The Burning of Notre Dame and the Destruction of Christian Europe
The last time there was a reasonably Christian Europe was probably before WW2. Or maybe up until the mid-seventies at best. Church attendance has been down in the middle teens for a very long time now all across Europe and Scandinavia, and all the churches are very short of anyone signing up to be clergy, Catholics perhaps among the worst of all. Protestant churches do better since they accept women clergy now, but all the churches have their own scandals going, some have openly gay priests and bishops who are very public about not being celibate. Security, affluence, the rise of selfcenteredness, the promotion of shallow values all take their toll on societies. And aggressive secularism, which is its own kind of religion, makes things even worse. Meanwhile, the burgeoning fervor of Islam keeps spreading, and that fraction of Muslims who slide into jihadist thinking is quite large enough to cause increasing problems. Which many European governments are very loath to confront, so the extremists get to stay free and spread their gospel and multiply. All the attacks on churches in France are a flashing red light telling everyone how bad things have gotten.I don't know if the fire at Notre Dame was set or not, and I don't think anyone else knows one way or the other either. But it's certainly not impossible, and given the tendency of the government to ignore or even deny the effects of the extremists, I sure can't take their word for it. So I still wonder if it was a set fire, and if it was, will anyone ever admit that? In any case, I am extremely sad about Europe today. Heaven help them. --Del
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