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America’s Stunning Embrace Of Paganism Signals The End Of This Country As We Know It
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<blockquote data-quote="ViaCrucis" data-source="post: 77631647" data-attributes="member: 293637"><p>I'm more concerned with what I view as a "paganization" of Christianity. The Church in America becoming, effectively, an ethnic folk religion; the view of God as chiefly a tribal deity interested in the preservation of the tribe, viewing power and violence as intrinsically virtuous. Fear and hostility directed toward "the other", placing a greater importance on tribal same-ness, the treatment of religion as cultural garb and as a means of maintaining a societal status-quo.</p><p></p><p>The Cult of the Deus Americanus, the "American God", with a triumphalist view of the ethnos, the nation or tribe. "America first", American exceptionalism, expressions of Christian Nationalism; these are all deeply "pagan" in sentiment; in the sense of religion as folk ritual and folk practice, deeply attached to home, hearth, kin, family, tribe, nation, et al. </p><p></p><p>The nation is held as sacred, with its myths that champion the sacralization of the nation and its symbols. The sacred symbols of America include its national flag, its Constitution, and other "sacred" documents. With sacred heroes of near-divine status, and associated myths about them (just take a gander of the treatment of the American founding fathers, of various generals, presidents, etc and the mythologies we wrap them in).</p><p></p><p>Recently the former president of the United States has endorsed a Bible that includes, within its bound volume, a copy of the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, etc. There are certainly myriad problems with this from a Christian perspective. Least of which is a clear religious syncratism with American folk-paganism; and presents the books of the Christian holy canon as being attached to the American Cult's own sacred canon. A blending and blurring of lines.</p><p></p><p>With all of this, and I feel like I'm only scratching the tip of the iceberg, perhaps it makes more sense for Christians in America to do some serious introspection, and perhaps do some house cleaning. Seems a bit hypocritical being upset that non-Christians aren't being Christian when we, calling ourselves Christian, are doing such a bad job at it. Seems problematic to, with a host of profane idols which we regularly bow and offer incense to, then turn the finger and decry the idols out there. I can't accuse my neighbor of having an idol all the while I keep an image of Ba'al in my house.</p><p></p><p>Expecting those outside of the Church to be too stupid to see the hypocrisy for what it is says more about our own failure to recognize just how deeply and profoundly in a state of wrongness we are ourselves. As though they won't be able to see that the emperor has no clothes.</p><p></p><p>-CryptoLutheran</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ViaCrucis, post: 77631647, member: 293637"] I'm more concerned with what I view as a "paganization" of Christianity. The Church in America becoming, effectively, an ethnic folk religion; the view of God as chiefly a tribal deity interested in the preservation of the tribe, viewing power and violence as intrinsically virtuous. Fear and hostility directed toward "the other", placing a greater importance on tribal same-ness, the treatment of religion as cultural garb and as a means of maintaining a societal status-quo. The Cult of the Deus Americanus, the "American God", with a triumphalist view of the ethnos, the nation or tribe. "America first", American exceptionalism, expressions of Christian Nationalism; these are all deeply "pagan" in sentiment; in the sense of religion as folk ritual and folk practice, deeply attached to home, hearth, kin, family, tribe, nation, et al. The nation is held as sacred, with its myths that champion the sacralization of the nation and its symbols. The sacred symbols of America include its national flag, its Constitution, and other "sacred" documents. With sacred heroes of near-divine status, and associated myths about them (just take a gander of the treatment of the American founding fathers, of various generals, presidents, etc and the mythologies we wrap them in). Recently the former president of the United States has endorsed a Bible that includes, within its bound volume, a copy of the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, etc. There are certainly myriad problems with this from a Christian perspective. Least of which is a clear religious syncratism with American folk-paganism; and presents the books of the Christian holy canon as being attached to the American Cult's own sacred canon. A blending and blurring of lines. With all of this, and I feel like I'm only scratching the tip of the iceberg, perhaps it makes more sense for Christians in America to do some serious introspection, and perhaps do some house cleaning. Seems a bit hypocritical being upset that non-Christians aren't being Christian when we, calling ourselves Christian, are doing such a bad job at it. Seems problematic to, with a host of profane idols which we regularly bow and offer incense to, then turn the finger and decry the idols out there. I can't accuse my neighbor of having an idol all the while I keep an image of Ba'al in my house. Expecting those outside of the Church to be too stupid to see the hypocrisy for what it is says more about our own failure to recognize just how deeply and profoundly in a state of wrongness we are ourselves. As though they won't be able to see that the emperor has no clothes. -CryptoLutheran [/QUOTE]
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