Can Christianity Solve the Crisis of Meaning? - Connor Tomlinson | #28

Loved having my favourite 'Reactionary Catholic Zoomer’ back in the studio! This time we really go deep on the meaning crisis and whether we need Christianity to survive. We also get into politics, immigration and why Starmer is turning the UK into a failed state - yay!

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 We can’t solve the meaning crisis without religion

04:29 Why does truth matter for meaning?

05:52 No human rights without Christianity

08:14 JD Vance was right, Rory Stewart was wrong

09:22 Surely we can’t believe Jesus did miracles?

11:08 Jesus - liar, lunatic or lord

13:24 Increase in Gen Z men going to church

16:44 Christianity - as irrational as trans?

21:04 You wouldn’t have trans without liberal materialism

22:21 Why we lost faith

25:34 Hopelessness creates incels and omnicause activists

29:59 The pursuit of God gives meaning, not God himself

32:33 ‘The game is rigged against men’

35:00 Gaslighting Britons on immigration

39:49 Humanism is vastly insufficient to save the UK

45:19 Starmer is making us a failed state

48:50 Predictions for the next election

51:35 What are the solutions?

53:28 Why the UK can’t muster a Trump-like movement

54:41 The ‘slopification’ of X

56:09 Clickbait in podcasting

1:03:17 Selling-out is self-sabotage

1:05:52 Don’t read the comments

1:07:11 Wrapping up

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