Republicans & Trump have thrown Evangelical Christianity into a full-blown crisis

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34. Credit where it's due, that's a great article, Thom.

The one quibble I would have is where you say

"The depravity of Republican politics is killing religion"

One could argue that Republican politics is exposing the depraving of religion. Those who control denominations in Christian America, have been there for decades. The GOP and ultimately Trump, have hooked them on the drug of Anti Abortion, and they've given them the space to compromise and expose their moral disintegration.

Here in Ireland, Mass attendance went from about 90% in the 70s and 80s, to low 30s just before Covid. And it's never going to return to those levels, largely because the moderates have largely left the Catholic Church, leaving hardliners to run the show. Their attitude is that if you don't follow the rules that they impose, then you have no place in the Church. So people left. When the Evangelical church goers eventually figure out that they have been played for fools, I'm certain the same thing will happen in the US.

The longer term problem though is how society copes without some sort of a moral compass, that replaces what is currently there now.