tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post1114486640854073020..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: America and EuropeCraig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-62063602832173987752010-02-13T23:34:29.381-05:002010-02-13T23:34:29.381-05:00Irenaeus,
Your points are all well taken. But my ...Irenaeus,<br />Your points are all well taken. But my only counterpoint is that the battle is still raging in America, whereas it is pretty much over in Europe. You are right: trends are bad. But there is still hope and when I see American democracy in action it is breath-taking. No wonder the liberal media gets so angry. Well they should because ordinary Americans who have faith constitute a clear and present danger to their dreams of a brave new world.Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-65300132574099444042010-02-13T22:10:38.792-05:002010-02-13T22:10:38.792-05:00Love George Weigel, in general, and you're rig...Love George Weigel, in general, and you're right that in important ways America isn't Europe.<br /><br />But I think in many ways America is behind Europe by a generation or two; marriage is collapsing here as it has there, secularism is creeping here as it's washed that continent there. We have a First Amendment in the States, however, whereas European states (as well as Britain and Canada) don't. <br /><br />Further, you write: "Europe, on the other hand, is caught in the culture of death and is committing demographic suicide."<br /><br />Depends on the country, but our culture of death is way ahead of Europe by some metrics. Death penalty for one. But abortion especially; in Germany, abortion is rare and much more challenging to get than here. Further, the only thing holding up the US's birth rate is hispanic immigration; that is, without legal and illegal immigration, we'd be around Europe's birthrate -- 1.1-1.5 children per woman. Of course, once hispanics get acculturated here, they contracept and abort just like we "native Americans".<br /><br />We're much more susceptible to the culture of death, I think, because we don't have long, pre-technological traditions rooting us.<br /><br />So I'm much more pessimistic. Wish I were wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com