no culture survives without strong gods. This is as true for an open society as a traditional one. A society lives on answers, not merely questions; convictions, not simply opinions. The political and cultural crisis of the West today is the result of our refusal—perhaps incapacity—to honor the strong gods that stiffen the spine and inspire loyalty. We are subjected to the increasingly shrill insistence that “critical questioning” is the highest good and “diversity is our strength.” We are told that every motif of weakening, dispersion, and disenchantment serves the common good because it
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