Two thirds of teenagers don't believe in God

[Cato]

Only equal force can hold Islamism in check and only greater force can defeat it. That's kind of cut-and-dry, but Islam represents something vastly different than modern politically correct liberalism.

[Osweo]

Oswiu, Your points are well taken,

tho I can't say I've ever heard of "Atheofanatism".

Hehe, that's because it's an Oswianism that I've heretofere not deigned to unleash on society!

I do understand that the Church of England is in bad shape, along with the rest of society.

This applies to every Christian Church. Only a new made-up church could get round it, but to do so they'd have to ignore Scripture in a fundamental way. The struggle for Europe may well prove the final death knell for Protestant Christianity. Catholicism may wing it, and Orthodoxy, but the North West?

I don't think that postmodern Western atheism - no matter the state of the eyes - can stand up to an existential challenge from Islam.

Anti Intellectualism among the masses may help here. PMism hasn't made deep inroads into the popular conscience, just into a tiny crust of academics who are dependent on the current system.

If Europeans are to win, we must believe..in something. Nihilists do not fight. Never.

I tend to look to the rebirth of Folkist spirituality, but wonder how organised and monolithic this might have to make itself in order to win.

What was I thinking with the 'gleaming eyes'? Communism and Hitlerism came to mind. I don't think either had much longevity in it, however, so we may see a similar 'temporary regime' some time in the future that has the same 'umph' about it, drawing on nationalist sentiment, but after that, who knows. Europe needs to shrug off these absurd modern problems and get back to its real mission of expanding human knowledge and exploration. People need to think they're involved in a big Story again. We may end up with another bundle of fantasies, but at least it moves us onwards.