Yesterday, I made the case that the problem eating the heart of American conservative Christianity is plain: it does not trust Jesus Christ and so is embarked on the project of trying to save itself since it is convinced he will not do it.<\/p>\n
One of the warnings God gives Israel about the cost of faithlessness is this:<\/p>\n
I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues. (Le 26:36)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This seems to me to be the state of American conservative Christianity in this hour.\u00a0 It is afraid of everything and, as frightened people often do, it is blustering to hide its deep terror.<\/p>\n
This expresses itself, not only in fear of such relative trivialities as Harry Potter, but in fear of everything the Cult of Trump commands we fear: refugees, women, science, education<\/a>, environmentalists, brown people, black people, Native Americans, liberals, gay people, and (for Catholics) this pope and the Magisterium.<\/p>\n
The message of the Francis-hating right in the American Church is very clear and profoundly rooted in fear that verges on and even passes into despair.\u00a0 It is this: We are on our own. The indefectibility of the Church has failed.\u00a0 Our pope is a heretic.\u00a0 Jesus did not know what he was talking about when he said to Peter that on him he would build the Church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it.\u00a0 Hell has won, the pope is the enemy of the Faith.\u00a0 So is the rest of the Magisterium. You can forget it when Jesus said he was with the Church to the end of the age.\u00a0 You can forget it when he said the Spirit would guide the Church into all truth.\u00a0 The Church was guided into error at Vatican II and it has done nothing but get worse, leading to the election of Satan\u2019s Pope.\u00a0 You can forget the promise he made to the apostles and their heirs that \u201cHe who listens to you listens to me.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s all over now.\u00a0 We are on our own, the enemy is inside the castle and in fact has taken the castle. Here is the ambient noise coming from this terrified and tiny (globally speaking) American white conservative subculture with a giant gl0bal media microphone:<\/p>\n
\nKnow this: There is no corner in which you can hide and practice the ancient Catholic faith. They will not let you. There is no oasis they will not find and destroy. If you still have the mass and the faith, do not be content. They will find you.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Creative Minority (@CMReport) September 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n