Time To Say Goodbye Finding God Outside of Politics with Matthew Sitman
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Dec 10, 2025 Matthew Sitman, a writer and co-host of the Know Your Enemy podcast, dives into the evolving role of organized religion amidst modern political cruelty and alienation. He explores whether communities will seek solace in churches as technology detaches us. The discussion touches on the contrast between 'MAGA Christianity' and authentic faith practices, the appeal of Catholicism to intellectuals, and the spiritual critique of tech's dehumanization. Sitman argues for churches as vital infrastructures for moral grounding and community, tackling the need for connection in our fragmented society.
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Church As Moral Community
- Organized religion historically provided a shared moral framework and local community that politics and tech currently fail to supply.
- Jay and Matthew argue this social grounding is what makes church appealing amid modern cruelty and atomization.
Church Infrastructure Outlasts Politics
- Churches supply durable, nonpolitical infrastructure—shelters, soup kitchens, meeting spaces—that secular institutions struggle to replicate.
- Jay notes Catholic organizations still run large homelessness responses motivated by religious mission rather than political winds.
Religion As A Middle-Class Luxury
- Recent data shows religiosity now correlates positively with higher education and income.
- Ryan Burge frames religion as a luxury good concentrated among middle-class, married, highly educated people.
