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Regarding worldviews, there is no such thing as a "None." Neutrality is illusory. Either you shape your philosophy with intent, or the prevailing orthodoxies of the zeitgeist shape it for you. An open mind is only useful if it closes on truth.

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People despise organized religion but embrace organized politics. They reject divine commandments as flawed but elect amoral leaders. They call religion an opiate but ritualistically obsess over partisan conflict.

"What we are seeing is the collapse of cultural agnosticism. The middle ground - where nothing is true, where good and evil are just labels - is being burned away. People are realizing that metaphysical stakes are real, not metaphorical. That realization is terrifying but also stabilizing, because it reopens the possibility of order and coherence. Evil has overplayed its hand. By being too blatant, it has become the strongest proof for God in the modern era. It has forced the myth back into history. And once that door is open, it cannot be shut again." - SightBringer Cultural agnosticism manifested itself as hedonistic nihilism. This epiphany that morality is objective undermines the postmodernist progressive's entire worldview. Let's hope this collapse brings more of them to God than it does to Satan.

The irony is that this is actual, rather than perceived, dehumanization based on a caricature. And yet, their resentment clouds their judgment to such an extreme that they don't experience cognitive dissonance or recognize the dangerously unprincipled nature of their worldview. They condemn Kirk for “dehumanizing marginalized people,” yet their own statement openly dehumanizes him and his community by denying empathy and even condemning those who offer it. They claim to fight fascism, but their rhetoric mirrors fascist logic: Some people are beneath empathy, unworthy of mourning, and disposable. They accuse others of hypocrisy, but do not see their own cognitive dissonance because they are blinded by resentment. Tribal framing has overriden their conscience. They ration empathy to in-group members only; out-groups are stripped of rights to it. Their moral absolutism blocks reflection— they're convinced they're fighting evil, so hatred feels righteous. Their views are a narrative, not truth. Dehumanization + twisted moral justification for sociopathic selective empathy = violence becoming thinkable and even justifiable. This rhetorical pattern of rationalizing and celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination mirrors historical examples of scapegoating and persecution. The claims against Kirk are distorted interpretations weaponized against conservative and Christian worldviews. Christophobia has gradually become normalized over the last several decades. It is now rampant and intensifying. Cultural hostility, media stereotyping, and activist rhetoric on campuses across the country foment this hatred. Charlie Kirk's mission was to fight it. When they falsely frame verbal disagreement as harmful violence and an "existential threat by an oppressor," this is the result. “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil.” Isaiah 5:20 Scripture warns us that the world will hate Christ and His followers (John 15:18–19). Sadly, as society drifts further from God, hostility toward Christians is expected to intensify. Nevertheless, to honor Charlie Kirk's legacy, we must remember 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 — The weapons we fight with aren't weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

When emotions run hot, nuance is marginalized. When nuance is marginalized, empathy cannot exist. When empathy does not exist, you enjoy the fruits of today's public discourse. Seek first to understand, then be understood. P.S. It's ironic that people who normally advocate for subjective morality tend to possess such a strong sense of social justice. Perhaps cognitive dissonance isn't an issue because they are, as Ayn Rand would submit, ethical egoists. The Universe: "I'm composed primarily of darkness with a few speckles of light mixed in. The darkness is expanding, it's increasingly difficult for the sources of light to genuinely impact one another, and I'm getting colder as a result." Humanity: "Same."

"Withholding empathy from someone who lacked it is not cruelty, but honesty." This reasoning is harmful and self-refuting. First, empathy cannot be conditional without undermining its very nature. If you extend compassion only to those who first extend it to you, then you merely value reciprocity, not empathy. True empathy has force precisely because it isn't earned. Second, minimizing sorrow for the death of another—even someone you disliked—inevitably spills over into minimizing the genuine grief of others who do feel loss. That turns selective empathy into indirect cruelty, regardless of intent. Third, rationalizing detachment as “healthy boundaries” is psychologically convenient but morally inconsistent. If lack of empathy in a public figure was harmful, then mirroring that sociopathy in response only perpetuates the cycle. If you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all. If you wish to resist the coldness you condemn, then the consistent and rational course of action is to extend compassion universally, even to those who withheld it. That's how you, as Christ demonstrated, break the pattern and be the change you want to see in the world.

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We slide down the slippery slope of compromise and call it tolerance. We mistake disobedience for freedom. We substitute superstition for faith. We celebrate our lack of self-control and label it relaxation. We demonize prayer and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism. We embrace godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.