As we lead up to what is sure to be a contentious election here in the United States, the liberal media I read at my day job and listen to for my own self-edification has begun hand-wringing about the latest and greatest threat to our nation. According to
It is good to be reminded that 'wokeism' is a 'religion'. Of course it is. We are all spiritual beings, as the author reminds us. Thus, as I see it, it will not be effective to fight wokeism with reasonable arguments (these these should come later). We have to fight fire with fire. That, is we have to fight the zeal and passion of this new religion's adherents with the real, true and eternal fire: the fire of the Holy Spirit. We have to pray for and work for the conversion of these new zealots. It is love, in the end, which changes people, not argument. How we do this depends on the circumstances, our particular opponent and the particular graces we are given in this battle. For it is a battle; the age-old one between good - Christ - and evil, the ancient Enemy who is always working on the human temptation to pride: 'You shall be as gods...'
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It is good to be reminded that 'wokeism' is a 'religion'. Of course it is. We are all spiritual beings, as the author reminds us. Thus, as I see it, it will not be effective to fight wokeism with reasonable arguments (these these should come later). We have to fight fire with fire. That, is we have to fight the zeal and passion of this new religion's adherents with the real, true and eternal fire: the fire of the Holy Spirit. We have to pray for and work for the conversion of these new zealots. It is love, in the end, which changes people, not argument. How we do this depends on the circumstances, our particular opponent and the particular graces we are given in this battle. For it is a battle; the age-old one between good - Christ - and evil, the ancient Enemy who is always working on the human temptation to pride: 'You shall be as gods...'