A group of Democrats, “Third Way,” worried about their party’s future has been urging fellow Democrats to “police their language”,,, in case some regular people see it and jump to the conclusion that Democrats are crazy (https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-get-new-list-of-banned-woke-words-to-stop-sounding-like-crazy-people/).
So they’ve got a list of some 42 buzzwords that they’re not supposed to use anymore because it makes them sound like kooks. A few samples: “birthing person” (is that “woke” for “mother”? If so, why not just say “mother”?) “Cisgender.” (I can never remember what that’s supposed to mean.) And the pick of the litter:
NORMIE VOTERS
Uh, excuse me… Doesn’t that sound like one of those thing we’re not allowed to say? Like “We should be nice to ****s [insert one racial slur].
Sorry, but you guys still sound like crazy people.
It is crazy. I pray for our nation daily and for the UK and Europe, in hope that common sense won’t become obsolete. This is a spiritual struggle, not merely political.
Yes, unknowable2! I think it’s only explainable by considering:
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Ephesians 6:12 (KJV)
I remember better light;.
There has been a lot of study regarding the principalities in recent years. The late Dr. Michael Heiser posits, based upon the most recent translation of Deuteronomy 32:8, from the Dead Sea Scrolls, that God divided the nations at the time of Babel and allowed governance of these nations by lesser spirit creatures. These have failed to uphold justice and even promoted worship of themselves as false gods. In verse 9 of that same chapter it makes clear that the One True God reserves the offspring of Jacob unto himself, and our work as Christians is to spread that good news.
This perspective actually gives a very satisfying answer to why God has allowed mankind’s suffering to continue as long as it has. These rebellious principalities have run a disastrous course and will likely soon culminate by attacking all that is godly, at which time those loyal to God will be spared His wrath.
I’m fairly certain that Dr. Heiser was onto something with this. I don’t agree with his every word, but i agree with much of what he posits. If the nations are led by evil forces in the spirit realm, this would certainly explain actions by nation states which are disastrous and even self defeating.
In the meantime, continue to pray for our nation, the nations suffering poor leadership, and for the Seed of Abraham, into which we are grafted.
Yea, right, do not use intersectionality and you will win every election. Biden proved you can run on nothing at all then open the boarder to the whole world the first day in office. Gosh, I didn’t know he was going to do that, did you?
*Sigh*
Yes it is, a spiritual struggle. The cure is the commandment Jesus gave to His disciples in Matthew 28:19-20. In verse 19 the Greek text reads “Go ye therefore and make disciples, or Christians of all nations.” These people need to repent, and turn from their evil ways. They need to hear the gospel, we need to give it to them, as Jesus commanded.
Christians need to be involved in every aspect of our culture; business and government. If you had godly CEOs in every business, do you think things would be better or worse? What if godly board members of a company, made up the majority of the board, would things be better or worse?
Jesus said, Make disciples of, not just people, but the nations! Lets do what Jesus told His Church to do.
Amen