I know. Whenever I meet with my German friends our discussions usually end on these topics. They're convinced that losing German traditions and culture is inevitable, that it is "part of life" and that it's normal for a progressive and globalized society. To me, this is worse than communism. Yes, communists destroyed thousands of churches and brutally murdered tens of thousands of priests, but they did it openly for all to see. People lived in fear. That is why they kept their faith throughout that time and Christianity has revived so rapidly in Russia. Both of my parents were baptized in secret, back in the early 1960s, in the height of the Cold War, and they lived in different parts of the USSR. Whereas in Europe, people have been indoctrinated stealthily to reject their faith, their traditions, culture and identity in the name of democracy, freedom, progress and tolerance. What's saving Europe today is the impatience of the left. They've been pushing their agenda too fast and for that reason we are beginning to see a rise of patriotism. Because Europeans still know and remember what true Europe is like; without all the refugees, without muslims everywhere, without the trashed and filthy streets, without the fear of being mugged, knifed or raped if you walk alone in the evening, without the excessive tolerance and without being submissively apologetic for all that's wrong in this world. Imagine if these changes were imposed at a more gradual pace? Without this contrast, without any memory that such Europe once existed. That, would have been the end. But as long as this memory exists, there's still hope.

Expel Christianity and Islam fills the void.

Something much worse than Islam, I'm afraid.

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