Krissa Lox
Active Member
Like the last PSA thread, this post is only intended to provide support for people dealing with current conflicts in the subject matter, not trying to incite a political or philosophical debate or endorse any specific position beyond pointing out things that can clearly be called false according to scripture or other publicly verifiable sources.
LIke the last one, if you have no idea what I'm talking about here, then that's probably a good thing and hopefully something you don't have to worry about. Although it's hard to be 100% certain in saying anything these days, I think this is something more of a financial/misinformation scam rather than having as much potential for violence as the Qanon stuff did.
Ok, so....
Anglo-Saxons were not the progenitors of classical European culture. That was Greco-Roman, and you can get God's expressed thoughts on that culture from the writings of Paul.
The founding of America was very literally an intentional divorcement of American colonists from European culture to create their own original state and culture in deference to their personal understanding of God's Word. You can get most if not all the writings of the founding fathers plus a lot of historical documentation free at Gutenberg.org to know their thoughts and intentions for yourself to not have to rely on what other people want to tell you they meant.
The Constitution does have some basis in Greco-Roman philosophy, but Greco-Roman philosophy is not the same thing as Greco-Roman culture, and the two were often at odds with each other to the point of philosophers often getting run out of town because they advocated more morality than leadership or the common population wanted to adhere to. Again, many writings and historical documentation of the times can be found at Gutenberg.org for independent verification.
So, anyone trying to advocate that "true American culture" is an extension of classical European culture rather than being an outright rejection of it is either too historically/culturally illiterate to be a wise choice to give your support to, or they're intentionally trying to scam people for personal gain, or they're doing some sort of weird trojan horse thing trying to get policies passed by misinforming people to make them think they will serve the opposite purpose of what they actually do.
Because classical European culture historically leads to the very concerns of immorality and socialism (or serfdom) and degradation of both political and private life that many conservative Christians fear today, so what argument can be made that re-embracing that culture instead of holding our ground that the founding fathers secured for us as a separate and unique nation under God is going to lead to a good and right and pro-American result?
While Western Christian culture can take some pride in having several centuries of history professing Christ as its Savior which has undoubtedly brought it some benefits, at the same time there must remain a remembrance with both some fear and humility that Western civilization did not start with Christ, and its original rejected "gods" will probably always be trying to take it back.
And so it is likely just as true with Christianity as with politics that "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance." The Bible tells us so in many places with its warnings to always be on guard against the devil, even after - perhaps especially after - we are saved. And just because you think you might see the devil's presence working among your opposition, doesn't mean he hasn't infiltrated among your own as well.
And as a lesser side note...
"Anglo-Saxon" is probably not the most gainful or accurate choice of ethno-historical term to use in certain contexts I see it coming up in lately. Probably not the same level of pressing theological or philosophical concern as the other issues since people are more likely to just tune it out rather than go off on weird tangents with it, so I won't rant about it here. Just be aware that misusing that term might become a stumbling block to being understood correctly.
LIke the last one, if you have no idea what I'm talking about here, then that's probably a good thing and hopefully something you don't have to worry about. Although it's hard to be 100% certain in saying anything these days, I think this is something more of a financial/misinformation scam rather than having as much potential for violence as the Qanon stuff did.
Ok, so....
Anglo-Saxons were not the progenitors of classical European culture. That was Greco-Roman, and you can get God's expressed thoughts on that culture from the writings of Paul.
The founding of America was very literally an intentional divorcement of American colonists from European culture to create their own original state and culture in deference to their personal understanding of God's Word. You can get most if not all the writings of the founding fathers plus a lot of historical documentation free at Gutenberg.org to know their thoughts and intentions for yourself to not have to rely on what other people want to tell you they meant.
The Constitution does have some basis in Greco-Roman philosophy, but Greco-Roman philosophy is not the same thing as Greco-Roman culture, and the two were often at odds with each other to the point of philosophers often getting run out of town because they advocated more morality than leadership or the common population wanted to adhere to. Again, many writings and historical documentation of the times can be found at Gutenberg.org for independent verification.
So, anyone trying to advocate that "true American culture" is an extension of classical European culture rather than being an outright rejection of it is either too historically/culturally illiterate to be a wise choice to give your support to, or they're intentionally trying to scam people for personal gain, or they're doing some sort of weird trojan horse thing trying to get policies passed by misinforming people to make them think they will serve the opposite purpose of what they actually do.
Because classical European culture historically leads to the very concerns of immorality and socialism (or serfdom) and degradation of both political and private life that many conservative Christians fear today, so what argument can be made that re-embracing that culture instead of holding our ground that the founding fathers secured for us as a separate and unique nation under God is going to lead to a good and right and pro-American result?
While Western Christian culture can take some pride in having several centuries of history professing Christ as its Savior which has undoubtedly brought it some benefits, at the same time there must remain a remembrance with both some fear and humility that Western civilization did not start with Christ, and its original rejected "gods" will probably always be trying to take it back.
And so it is likely just as true with Christianity as with politics that "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance." The Bible tells us so in many places with its warnings to always be on guard against the devil, even after - perhaps especially after - we are saved. And just because you think you might see the devil's presence working among your opposition, doesn't mean he hasn't infiltrated among your own as well.
And as a lesser side note...
"Anglo-Saxon" is probably not the most gainful or accurate choice of ethno-historical term to use in certain contexts I see it coming up in lately. Probably not the same level of pressing theological or philosophical concern as the other issues since people are more likely to just tune it out rather than go off on weird tangents with it, so I won't rant about it here. Just be aware that misusing that term might become a stumbling block to being understood correctly.