tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9951612.post9012541635963011062..comments2023-11-03T04:04:17.668-04:00Comments on The Opposite of Progress: when good ideas go badAmichaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662677886550979790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9951612.post-87229675062121997712007-09-13T17:26:00.000-04:002007-09-13T17:26:00.000-04:00I was, in retrospect, a fundamentalist-y Christia...I was, in retrospect, a fundamentalist-y Christian in my tweens and early teens. I look back and want to throttle myself at the level of self-righteousness and presumption of wanting to help my peers turn away from their “unsaved” lives. Jesus!<BR/><BR/>Anyway...<BR/><BR/>In the Old Testament, the children of God (Jews) had to physically fight the wicked (Gentiles). In the New Testament, the disciples of Christ (Jews & Gentiles) have their enemies in the flesh, the world and the devil. The flesh is an internal fight, the devil will be dealt with at some final battle, but the fight against the world is what spawns Battlecry, God’s Victorious Army et al. I think fighting the world means keeping your values despite the secular world, not conforming. To others I suppose it means enforcing their values on the secular world -- maybe preserving their current way of life in order not to suffer future persecution.<BR/><BR/>So the militant aspect may come from the perceived enemies as well as language overtaking sentiments; we are told to fight the good fight of faith, put on the armour of God... Some personalities tend to latch onto the ideal of conquering a land, nowadays a country; the Walls of Jericho as some pychological ancestor of America for Jesus. Okay, I just spoke rubbish.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I imagine that from the point of view of the American militant-ish Christians, they are not so much fighting to take over country but fighting to keep it and its moral heritage. They actually don’t think they are oppressing anyone else and if any groups “feel oppressed” they must be wicked. I cite this not as an excuse but an example of their naivete.<BR/><BR/>To an outsider as me, it seems like the usual Americans fighting to preserving their way of life, Christian-style. (I do not mean that as a political slight at all.)<BR/><BR/>For the record, all sorts of religious fundamentalists scare me, especially those who are blatantly trying to conquer the whole world. 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