I've noticed the uptick recently too. Its going to get worse. People are turning to religion out of desperation, not love. Men are being pushed out of the workforce and the most obvious thing is that women are actually not being pushed out of work. That doesn't make women the cause - the money printing is the cause - but a lot of people won't see that, and anyways some people are just happy for a reason to hate. So, this false religiosity is growing because there are some brands of Christianity that offer the severity they want to impose on others. I think there's a nice term for it, but I can't remember - basically the psychology of being unable to cope with your Shadow because of the pressure of a situation, causing people to enact the shadow - same thing happened in Germany between the wars.

I didn't know that about Paul. I keep telling myself to give Paul a chance, but I always feel like he's an imposter or usurper. Like, it should have been Peter doing everything he did, IMO.