Charlie Kirk's killing: MAGA Christians see a religious revival, and an opportunity to remake society.

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“A century from now, when they write of the two or three pivotal moments that led to the saving of Western civilization, they will write that the sacrifice of Charles James Kirk was the turning point,” Jack Posobiec, the right-wing influencer, told the masses at Kirk’s memorial. “By returning the people to Almighty God.”

The religious right says that return is already underway, that Kirk’s killing has inspired something remarkable in America. Thousands of people, you’ve been told, are responding to Charlie Kirk’s death by pulling out dusty Bibles or wandering into their nearest churches. Pastors describe packed pews ; priests report fielding questions abou