New belief systems
Traditionally the line between faith and science was well-defined but never sharp.

Faith is believing in something that can't be seen and observed directly, but appears as a rational inference from reality.

Science is believing in observed and measured facts.

There's always an indeterminate area between those zones, containing phenomena that seemingly could be measurable but haven't been measured (yet). All three zones are well defined. Sophisticated believers on both sides could reliably place a statement into each category, or into the gray zone. You could build a rational structure around the definitely religious axioms and the definitely scientific facts.

What we have now in the Sorosian lands is an entirely different arrangement. Look at any "mainstream" source of fake news.



EVERY SINGLE NEWS ITEM is built around the axiom of RUSSIAN_HACKING. Even the school shooting pivots around RUSSIAN_HACKING. Most of the items are talking about talking. (Horrified at what Trump says.) Bernie joins the chorus, talking about not talking. (Horrified at what Trump didn't say.)

Is RUSSIAN_HACKING a faith axiom or a scientific observation? Neither. It's a plain old lie, and its falseness has already been proved. It was never true. Everyone who spreads the lie KNOWS that it's a lie, and they continue to spread it.

Now let's look at an aggregator from the religious world.



Less absolute but still strong. Most items pivot around "transgender".



Even the school shooting pivots around "transgender".

Is "transgender" a faith axiom or a scientific observation? Neither. It's a plain old lie, contrary to all the well-known scientific rules of human genetics and biology. Some invertebrates do in fact change their gender, but mammals don't. Nature doesn't care if you believe you can change. You can't.

So we have HUGE belief systems growing and developing around TOTALLY DISPROVED OBVIOUS LIES.
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