199 - Harrison Butker Pretty Much Nailed It
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Today on RTP — In this episode, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we discuss the Greatest Generation and something that makes today’s generation different. Then, a listener asks for our analysis of Harrison Butker’s purportedly controversial speech. In the aftershow, we discuss a mental trick to gauge the value of your family time.
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199 - Harrison Butker Pretty Much Nailed It
SHOW NOTES:
Stats that show the Greatest Generation was different (excerpt below)
Habits of the Household - Justin Whitmel Earley
“They were raised in church. Church membership in 1937 was at 73%. Ninety-six percent of Americans, according to Gallup, said they believed in God in 1944. A grand total of 4% of all households in the United States were single-parent families in 1940. Today, the American single motherhood rate is 41%, 10 times the single motherhood rate in 1937. Only 47% of Americans, a minority of Americans, are members of churches. The churches of today are significantly watered-down from the churches of the 1930s and 1940s, which means that a significant percentage of people who consider themselves members of churches aren’t actually receiving anything like Biblical values. Just 74% of Americans say they believe in God and many of those Americans are actually quasi-agnostic and believe in something spiritual that doesn’t demand anything of them.”
— excerpt from D-Day: From The Greatest Generation To The Most Obnoxious Generation
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