A Pew Research Survey on the Use of Tarot Cards, Astrology and Psychics – Marcia Montenegro, 5/23/25 (1432)

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

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Marcia Montenegro of Christian Answers for the New Age Christian Answers for the New Age

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0:00.0	We're in a fight right now for the future of Western civilization and for the preservation of free speech.
0:06.0	And I view all of my commentary work and all of my interests in the American political system through that lens.
0:12.5	CNN political analyst Scott Jennings talking about his presentation at this year's issues, etc., making the case conference.
0:20.0	We have to preserve Western civilization. We have to preserve Western civilization.
0:21.6	We have to preserve free speech.
0:23.6	And I think most issues and most politics comes down to those two fundamental issues.
0:27.6	I think it's good for audiences to have their bubbles popped.
0:31.6	I think it's all too easy in American political culture right now
0:35.6	to get yourself in a silo or in a bubble where only the
0:39.5	information that you want to hear that confirms your priors is what you see. And I think it's detrimental
0:44.7	to the average citizen to be stuck in a silo or a bubble like that. You can meet and hear Scott Jennings
0:50.1	at the 2025 making the case conference Friday, July 18th and Saturday, July 19th at Concordia University, Chicago.
0:57.9	Find out more at issuesetc.org.
1:02.4	I love oil.
1:03.9	Chemical Aquarius.
1:06.0	Pisces, Aris, Taurus, Gemara, Cancer.
1:10.0	Oh, Leo, Marco, Libro Marco, Scorpio, Sagittarius, I love, oh, yeah.
1:15.6	Well, a recent Pew Research Center survey of almost 10,000 Americans last October, that's when they were interviewed, about a third of them say that they use practices like astrology, tarot cards, fortune tellers, at least once a year, mostly for fun.
1:36.7	Some take it seriously.
1:38.5	There are some other differences there.
1:40.2	More women will engage in these practices than men.
1:43.4	And probably the older you are and the more religiously affiliated you are,
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