10-05-2021, 04:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-05-2021, 04:01 PM by Eric the Green.)
(10-03-2021, 08:52 PM)AspieMillennial Wrote:(03-19-2021, 04:13 AM)Captain Genet Wrote:(03-16-2021, 03:28 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(03-16-2021, 04:55 AM)Captain Genet Wrote:(02-28-2021, 12:08 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: In the Social Gospel Awakening, there was a lot of experimenting with free love, more casual dress, new sports and outdoor activities, new kinds of music that opened the way to jazz, new-thought religions that are not fundamentalist and emphasize personal experience, new arts inspired by drug use, etc., along with the prohibition movement, anti-saloon movement, fundamentalist movements, etc. But then, the Consciousness Revolution also had its conservative elements. Awakenings are much more alike than they are different according to the double rhythm.
Thanks for your thoughts.
The similar thing for both 2T is that Bohemian, hedonistic trends were more prominent in the beginning and theocratic trends gained momentum later. The differences are the relative strength of these trends, as well as the focus of the theocrats. Missionary fundamentalists focused on imposing Christian morality in public life, Boomer evangelicals focused on a "purrsonal relayshunship wid Jeezus".
So, in next 2T I expect a big party in the late 2040s followed by a crusade in the 2050s.
Civic types do not go for the Bohemian expressions. Economic realities make that impossible during their childhood as Bohemian styles are ridiculed as "old hat". in a Crisis, anything unconventional is suspect, and much is being deemed unconventional, including 3T fads (none of which are bohemian). They may adopt conventional standards of behavior because all else creates personal trouble without offering any compensation. By the time the 1T sets in, the focus is on solving the problems of the Outer World.
A lot of Bohemian trends have become a part of conventional standards of Millennial behaviour. Tattoos. Searching for casual sex partners on Tinder. Rap music. The opposite of all that will be stern, ascetic spirituality.
The coming 2T will probably have the feel of the clash between early Christians and decadent Roman aristocracy.
I can't wait to see the looks of horror on their faces when their children are into Christianity. It will be the absolute nightmare of the secularists in my generation and it will finally be justice to the religious Millennials who have been persecuted.
How can you believe in a religion of child predators, Aspie? Catholic priests molest millions of children all over the world. Just today a report came out in France about 350,000 young teens abused by priests over 7 decades, and their leaders even steered children toward abusers.
The Catholic church creates its own problems. Ironically, it is their own suppression of sex that causes the sexual abuse. They never even consider revising their long-outdated rules. What kind of man is attracted to a profession which requires celebacy? And to a profession which no woman can practice? Sex is part of who we are; it can't be suppressed. The Taliban can't do it, and neither can the Catholics. Go around in Rome to some dens of sin and you'll find priests there. The Catholic Church is a relic; its doctrines and rules are obscenely outdated and superstitious. In the long run its fortunes can only decline, since it is unable to reform itself, or to return to the long-abandoned actual teachings of Jesus and other mystics.