would evoke even a possibility of a world view change. A long time ago I attended a series of seminars on this topic by Massey, his point is that without this SEE our world view is based upon the nature of the world during those formative years between ages 7 and 12. What You Are Is Where You Were When.
A growing majority of the people have been indoctrinated with this leftist view, they really do not understand what it means or why as it is primarily based upon emotion and feelings. These guys are VERY GOOD at this charade and here we are.
Now this SEE is more than likely to occur sometime in the not-do-distant future given the direction the country has taken. War, economic calamity, large scale social disruption are all things that could spark change. It is not guaranteed that we will collectively move in a direction where a greater amount of liberty is the majority view, however.
I wish you guys the best of luck, but I am a pessimist and I think the die has been cast. Hope I am wrong.
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schu,
While I agree with virtually everything you have said and I know there’s more. I can’t help but to think that since Christian Apologetics can be very effective, so can Conservative Apologetics. The process of breaking down a persons flawed logic is almost exactly the same.
And who’s to say that the Holy Spirit would not be with us in the effort to bring people closer to the founding principals of this great nation. Providence, after all,was set in the heart of the framers.
I have many ideas to get people to start to think for themselves. This BTW, is the biggest challenge.
If your still up to providing feedback, I think it would be best to take our discussion to FR mail.
Look forward to hearing from you