My favorite Toqueville quote for these days:
“By our apathy, by our acquiescence, and by our ignorance, the church of Jesus Christ has consigned itself to irrelevance and impotence in the ongoing struggle for the soul of America.”—Alexis De Toqueville
Wow, hadn’t heard that one. Yes, we are losing for now, funny though that hard times seem to increase faith. Only time will tell, if we will pull ourselves out of this mess or if we will completely capitulate to the despair?