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while not surprising I do agree with this part.
Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, argued in a recent essay for the Atlantic that what was once religious belief has been replaced by political belief in many communities.
On the political right, he said in an interview, conservative Christians focused on Trump as a political savior rather than focusing on their traditional questions of morality. Christians in the Republican Party, he said, are being less defined by their faith than by a set of more narrow concerns.
And on the political left, Hamid said, strains of “wokeism” have taken up religious notions like sin and excommunication and repurposed them for secular ends. Hamid said that because there aren’t clear leaders, such as priests or imams, or a transcendent source that defines belief, the standards for what is considered “woke” continues to change.
Honestly this is what I’ve thought for years when someone asks “I don’t get why younger generations aren’t going to church”. I’ve always felt when the first thing you say is “you are going to hell for X”, and “you need to back Republicans because it’s unchristian to not to” you are really turning people off. Trump may have single handily killed the younger GOP and younger Christian groups because of it.
while not surprising I do agree with this part.
Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, argued in a recent essay for the Atlantic that what was once religious belief has been replaced by political belief in many communities.
On the political right, he said in an interview, conservative Christians focused on Trump as a political savior rather than focusing on their traditional questions of morality. Christians in the Republican Party, he said, are being less defined by their faith than by a set of more narrow concerns.
And on the political left, Hamid said, strains of “wokeism” have taken up religious notions like sin and excommunication and repurposed them for secular ends. Hamid said that because there aren’t clear leaders, such as priests or imams, or a transcendent source that defines belief, the standards for what is considered “woke” continues to change.
Honestly this is what I’ve thought for years when someone asks “I don’t get why younger generations aren’t going to church”. I’ve always felt when the first thing you say is “you are going to hell for X”, and “you need to back Republicans because it’s unchristian to not to” you are really turning people off. Trump may have single handily killed the younger GOP and younger Christian groups because of it.
