Posted on 07/25/2020 5:49:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
America is currently experiencing something of a revolutionary mood. The toppling of statues, the "cancelation" of journalists and public figures who stray from the new mainstream in their thought, and the speed with which CEOs and boardrooms have caved to online Twitter mobs indicate that a radical cultural shift is taking place. While much ink has been spilled debating the broader meaning of this moment, the seemingly outlandish suggestion by some that we are witnessing the rise of a quasi-spiritual movement, rather than one that is purely political, needs to be taken seriously, as it may help explain some of the hysterical nature characterizing recent political and social discourse.
The steady decline of religion is one of the most well documented macro-trends occurring in the United States in recent decades. A Pew Research poll from October 2019 reveals the share of the population identifying as atheist, agnostic, or "nothing in particular" increased from 17% in 2009 to 26%. Those identifying as Christians decreased by 12% to 65% over the same period, and of those who still attend religious services, 54% now attend only a few times a year or less. Supporters of this decline have widely assumed that the result would be a secularized society free from the influence and moral constraint of organized religion. Yet the revolutionary spirit we find ourselves in today could suggest that it merely left a void to be filled by something else.
In comes "wokeness" or any other name used to describe the radical political ideology that has rapidly ascended in the past decade to dominate American college campuses and other important institutions like mainstream and social media. It is unflinching in its disdain for the American experiment and, notably, is especially popular among the more secular younger generations. But while religion, especially Christianity,
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Welcome aboard. Several of us have been calling it leftist dogma for decades. It is just becoming easier to define.
Welcome aboard. Several of us have been calling it leftist dogma for decades. It is just becoming easier to define.
When the Catholic Church hierarchy is populated with agnostic marxists, sermons, publications and comments soon reflect the prevailing leftist narrative despite Church doctrine. Honest, faithful priests and bishops such as Vigano are censured and attacked from within. Homosexuals and all their behavior are protected.
Yet despite all, the monumental social and political changes brought on by the cooperation and actions of Ronald Reagan and John Paul II will endure and prevail. Also the rightous and faithful will eventually prevail in the Church and it once again will be made holy.
Social justice is liberal dogma invested with religious levels of devotion.
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