Posted on 03/15/2021 4:20:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
Don’t think so.
Wokeism and socialism are counterfeit Christianity’s, wanting the goodness of God, without having God.
A fulfillment of II Timothy 3:5
True fundamentalism means following what the Bible says--and not adding in your own rules and regulations that others must follow. (it's fine to add rules for yourself, if that helps you stay on the straight-and-narrow).
No--the two are complete opposites. "Wokeism" is just plain fascism and slavery. Christianity is freedom.
This is stupid
I grew up in an Independent Baptist church, too. It was nothing like this man described. It’s because of articles like this, I don’t read any of Townhall’s stuff.
I grew up in an Independent Baptist church, too. It was nothing like this man described. It’s because of articles like this, I don’t read any of Townhall’s stuff.
Yet another spectacular and breath-taking example of how clueless our side is, although this guy is so stupid it looks like he is actively taking part in the destruction of America.
Townhall is supposed to be a “conservative” site, right? They certainly publish folks who are aligned with the chaos, violence, and nihilism of the ongoing Chinese cultural revolution (American style) being carried out in America.
I still say that the wokesters make even a hardshell East Texas IFB seem like a laissez faire libertarian.
This article seems to be more of an attack on what the author would call an “unfair upbringing” than a serious article on wokeism. I hope he can work through his adolescent rebellion against “rules.“ Although none of us can know the man’s heart, I sense a great deal of bitterness. Can a serious adult truly lament not being able to see movies as a youth? So go watch your movies. Do they edify? Does wine bring fulfillment and meaning to your life?
I’m sorry he feels like he missed out, but it is possible he was saved from more than he knows.
Sincerely,
One who met Christ as an adult
Not even close. One uses the word of God to direct you to Jesus the other uses shame and force of destroying your life to comply.
Glad to see all the vigorous rejections of the OP article.
Also glad that finger he is pointing is not a gun!
Granted, sometimes there existed a solid reason for some of the rules. One can make a strong case, for example, for keeping sex - and especially children - within the confines of a loving, committed marriage.
Um, this is actually one of the 10 Commandments...one does not simply say "Thou shall not commit adultery" is a "rule."
This piece came out after Trump won but it remains THE best in explaining the new left. This writer's thesis is similar to our Town Hall writer, except this guy is correct:
Liberals have always accused social conservatives of bringing religion into politics, but liberals have done something far worse, and far more radical: They have made politics their religion...What they really want is liberal Sharia law, a secular theocracy.
The minimum wage, gender equality, nationalized health care, and global warming—whatever their practical virtues—are not just expedient policy prescriptions. They are essential aspects of the liberal fatwa... Question them and you are not just wrong—you are a heretic...for them, politics is the means to secular salvation...political failure is not just a setback on the road to a more stable society—it is a blow to their very worldview. Opposition to their program is not just wrong-headed, but evil.
bkmk
I was reading about Matthew Hopkins, the witchfinder general and the times and place he lived in, and the atmosphere of Puritan England reminded me a lot of the the Social Justice Warrior climate we are living in today.
It was full of the same purity tests, literal witch hunts, but also people in general loving to hop on bandwagons in condemning their own family and neighbours for any straying away from zealous puritan ideals.
The iconoclasm and insane desire to destroy the past was also in evidence too. Quite literally whitewashing history by painting over medieval scenes from the bible that had existed for centuries on church walls because to even tolerate their continued existance was to venerate the old corruption and idoloatry of the Catholic church that England had belonged to only 100 years before.
Not even remotely. Fundamentalist religion follows a written word and places final authority in an almighty God. Thesee are limiting factors. Leftism, wokeisim whatever is made up in any given moment and can and does and eill contradict itself at many points. Wokeisim is angry and justifies it’s rage.
I grew up in a Southern Baptist church and, except for the drinking part, was never given, and never have been given, his long list of “rules.”
Sorry. Nope.
Sorry. Nope.
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