We don’t need signs in schools that pupils will ignore. We need more pupils in pews. That’s where moral instruction should and must be taught. When your church has either become an idolatrous trump rally or a seminar on social justice, it’s no wonder religion is dying in America. The government and public schools had nothing to do with this.
Religiosity was the strongest evidence of American exceptionalism - and the unchurching of America is leading us to become just like the rest of secular Europe. We should all agree something is wrong with the culture and the only way to fix it is one neighbor, one church, one community at a time. Conservatives used to understand that looking to government and politics to solve these problems was exactly the opposite of what it meant to be a conservative. When politics becomes everything - including the source of your own purpose, meaning and identity, we’ve lost the plot.
As I wrote in a footnote of a post today..."many modern communities today are still plagued by crime, distrust, and a lack of healthy productivity; and so the reason why these guys love the Ten Commandments so much is often because they still need the reminders."
And to understand why our society sees so many pastors, politicians, and police officers fall for the temptations of their roles it’s likely because many of these individuals are at the Obedience stage which is only one level up from the Dominance stage, and none of us are beyond regression.
These guys straddle the Dominance and Obedience stages, not so differently from the people (real or mythologized, it doesn't really matter) who needed the 10 Commandments 3400 years ago.
Right or wrong, communities like these are just earlier in their consciousness development and can't see it from the consciousness level you've been able to see it at. Christianity at each stage of consciousness means different things for the individual. (I would have vehemently opposed my last sentence 10 years ago, lol.) But there is an awakening happening in the West, and it may take another 50 or 100 years but these lower consciousness forms of Christianity will largely give way to something far more evolved. I see it coming, everyday.
Thank you for creating a space to share and discuss these ideas. Hope you have a great week, Jared:)
We don’t need signs in schools that pupils will ignore. We need more pupils in pews. That’s where moral instruction should and must be taught. When your church has either become an idolatrous trump rally or a seminar on social justice, it’s no wonder religion is dying in America. The government and public schools had nothing to do with this.
Religiosity was the strongest evidence of American exceptionalism - and the unchurching of America is leading us to become just like the rest of secular Europe. We should all agree something is wrong with the culture and the only way to fix it is one neighbor, one church, one community at a time. Conservatives used to understand that looking to government and politics to solve these problems was exactly the opposite of what it meant to be a conservative. When politics becomes everything - including the source of your own purpose, meaning and identity, we’ve lost the plot.
As I wrote in a footnote of a post today..."many modern communities today are still plagued by crime, distrust, and a lack of healthy productivity; and so the reason why these guys love the Ten Commandments so much is often because they still need the reminders."
And to understand why our society sees so many pastors, politicians, and police officers fall for the temptations of their roles it’s likely because many of these individuals are at the Obedience stage which is only one level up from the Dominance stage, and none of us are beyond regression.
These guys straddle the Dominance and Obedience stages, not so differently from the people (real or mythologized, it doesn't really matter) who needed the 10 Commandments 3400 years ago.
Right or wrong, communities like these are just earlier in their consciousness development and can't see it from the consciousness level you've been able to see it at. Christianity at each stage of consciousness means different things for the individual. (I would have vehemently opposed my last sentence 10 years ago, lol.) But there is an awakening happening in the West, and it may take another 50 or 100 years but these lower consciousness forms of Christianity will largely give way to something far more evolved. I see it coming, everyday.
Thank you for creating a space to share and discuss these ideas. Hope you have a great week, Jared:)