Is there a connection?
Yesterday it was Armistice/Veteran's Day (in the USA). We don't celebrate it in my country because we had good sense not to fight.
The main result of "the war to end all wars" was the destruction of the European Christian civilisation, but also the fall of European monarchies, Weimar Republic and the female emancipation, of course. We all know about flappers with their short skirts and short hair, but it really started during the war itself, when women started working in factories (because men left for the front), and driving ambulances under enemy fire to prove a point. There was also that shameful white feather campaign for which the British government rewarded women with the voting rights (still restricted for some time, if I remember correctly).
Well, our men didn't leave, so our women didn't work in those factories and we could keep our traditional way of life a little bit longer. We also didn't sacrifice the whole generation of young men for the imperial ambitions.
Sometimes the only way to win is not to fight.
Hello Sanne. This morning I was recalling several blog posts you wrote about ( some) Christians thinking they must wear "Prairie Clothes, homestead, etc." in order to be a proper Christian. They were along these lines, anyway .
ReplyDeleteWould you be willing to write more on this? I am a long time reader and I love reading your comments section as well.
The reason I am thinking on this. I was saved 20 years ago, and have been through a journey of repentance and learning! 😊
Part of what I've come through is just that type of thinking , that in order to do it "right" I must look a certain way or do certain things within my family.
I see more clearly now, Glory to God, but online I still see so much of this.
I would love to hear more of your thoughts. If not, I'll still be here reading!
God bless you and yours.🤎💛🧡
Rose
Hallo, Rose, it's certainly an interesting request;) I'll try to think about something. For the record, I don't think that it's wrong to wear prairie clothes or homestead. It's more that "crunchy" lifestyle is often being sold as a political/religious statement, while it's just a lifestyle. You can have preferences for raw milk, but it doesn't make you a better Christian or inherently right wing, just like seed oils won't damn you to Hell.
ReplyDeleteHaha!! Seed oils. Great example.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I quite understood from your writings you didn't find it "wrong". It does seem to be a prescription in some cases to be living the "right" way , and for me was confusing.
Well, it's understandable that as the society is getting progressively wicked many Christians choose to drop out so to say, but it could also be taken too far and then it places an unreasonable burden on the believers.
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