Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
Stephan: One of the features of the Great Schism Trend is that increasingly the sides are sealed worlds. We are re-tribalizing and as a result there is very little in the mainstream corporate media about the "Christian" fanaticism which, if it were Islamic would excite all manner of comment. This is a story of that world and I am publishing it because I think it is important that people not part of that world still have some insight into it.
I do not think we are all going to come together in a Cumbaya moment. I think the challenge is going to be how to peacefully manage tribal differences. Looking at the data it is easy for me to see how the U.S. could maintain its Federal system for some things but allow states to become the dominate political power. As time goes on Washington will have less and less to say to Mississippi and vice versa, and their social policies will be so radically different they will become different countries. They already are but the meme is not embedded in the collective yet.
The Church Militant
People are quickly losing interest in “the church” as an institution. Young people and the millennial generation, in particular, are the least religious of any generation in America today, according to a Pew survey. Is this because many right-wing churches are driving away people as they become more accepting of progressive policies? Did the sex abuse scandal scare off Catholic parents who want to protect their children? Is it even, as the right-wing has proposed, a downfall in family values? No, according to “Church Militant,” altar Girls and “feminized kids” are the culprits.
Co-host Michael Voris begins the segment by talking about mothers who want their daughters to participate in the church and thus want their daughters to be altar girls along with altar boys. “You know, what young guy, what’s the connection there for any young male who’s 13, 14, 15? He wants nothing to do with that,” he explained. “There’s nothing appealing whatsoever about the faith to a 12, 14-year-old kid and you can see it. They’re sittin’ […]