Conservatives Lost the Culture War and the Trump Agenda Is the Only Path Forward

American Greatness ^ | 27 April 2023 | Josiah Lippincott

[Responsibility2nd]

There seems no real consensus on Free Republic.

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Oh there will be once Jim Rob decides who he supports and who will be zotted for opposing his views.

We’ve seen this every 4 years.

[steve86]

“Virtually no one today cares what the pope or any megachurch pastor, for that matter, has to say about political and cultural life.”

False. Putting aside the question of whether francis is a legitimate pope (he isn’t), yes, 40% of Americans still care.

[steve86]

What?

[steve86]

What?

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

I read that same headline in the Hebrew Gazette the day after the Romans crucified Christ.

Just as meaningful as today.

[Wallace T.]

While I agree with most of this authors points, he inaccurately stated that John MacArthur supports the leftist view of racism. Nor does he agree with the position of Pope Francis on this issue. If you read the link that the author posted that ties to a sermon MacArthur preached in 2018 it is evident that he does not hold to the position of white guilt over the sins of their ancestors. In fact he and his church in the Los Angeles area were one of the few that opposed the mandatory shut down during the pandemic. In that respect he stands well above many pastors including big name ones like Tony Evans and Chuck Swindoll who shut their churches down at the command of Governor Abbott.

[jeffersondem]

“I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the culture war is over and conservatives lost.”

The writer thinks we can live happily, prosperously, and safely in barbarism.

Never have; never will.

[GulliverSwift]

This essay has a lot of truths some people don’t want to accept. But it’s undeniable that traditional values about morality are over. Cohabitation is the norm for almost everyone, women seek divorce rather than pastoral care or mental health. Men are looking for “sugar babies” old enough to be their granddaughters, and even Republicans support homosexual marriage.

Trying to go against that stuff politically isn’t going to work anymore. We need to spend our time on ministry, to convert souls. They won’t listen politically without hearing God first.

Trump actually gets this. He’s the first Republican to do so among presidential candidates.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[Socon-Econ]

An article for defeatists who are not in this fight for the long haul. If right-to-lifers had listened to the author, Roe v. Wade would still be law.

[Kazan]

This is a poor argument. Trump was and is the best thing that has happened to social conservatives and Christians.

Putting judges on SCOTUS that overturned Roe has allowed pro-lifers to win at the state level like they haven't won in 50 years. His judges have protected the rights of Christians and parents that would have been taken away, perhaps even by squishy judges appointed by establishment Republicans like John Roberts.

[SeafoodGumbo]

The Revolver News answer to this article: https://www.revolver.news/2023/05/most-important-essay-you-will-read-all-year/

[lee martell]

This was one of the few points on which I disagree with the author. It is my understanding that most churches in the USA didn’t willingly close their buildings during the pandemic, the Health Department left them no other choice.

I’m sure many churches stayed open, welcoming people inside, but most did not. A lot of people were tattling on each other back then, because they saw it as a public service ‘to keep Covid from speading’, as they were told at the time.

Many of the other points, as in the culture war being over for the most part, are for all practical purposes true, at least for the time being.

[EBH]

Reading the comments, and tit-for-tat, I am reminded of this speech by Tucker Carlson... Why Trump?

Right now our government has ceased to function, they act like starving dogs begging at the table after the guests have checked out.

FR feels like that too. It has for quite a while now. I miss the old FR folks. The one’s with the brilliant minds that taught, encouraged, etc. It seems even here things have slipped through our fingers.

It is like all that brilliance just got either bottled up and put on the shelf or sucked out of the room all together. Or maybe, just maybe, the loss of the culture war is to blame too.

An Evening with Tucker Carlson: America’s Elites Are on a Ship of Fools https://youtu.be/vbv2FQ9GVUg

Tucker’s presentation begins at 5:41.

This event was held October 16, 2018 and hosted by the Independent Institute.

Tucker Carlson discusses America’s elites, a group whose power and wealth from government privilege have grown beyond imagination even as the rest of the country has floundered. The people who run America now barely interact with it, and in his #1 New York Times, best-selling book, “Ship of Fools,” Carlson offers a blistering critique of our new overlords. Traditional liberals who worried about whales and defended free speech have been replaced by authoritarians who hide their hard-edged agenda behind identity politics. They’ll fleece you while lecturing you about bathrooms, plastic straws, and safe spaces.

“Left and right,” Carlson says, “are no longer meaningful categories in America. The rift is between those who benefit from the status quo, and those who don’t.” Our leaders are fools, Carlson concludes, “unaware that they are captains of a sinking ship.” At this event, and in his signature fearless and witty style, he addresses the all-important question: How do we put the country back on course?

[Reno89519]

The sad truth is that Trump is not supporting any cultural values. That has not been his strong point to ever.

[Responsibility2nd]

Very true. As is often said, we did not elect Trump to be our pastor or priest. But our president. Even though he is flawed in many moral ways, he is the best we have.

[GingisK]

Wouldn’t it be swell if conservatives has more than one potential leader?

[drwoof]

Thank you for posting!

[Wallace T.]

Very few pastors kept their churches open at the onset of the pandemic. The various state and local governments decided that big box stores, liquor stores, and auto repair stores could stay open. Somehow the duty to worship God was considered less important than getting socks, beer, or or oil filters. Whether Evangelical, liberal Protestant, or Roman Catholic, the pastors of this country caved to the demands of the health departments and governors.

There were exceptions: Jesse Duplantis in Louisiana, John MacArthur in California, and Rodney Browne in Florida came to mind. I also admire the Hasidic Jews and the Mennonites who resisted the closing of their places of worship. However, most Christian pastors caved, citing a misinterpretation of Romans 13, surrendering to the governments the right to determine when to worship. The Apostle Peter, in contrast, stood up to the authorities when they told him to cease preaching (Acts 4). Many if not most, churches required masking after they opened again. Some Christian leaders, such as Franklin Graham, urged people to get the COVID shots.

The Barna research firm did a survey that showed an accelerated decline in Christian beliefs among self-styled Christians in the last three years. I believe that the spineless behavior of most churches (and to be fair, synagogues and mosques) in the face of the COVID lockdowns and mandatory vaccinations has greatly contributed to the abandonment of belief. God does not honor the lukewarm.

[lee martell]

If these pastors stayed open in defiance of the Pandemic policies, many would have been either fined heavily or gone to jail, with their churches padlocked. Would you have prefered that outcome and seen it as a show of a sincere servant of Christianity? I’m wanting to understand your position.