Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - O'Reilly Update Morning Edition, March 30, 2023

Episode Date: March 30, 2023

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Bill O'Reilly here, and I'm warming up. Stand by for the O'Reilly Update Morning Edition, but first. On this Thursday, recent polling shows a disturbing drop in the what's important category. Led by younger Americans, religion and patriotism are on the skids. This is not a good thing, but somewhat understandable on our current culture. Organized religion has been shrinking for years in the U.S. mirroring what happened in Europe in the late 20th century. Two reasons.

First, many clerics cannot connect their ideology to the modern world. They are essentially boring and disinterested in the actual lives of their congregations. I go to Mass every Sunday. I know what I'm talking about. Second, many folks don't believe in right and wrong any longer. They want to do whatever. They reject any judgment of behavior, which is what religion does with a few exceptions. On the patriotism front, the collapse of the public schools in many places fosters ignorance and apathy about a citizen's duty.

Younger folks now tend to identify with social culture, not a vast nation. If you don't know history, geography, and political science, why would you have any attachment to your country? Immigrants often love America far more than those. born here because they know what the USA provides. They can compare now to then. Younger Americans in general have little frame of reference. They live insulated lives drifting in cyberspace. Some of them are even insulted they have to earn a living. Their collective motto, where's mine? Back after this. Power, politics and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One.

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