This One Is New To Me

[subllibrm]

A friend posted this on Facebook. Quite possibly the strangest thing I've ever heard.

Read and respond. I am curious if you see what I saw.

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Matthew 10:39 says if you want to find your life, you’ve got to lose it. Indeed, the gospel will make you give up some things. It not only challenges white people to give up the idolatry of whiteness, but men to surrender the idolatry of patriarchy, straight people to lay down the idolatry of heteronormativity, nations to renounce the idolatry of nationalism, the able-bodied to abandon the idolatry of ableism, humans to give up the idolatry of anthropocentrism, RELIGIOUS FOLK to crucify the idolatry of CERTAINTY, and the wealthy to release the idolatry of money.

It demands we let go of classism, individualism, militarism, colonialism and every other “ism” that props up power. It confronts our addiction to consumerism, our obsession with winning at all costs, and our blind faith in technology. AI may be here to stay, but it’s soulless, exploitative and destructive without proper regulation -- something the Trump administration ain't interested in doing.

I am an adherent of Black theology -- and done correctly -- it doesn’t place us in a place of binary opposition. It listens deeply and learns from other voices. It holds truth with humility, always tuning its ear to God’s still-speaking voice. And Black theology is not just for Black people -- it's simply honest about its own context. It is about full disclosure and particularity, not ideological rigidity.

To truly FOLLOW Jesus -- that Afro-Asiatic brown-skinned Palestinian/Jewish freedom fighter, son of a colonized people, we must RELINQUISH SOME THINGS!!!

- Fredrick Robinson

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[ALAYMAN]

Among other deconstructionist baggage and bias I found this statement interesting...

"RELIGIOUS FOLK to crucify the idolatry of CERTAINTY"

I wonder how sure he is of that, or any other of his (liberal) dogma, lol.

 

[subllibrm]

Among other deconstructionist baggage and bias I found this statement interesting...

"RELIGIOUS FOLK to crucify the idolatry of CERTAINTY"

I wonder how sure he is of that, or any other of his (liberal) dogma, lol.

The exact phrase that caught my eye.

My response to the friend.

"I am struck by the irony of his certainty. "

 

[Ransom]

A friend posted this on Facebook. Quite possibly the strangest thing I've ever heard.

That's a lot of buzzwords in that word salad. Does your friend realize you don't have to use the entire box of progressive fridge magnets all at once?

 

[Ransom]

Indeed, the gospel will make you give up some things. It not only challenges white people to give up the idolatry of whiteness

This is actually one of my favourite motte-and-bailey fallacies. When you call out one of these progressives on their clear bigotry against "white people," they will retreat to the motte and claim that "whiteness" is not referring to skin colour or a biological reality, but a social construct comprising certain norms and customs. Then they'll come back and say that "white people" are the cause of the world's problems (the bailey).

Fine, I say, if "whiteness" is not associated with a particular colour of skin, let's just call it something else--oh, say, "blackness"--and see who screams loudest, shall we?

 

[subllibrm]

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This is actually one of my favourite motte-and-bailey fallacies. When you call out one of these progressives on their clear bigotry against "white people," they will retreat to the motte and claim that "whiteness" is not referring to skin colour or a biological reality, but a social construct comprising certain norms and customs. Then they'll come back and say that "white people" are the cause of the world's problems (the bailey).

Fine, I say, if "whiteness" is not associated with a particular colour of skin, let's just call it something else--oh, say, "blackness"--and see who screams loudest, shall we?

I have pointed out to the friend multiple times that most of the things that are tagged as idolatry are missing any kind of definition.

My favorite is anthropocentrism. Since I have no idea what that means, I have no way to determine if it's part of my idol collection.

 

[Ransom]

My favorite is anthropocentrism. Since I have no idea what that means, I have no way to determine if it's part of my idol collection.

"Anthropocentric" means human-centred, that is, believing that human beings are of the highest moral worth.

If anthropocentrism annoys your friend, ask him what other creatures bear the image and likeness of God.

If patriarchy annoys him, ask why God ordained men to be the head of the household as Christ is the head of the church, and not the other way around.

If heteronormativity annoys him, ask why God made them male and female and said a man and his wife shall become one flesh, and why it takes one of each to produce offspring.

And so forth. This kind of progressivism is fundamentally anti-creation.

 

[subllibrm]

And so forth. This kind of progressivism is fundamentally anti-creation.

He considers creation science to be an idol as well.

 

[Ransom]

He considers creation science to be an idol as well.

Not at all surprised. And I didn't even mean "creation" in that sense. I simply meant the created order: what God has made is anthropocentric, patriarchal, and heteronormative, and this is knowable through observation and revelation.

With regard to the latter, I presume your friend is skeptical of the infallibility of the Bible as well. Though, if so, I don't see how he can know the teachings of Jesus with any, you know, certainty. (Those who rail against the idol of "certainty" are always pretty certain of their own presuppositions.)

 

[subllibrm]

Not at all surprised. And I didn't even mean "creation" in that sense. I simply meant the created order: what God has made is anthropocentric, patriarchal, and heteronormative, and this is knowable through observation and revelation.

With regard to the latter, I presume your friend is skeptical of the infallibility of the Bible as well. Though, if so, I don't see how he can know the teachings of Jesus with any, you know, certainty. (Those who rail against the idol of "certainty" are always pretty certain of their own presuppositions.)

My initial response was to say that I couldn't help but notice the irony of the man's certainty.