I love your post but I'm having difficulty being that optimistic, to tell you the truth. What I see up close and personal is a sharp left turn, especially on moral issues. More and more people are buying into the relativity mindset.
On the surface this is what we see.
But as we look deeper the trends are mostly unnoticed by the general public. I think here of FR we have the roots of a different possibility.
THE NEW FAITHFUL: WHY YOUNG ADULTS ARE EMBRACING CHRISTIAN ORTHODOXY
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