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Gen Y: The Plan Is Terrifying

Longtime readers will know Generation Y as the gaslit generation. Baby Boomers instilled them with a false view of reality that left them unprepared to survive in the real world. As a result, the “mugged by reality” experience is a Gen Y touchstone. Now that Gen Y has hit middle age, the realization is becoming inescapable—even for them—that the the lifelong job, the nice house in the suburbs…

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New Atheist, Cultural Christian

The man who was perhaps the most notorious purveyor of the New Atheist movement back in the aughts has dropped a bombshell in a recent interview. Related: Atheism Kills Dawkins’ remarks struck many as a startling heel turn for someone who spent the latter part of his career trying to undermine Christianity. Meanwhile, his claim that fewer people believe in Christianity rings false…

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Growing out of Comic Books

If you had the fortune of being a kid back when we still had a coherent society, and if you’d developed a taste for comic books, odds were that at least one adult in your life warned you against the habit. If the warning went unheeded, the common wisdom held that you’re grow out of it when you graduated middle school and discovered girls. In those long-vanished days, the comics industry wasn’t…

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The Best-Attested Miracle

Throughout salvation history, a key litmus test of a prophet’s authenticity was whether his ministry was divinely attested with the occurrence of supporting miracles. Neither the presence or absence of signs and wonders were considered definitive. But if someone claiming to be God’s representative received backup for his claims from Heaven, you knew he was someone worth taking seriously.

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Christ Is King

Luke 23 Christ is King, and He conquered death by dying on the Cross.

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The Coming Crackup of Con Inc

Unless you have a heart of stone, you’ve got to take pity on normie Conservatives’ plight. Though still immersed in consumer culture, every brand they love to consume long ago sold out to people who hate them. Included in that regime-aligned rogues’ gallery are the manufacturers of Conservative politics and news. They have gained the unflattering nickname Con Inc for a reason.

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Leo Varadkar Resigns as Irish PM

Foundering Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation in the wake of his party’s recent crushing defeats at the ballot box. Varadkar’s approval rating, which had reached 65 percent in 2020, has fallen to 41 percent since voters rejected the anti-family amendments he supported. Related: Irish Anti-Family Referendum Defeated Related: Extreme Rosary…

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Arnold Paole: The Vampire of Medvegia

It’s been a minute since our last foray into the weird domain of high strangeness. Here’s a historic account backed by official documentation that helped lay the foundation of modern vampire lore. From The Land of Thieves and Ghosts: The answer? It turned out that the new vampires had eaten beef from cows that Paole had fed on. Related: Vampire of the Amazon If only…

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The Last of the Third Places

Last week’s popular post on the decline of the shopping mall drew robust comment about the societal consequences of losing that public forum. One key idea readers introduced to the discussion was the Third Place. Reader Sian writes: But what is the third place? All of which raises the question: Where did third places go? Author JD Cowan posits an answer…

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Faithless and Perverse Generation

American members of Generation Z face overlapping crises of identity, faith, and general happiness, if recent reports are to be believed. According to several high-profile surveys, young adults in America may be the most faithless and perverse generation yet. And they’re suffering the mental and spiritual health consequences. Related: Millennials–Depressed and Disordered Other…

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