Former President Donald Trump leads in national public polling of evangelicals, but a focus group in Iowa highlighted a few cracks in his base.
Former President Donald Trump leads in national public polling of evangelicals, but a focus group in Iowa highlighted a few cracks in his base.
I wouldn’t be so complacent. There are a number of evangelicals trying to outbreed the rest of population as a protective measure and domination effort.
The “Quiverfull” movement is just one name. The Institute in Basic Life Principles is another one that has spread internationally, Generation Joshua led to the likes of Madison Cawthorn.
Shiny Happy People was a very good recent documentary on Amazon Prime about the Duggar family that is well worth watching if you can tolerate the stories of child abuse, sexual and otherwise.
Those groups are pretty gross even before taking the child abuse aspects into consideration. I don’t think they’ll be able to bone their way out of the change in attitudes toward religion, the numbers aren’t on their side (yet) and relying on future generations to stay in the movement seems like a losing proposition. Still a cause for concern though and membership should automatically put them on a watchlist with Child Protective Services or its local equivalent.
This is why they home-school with religious materials. It keeps the people inside unable to view anything that promotes a different view of the world. Once they hit adulthood, there’s so many concepts that are completely foreign to them that it’s easier to just go with the devil you know and stay within the tribe.
As for not breeding enough to outbreed declining religious belief, these families frequently have 10 children each. Here’s a photo from one of the frequent IBLP conferences in Big Sandy, TX. There are many conferences and training camps globally for just the IBLP. They’re also using their teaching materials in other schools prisons now.
They’re a big and growing problem, and they believe in taking zero preventative measures against children while also requiring women to submit. You won’t find them being bothered by CPS because they’re also extremely politically engaged at the highest levels.
I used to think religion was declining too, but I think there will be a strong resurgence as global inequity and climate change get even more hardcore. People retreat to the perceived safety of the easy spoonfed answers these movements offer to huge scary problems.