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At the baptist church I go to, there's an interesting little tradition which perfectly illustrates the destructive parasitism of pietism. After each baptism, the pastor will lead the congregation in singing the Doxology. But we never sing it as a part of ordinary Lord's Day worship; we just stick to a consistent repertoire of about two dozen contemporary songs and emotion-laden 19th century American hymns (some of which were authored by women). The congregants all learned the Doxology from some more traditional church or their family. This pietistic pastor does none of the work of maintaining these traditions and godly practices and yet reaps a benefit of the labor of others. This principle applies to numerous other situations: They don't catechize; they appropriate the work of the hard-nosed Presbyterians. They don't encourage hard work, financial prudence, and career success, but yet they are happy to take the offerings, the fruit of these habits. They minimize the importance of cultural and political influence, yet reap the benefits of freedom their ancestors gained for them. Pietism is nothing more than feminized and Americanized Christianity. It is overly emotional and fat and lazy. It doesn't want to do any of the unpleasant or challenging tasks required to break the gates of Hades and take dominion over the world. It would rather sign a peace treaty and go back to its cocoon of comfort and feely-good feelings. Pietism is as gay and cringe as EOs and RCs. Protbros, it's time to eliminate these fags from our ranks. I'm talking relentless trolling and ceaseless hazing. Let's go.
At the baptist church I go to, there's an interesting little tradition which perfectly illustrates the destructive parasitism of pietism. After each baptism, the pastor will lead the congregation in singing the Doxology. But we never sing it as a part of ordinary Lord's Day worship; we just stick to a consistent repertoire of about two dozen contemporary songs and emotion-laden 19th century American hymns (some of which were authored by women). The congregants all learned the Doxology from some more traditional church or their family. This pietistic pastor does none of the work of maintaining these traditions and godly practices and yet reaps a benefit of the labor of others. This principle applies to numerous other situations: They don't catechize; they appropriate the work of the hard-nosed Presbyterians. They don't encourage hard work, financial prudence, and career success, but yet they are happy to take the offerings, the fruit of these habits. They minimize the importance of cultural and political influence, yet reap the benefits of freedom their ancestors gained for them. Pietism is nothing more than feminized and Americanized Christianity. It is overly emotional and fat and lazy. It doesn't want to do any of the unpleasant or challenging tasks required to break the gates of Hades and take dominion over the world. It would rather sign a peace treaty and go back to its cocoon of comfort and feely-good feelings. Pietism is as gay and cringe as EOs and RCs. Protbros, it's time to eliminate these fags from our ranks. I'm talking relentless trolling and ceaseless hazing. Let's go.
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“All culture arises out of religion. When religious faith decays, culture must decline, though often seeming to flourish for a space after the religion which has nourished it has sunk into disbelief. But neither can religion subsist if severed from a healthy culture; no cultured person should remain indifferent to erosion of apprehension of the transcendent.”
~Russell Kirk
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~Russell Kirk
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“Everything that is called duty, the prerequisite for all genuine law and the substance of every noble custom, can be traced back to honor. The farmer had his honor, as does every craftsman; the merchant and the officer; the official; and the old princely families all have their honor. He who has none, who ‘sets no store’ in standing respectably before himself as well as his peers, is ‘common’; he is the opposite of noble in the view of every genuine society.”
~Oswald Spengler
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~Oswald Spengler
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“A flourishing society is a fabric of historical loyalties and expectations, shaped by the free dealings of people over many generations. If you describe it as a contract, then it is not a contract between the living, but between the living, the unborn and the dead.”
~Sir Roger Scruton
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~Sir Roger Scruton
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What comes to mind when you think of Christ's command to take dominion over the world? On the rare occasion modern Christians think of taking dominion, they limit it exclusively to evangelism and missions. And these are certainly powerful weapons of dominion, but they are not the only ones. https://protestantpost.substack.com/p/building-a-parallel-economy?s=w
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Building a Parallel Economy
Taking Dominion in the Economic Realm
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St. Patricks day
"I knew not the true God . . . The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelief . . . I was not worthy . . . Love of God and fear of Him increased more and more . . . By the help of God so it came to pass . . . Because of His indwelling Spirit who hath worked in me until this day . . . Let who will laugh and insult . . . Though I be rude in all things . . . I baptize so many thousands of men . . . the Lord ordained clergy everywhere by means of my mediocrity . . . The Lord is mighty to grant to me afterward to be myself spent for your souls."
- The Confession of St. Patrick
"I knew not the true God . . . The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelief . . . I was not worthy . . . Love of God and fear of Him increased more and more . . . By the help of God so it came to pass . . . Because of His indwelling Spirit who hath worked in me until this day . . . Let who will laugh and insult . . . Though I be rude in all things . . . I baptize so many thousands of men . . . the Lord ordained clergy everywhere by means of my mediocrity . . . The Lord is mighty to grant to me afterward to be myself spent for your souls."
- The Confession of St. Patrick
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"If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false."
- John Owen
- John Owen
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"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
~G.K. Chesterton
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~G.K. Chesterton
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