BP This Week: Are We Putting too Much Stock in Politics?
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
With the conclusion of the Democratic national convention, John Stonestreet and Shane Morris discuss just how much Americans look to politics and political solutions to solve our societal problems--and the certainty of left and right that should the other side win the election, it's game over for America. Where are we placing our trust?
They also discuss the QAnon conspiracy theory, along with Americans' (and perhaps especially American Christians') predilection to fall for conspiracy theories in general.
Also on today's broadcast: Netflix's disgusting sexualization of young girls, the Colson Center's upcoming short course on making the case for life, and John and Shane's recommendations for the week.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Colson Center Podcast Network. |
| 0:03.0 | This is Breakpoint this week, a weekly briefing on faith, culture, worldview, and mission with John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center for Christian World View. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to Breakpoint this week. I'm Shane Morris, and I'm here with John Stone Street talking about the stories of the week from a Christian worldview perspective. And John, I want to share a little |
| 0:24.4 | factoid with you here. Did you know that this is the most senior presidential contest in American |
| 0:31.0 | history? We're coming up right now as we record this on Joe Biden's acceptance speech at the |
| 0:35.8 | remote Democratic National Convention for the presidency. |
| 0:40.5 | And no matter who wins, unless I'm mistaken here, this will be the oldest president in |
| 0:46.3 | U.S. history. |
| 0:47.2 | You sound like you're expressing some millennial bitterness here. |
| 0:50.2 | Is this like an O boomer moment? |
| 0:52.2 | OK, boomer moment for you? |
| 0:53.4 | I really am. |
| 0:53.6 | You know, millennials have endured something that no other generation has, |
| 0:56.7 | which is the pinnacle of the extension of life expectancy. So boomers have basically |
| 1:02.3 | lived longer than any other generation in history. And you guys are like, get out of the way |
| 1:06.7 | and let us lead. On some level, it feels like that. I just think it's ironic, and this has been noted before. |
| 1:11.7 | Should I take that personally? |
| 1:12.2 | I'm not a boomer. |
| 1:12.9 | I'm an exer. |
| 1:13.6 | You're not a boomer. |
| 1:14.3 | You're Gen X. |
| 1:14.8 | Nobody cares about Gen X. |
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