[Quix]

I think that's seriously true. May even be a factor with my 81 year old step dad.

1) The WOT is not tidily done up in a 30-60 min TV show. Therefore, we can't handle it.

2) The WOT has real blood and gore. In spit of our horror movie conditioning, we still can't handle reality on a lot of levels. Alcohol as anesthetic only goes so far for so many.

3) There's too little viable authentic Christian spirituality substrate/foundation to carry us forward into the storm dealing with reality on a realistic level. Even masses of Christians are, in addition to playing church, pretending that they have a functional relationship with God, they are also going through the motions of relating authentically with their families as they run the materialistic rat race and try to keep up with bro & sis Jones.

. . .

I could go on but have to get out the door.

[cgk]

And it's probably the case with my Dem mom. My dad says she's "more conservative than (I) think", which I still wonder about. Last time we visited (she lives on 80 acres in OR), she spent the visit half watching Looney Tunes. No joke. It's like she can't believe what is going on in the world and doesn't want to know about it. When we flipped to the news while they were out on an errand, she came back, saw it and started grumbling. She's perfectly content to watch her dramas, soaps, and Oprah in her free time. I love her but I worry that she seems to want the blinders. Politics and religion and the WoT are not topics we discuss.

[cgk]

3) There's too little viable authentic Christian spirituality substrate/foundation to carry us forward into the storm dealing with reality on a realistic level. Even masses of Christians are, in addition to playing church, pretending that they have a functional relationship with God, they are also going through the motions of relating authentically with their families as they run the materialistic rat race and try to keep up with bro & sis Jones

I wish I could argue with this. I can't. Well said.