Bill Maher should look to the secularism he has long promoted for answers on America's cultural discontent.
“I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a puzzle many are struggling with: Why are Biden’s approval ratings so low when things are generally pretty good?” the comedian pondered. “Wages are rising. Unemployment is negligible. The stock market is soaring. … Yes, inflation persists for a lot of things, but you know, an actual good-size TV now costs $60. We’ve got next-day shipping, stuffed-crust pizza, legal weed, GPS, and porn on the phone. Cheer the f*** up.
To say that this vision has failed to produce a healthier and happier nation is to say little. Indeed, blind allegiance to the “myth of progress” has butchered the American psyche. As Maher correctly noted, people now suffer from mental illness at unprecedented levels. Forty-two percentfeeling “persistently sad or hopeless.” Such a statistic would shake a healthy culture to its core. It stands to reason that ours is anything but.
Had Maher undertaken a more serious investigation of the faith, he may have stumbled upon the authentic Christian answers to the questions posed in his latest “New Rule” segment. Likewise, Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 6 about storing up “treasures in heaven” as opposed to treasures on earth, “where moth and decay destroy and thieves break in and steal,” speaks to the fleeting nature of material satisfaction and the inevitable disappointment that comes with a life devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure. The “Bread of Life” discourse in John’s Gospel further stresses the idea.
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