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!
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.
Don’t waste time reading Town Hall anymore, mostly because of BS like this...
For all of you saying “my church wasn’t like that”, I grew up in Fort Lauderdale under the shadow of Dr. D. James Kennedy’s Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.
I did not attend, but my Boy Scout Troop met there and I dated girls that attended the affiliated Westminster Academy.
It was pretty much as described. The seniors at the high school had to have a Senior Banquet because a prom meant dancing and that was not allowed. No drinking. No rock music. Movies were frowned upon, if not outright forbidden. Sunday worship, Wednesday night Bible study, and a weekly prayer group were mandatory. If you didn’t tithe you got a visit from an Elder who wanted to know why.
The author of the piece clumsily compared such a church to the modern woke movement. The error is that few churches that he described still exist, but the looney left is ascendant. The church, at the time described, had little real influence in the government and could not impose the restrictions they placed on their members onto society at large. It is the woke movement’s desire to do just that...impose their rules on society as a whole. They used “separation of church and state” to keep fundamentalist Christians from imposing their will. We do not have that tool, however applicable it may be.