About a dozen men and women lay prostrate on the floor, speechless . So I am fearless It is, therefore, no coincidence that it attracts the same psychological types who are attracted to literal suicide cults. It should be noted that, in relatively religious societies, females tend to be more politically conservative than males, seemingly because females are more religious and the religion promotes “traditional” values as the will of God. However, they only seem to be able to create mass revivals during, or just after, periods of significant distress. We just don’t know how long it will take. There is no substitute for what God can do. Due to the way in which mental health and religiousness were co-selected under Darwinian conditions as we have explored, this “traditional religiosity” is now positively associated with mental health, while deviations from it—such as New Age affectations or belief in the paranormal—are associated with anxiety and depression, either on-going or periodic. I’ve always been a student of revival. He took up the wrong sword -- a physical sword -- against the wrong enemy. In many respects, Multiculturalism can be argued to be a secular “replacement religion” for Christianity—and perhaps even a kind of Christian sect. The answer lies in its evolutionary history. Imagine there’s no countriesIt isn’t hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion, tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou, you may say I’m a dreamerBut I’m not the only oneI hope someday you will join usAnd the world will be as one. We have noticed this trend of people searching for answers and hope at our church in Southern California. Those who felt that their life had eternal meaning and that a god was constantly looking after them would be less likely to become depressed and anxious and would be more likely to pass on their genes.11, Consistent with this, not only do people tend to become more religious at times of stress, they are more likely to have dramatic religious experiences, in which they do not merely vaguely feel that God is present but, as far as they are concerned, see Him and hear His reassuring voice.12 People who are high in neurotic personality traits are prone to depression and anxiety, these being manifestations of “mental instability.” Neuroticism seems to decrease considerably after one has undergone conversion and other religious experiences.13.
Sign Up For Our Newsletter Technology can’t save us either. Period. Furthermore, far superior communications—social media and instantaneous reactions to events around the world—mean that what may otherwise have been isolated patches of revivalism have been globalized, impacting much larger numbers of people. It is as if ordinary people are being told: “Look what we can allow to happen to you if you elect the wrong people or vote the wrong way in a referendum.” Afraid of offending the righteous mob—and their high-level sympathizers—even leaders who oppose leftist disorder dare not act decisively. In some ways the COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to consider the afterlife and their relationship with God by knocking down all our false gods. It is also clear to anyone that has ever attended a BLM protest that many of those involved—with their stereotypical unnatural colored hair and screams of righteous fury—are not mentally well. If you do go out, you can see the fear, stress and worry on peoples’ faces. This is the sound of a prophet's cry By contrast, females in churches appear sober and under control. Contemporary young people are increasingly in a situation of “evolutionary mismatch” where—under the influence of modern, anti-traditional ideologies, over-parenting, and education— they are decreasingly socialized as children in the manner that was the norm under harsh Darwinian conditions.