The shift to the Left mirrors the decline of Christianity in America
Gary Kah gives an interesting perspective in this piece. I believe he is correct that the influence of Christians will remain on the decline and that the country will continue to shift left toward globalism. If the figures he quotes is anywhere near correct, Bible based believers have gone from 67 percent of the world war II generation to five percent of those under 20 years old. Therefore without a major revival America’s fate is sealed, but does anyone see signs of a revival back toward biblical Christianity in America? All trends point toward universalism, pantheism and paganism.
Whether we like to admit it or not, the hard reality is that while a significant number of Americans currently oppose efforts toward globalization, morally speaking our nation has moved strongly toward the left in recent years. Young voters are generally much more liberal than the WWII or Baby Boomer generations. They also tend to view globalization more favorably. The Obama campaign has succeeded at registering unprecedented numbers of these young voters. In all probability, 3 to 4 times as many individuals in the 20 – 45 age group will vote in November’s national election, as compared to 2004. They will be voting not only for our next president, but also for members of the House and Senate. If they show up in the numbers expected, it will represent a quantum shift in American politics. Unlike the conservative pundits on television and radio who are boasting about the huge conservative backlash that will follow in 2012, I believe the ideological shift already underway could be permanent. Here’s why.
Members of the so-called Generation X (ages 20 – 45) are far less prone to embrace the Christian faith than are their more senior counterparts; only 18 percent of Generation X members are Bible-based believers. Unfortunately, it gets worse. Among our youth, ages 20 and under, less than 5 percent are Bible-based believers – compared to 33 percent of Baby Boomers and 67 percent of
the WWII generation.
Date posted: Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 3:01 pm | Under category: Apostasy, Emerging/Emergent Church, Financial collapse, New Age/New Spirituality, Politics, Post Modern
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First, more Christians need to start getting the facts straight. Globalization probably comes more from the political Right than the political Left, from the corporate world. They have been on the forefront of the battle to do away with national borders. Their goal is one large consumer market without any nation states. The problem is not just the Left, then.
Getting the basic facts correct is the first step to talking to and listening to young people. But if the discussion has all kinds of pre-conditions and silly ideas (like none of the corporate business community is an opponent of Americanism) then there will be no useful discussion and Christianity will continue to shrink in America.
I think labeling the corporate world right wing does not reflect reality in today’s world. The policies coming out of corporate board rooms for the most part reflect the far Left.
I understand that Left and Right get rather confused thanks to deliberate miseducation but when talking about the rise of the Left we are really talking about those who embrace the views of an elitist controlled socialistic society.
In a right wing society government and businesses would not be infringing on the freedoms of the individual. There would be minimal government and business would conduct business and not be involved in social engineering. One of the deceptions today is calling Left Right and Right Left. Fascism was and still is far Left. The philosophies of Hitler and Marx, were both Left and the group think,.team concepts and social engineering found in multinational corporations are from the Left.
One of the big lies today is that left wing fascism is right wing. The facts are that there is little right wing in the US other than those individualists, constitutionalists and biblical fundamentalists who just want government to butt out of their lives and let them live in peace without the Left’s godless humanist socialist brainwashing philosophies.