I just read The Religion of Whiteness (which I had been calling American Secular Religion) which was incredibly sad because of the numbers. I have watched the Catholic Church in America become nearly apostate as ROW infiltrated not only the pews but the hierarchy. Anyone interested in discussing the book. Note it is not in Logos but has been suggested.
I was most interested in the defensive mechanisms, especially willful ignorance, which I had observed but never quite figured out the mechanics for. As for the selective use of Scripture -- I suspect we have all seen a lot of that. The case studies of the Remnant were fascinating but not as poignant as the story an elegant black female professor told one Good Friday in a ecumenical service. The professor had been a member of the hosting mainline Protestant church for nearly 30 years. For most of that time, she met for Friday coffee before work with 5 white women whom she believed to be her good friends. Then came the Friday in which she proudly announced that her grandson had been accepted into Harvard Law School. The first reaction was a "friend" responding, "isn't it nice they have affirmative action". The professor was devastated because she was an academic, her husband was an academic, her grandson had graduated with honors from Stanford, and they still thought ...he's black, he must need affirmative action because no black gets admitted on merit.
- None of the reactions (Amen, Like, Praying, Agree, Praise the Lord!, Stand firm) are adequate for this. That is just sad.
