It’s Tuesday, February 27th, AD 2024. This is The Worldview heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected])

By Kevin Swanson

Christian Armenians displaced from Artsakh

Until October 2023, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenian Christians lived in Nagorno- Karabakh, also known as the Republic of Artsakh, a  breakaway enclave internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan, but populated by ethnic Armenians, reports International Christian Concern.

Artsakh lies between Azerbaijan and Armenia, with the two nations fighting three wars over the past three decades over the enclave. The end of the Artsakh this year started with a nine-month blockade by Azerbaijan of Artsakh, followed by an overwhelming lightning military operation by Azerbaijan.

In the days following Azerbaijan’s takeover of the enclave, more than 100,000 Armenians, including over 40,000 children, fled Artsakh into Armenia. By October 1, Artsakh was virtually emptied of Armenians.

The Artsakh refugees shared that the reason they left was because they feared being massacred by the Azerbaijani military if they stayed under their control. The families are struggling with the trauma of such rapid displacement and the loss of their nation, their land, homes, farms and everything they left behind.

There is a deep sense of the history of the Armenian genocide repeating itself, which happened more than a century ago and killed and displaced millions of Armenians. At that time, the Ottoman Empire declared a holy war against the empire’s Christians and sought to kill, or displace from their lands, its Christian populations and perhaps most significantly, Armenian Christians.

America’s mental fragility

America’s mental state is still in decline.

Anti-depressant use for young people, between the ages of 12 and 25, spiked another 66.3% between 2016 and 2022. Apparently, the COVID years, and increased access to psychotropic drugs through telehealth appointments by Zoom have contributed to the rise.

The study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate increased 63.5% faster from March 2020 onwards compared with beforehand

In 1990, approximately 3% of Americans were on anti-depressants. Today, 24.5% of college students are on anti-depressants, and 29% are on some form of psychotropic medication.

Jeremiah 51:6-8 warns of the troubles in Babylon. “Flee from the midst of Babylon, and every one save his life! Do not be cut off in her iniquity, for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; He shall recompense her. Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the Earth drunk. The nations drank her wine. Therefore, the nations are deranged. Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.”

More young men want children than young women

Here’s another interesting survey from Pew Research.

Among 18 to 34-year-olds, 57% of young men would like to be a parent someday — but now, only 45% of young women would say the same thing.

British officials look to register homeschoolers

Homeschooling around the world has not seen much of an increase in state scrutiny and regulation over the last decade, but this may be about to change.

England’s Labor Party is pushing for tightened government oversight of the nation’s growing homeschool population, including a national registry, and state monitoring.  

The UK has about 100,000 homeschooled children.

South Africa requires homeschoolers to register, avoid spanking, and submit to kid testing

In related news, South Africa’s Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill also represents an enormous power grab on the part of the statists in that country.

The BBC reports that parents could be jailed for up to 12 months if their children are truant. The bill also bans all corporal punishment, mandates independent assessments of the children, and requires parents to register their homeschooled