cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/171545

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/171544

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/171542

Counterpoint: Decline in religion doesn’t bode well for the republic

This might not seem like a crisis, but the American Founders would have disagreed. These men saw that self-government depended on morality and virtue, which, in turn, depended on religion. As George Washington stated in his Farewell Address, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indisputable supports.”