Episode 19: The Church of Liberty: America’s Worship of Politics

In this episode, we pose the question of why everything is political today and set about answering it. We discuss how politics is a religion in America, why liberty is a false god and why no government can be your salvation, and the patriotism proper to a rightly ordered life. Join us around the fire, no matter where you may be. 

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Chapters

• 0:00 What Are We Drinking and A Breakfast Stout Review
• 8:51 Why is Everything Political?
• 16:09 Politics: The Religion of the United States
• 18:25 The Dollar Bill is a Religious Symbol?
• 22:10 The American Civil Religion, it's Heroes, and it's Symbols
• 27:55 Were We Founded as a Christian Nation?
• 30:37 The Sacralization of Politics
• 37:22 The Glorification of Liberty
• 41:07 The Humility of Washington
• 44:10 No Government or Politician Can Be Your Salvation
• 49:18 Spend Less Time Thinking About the Government and the Economy
• 51:56 Good Leaders are Elected By People Who Actually Have It Together
• 56:50 America Thinks Too Highly of Itself (And Worships Itself)
• 1:08:56 Was the United States Founded as a Christian Nation?
• 1:16:25 The Pagan Nature of American Monuments
• 1:23:39 The God of the American Civil Religion
• 1:29:24 Proper Patriotism and a Rightly Ordered Life