New and Improved Dark Ages October 5, 2009
Posted by Dan R. Dick in Religion in the U.S., Spiritual Trends.Tags: anti-intellectualism, hypocrisy, Religious Trends, Values
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Flipping through TV channels, I paused on a sincere, yet bizarre religious show where in a matter of moments I heard that the devil is working on perverting our children, that there is absolutely no scientific evidence in support of evolution, that all homosexuals are atheists out to destroy the church (does that mean all atheists are homosexuals???) and that psychologists are pawns of Satan, giving drugs to people to weaken their resolve and make them more susceptible to demonic possession. (Psychologists don’t prescribe drugs, but that’s beside the point…) I was amazed how fast the hosts of this show could cover so many sources of evil and how completely irrational their rants could be. And they were so serious and sincere, gravely discussing how evil spiritual forces are apparently so much stronger than God — because in their world, evil is obviously winning the metaphysical war.
