Wokeness is a Secular Religion.

[L.A.M.B.]

"Woke" culture:
Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities, such as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and slavery reparations for African Americans.
The term, however, was originally coined by progressive Black Americans and used in racial justice movements in the early to mid-1900s.

To be "woke" politically in the Black community means that someone is informed, educated and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality, Merriam-Webster Dictionary states.
Identity has been at the heart of the so-called culture wars being seen across the country, as Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head on issues such as LGBTQ+ rights, racial education in schools, and more.

This is what God says thru his inspired word.
Ephesians 5:14 - Wherefore he saith,  Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Romans 13:11 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

We must be aware and sober for the enemy seeks only to devour us!

 

[TinMan]

Looks like IMHO that you have a comprehension issue of what the issue is about and try to send it on another tangent..

and you are still not addressing the points made.

 

[TinMan]

Your suggestions are not addressing the sexual equation of husband and wife in marriages.

May I remind you that you posted: "When people are manipulated to accept behavior that is naturally against the majority of human society, that is persecution against their conscience of what they rule to be naturally right for thousands of years."
and the examples provided all went against the majority and history

If you want it to be that the first two humans of God's creation were Adam and Steve as one flesh, then your opinion is persecuting my conscience of what I and the majority of people experience and understand.

so asking a question about a very tired and very dim witted talking point is now persecution.

 

[Gottservant]

Have you seen the worship of the sun and idols in the apostate church.. need to read up.. Amazon.com

Again, I would call that ritual. Perhaps ritual within religion. But still.

 

[Hobie]

and you are still not addressing the points made.

So busy with the 'distortions' some make...

 

[Hobie]

But here is more from another author.. “Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement is Hijacking the Gospel—and the Way to Stop It,” Strachan does a deep dive into critical race theory, and what he calls wokeness. He concludes: “Wokeness is not just not the Gospel. Wokeness is anti-Gospel.”

The reason Strachan’s analysis is so important is that wokeness is not a simple knot to unravel. As he explains, “Historical sins sit heavy upon us.”

The sins of slavery and the institutionalized racism of Jim Crow and segregation are very real. In spite of the false accusation that we don’t teach honest history in the United States, I would argue there isn’t an American alive today who is not keenly aware of the sins of the past and of the long difficult journey toward the Founders’ ideal of a nation in which all men are created equal.... Strachan unpacks just how misguided and destructive wokeness is in a 14-point critique. At its simplest, the critique can be summed up in his simple formula: “In this system of wokeness, there is no grace and no love.”

But as wokeness seeps into America’s churches, it is vital that Christians educate themselves and understand just how antithetical wokeness is to the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.

Indeed, Strachan concludes that wokeness is a new religion, with no creator, libertine sexuality, all trust in the state to rule us, and salvation derived from anti-racism." Hijacking Christianity: Why 'Wokeness Is Anti-Gospel'

It seems others see it, and its not only a secular religion, but one that is being pushed by the state which is turning more 'godless' and lawless and making us grasp a false man made ideals which cannot be reached as long as sin exists. And since they do not believe in God and thus true good (and the evil which conflicts against it), they cannot find a real solution. Thats what we are seeing in this 'secular religion' which is being 'indoctrinated' in our schools, on our children, and young people, and even from the highest office.

 

[Earburner]

May I remind you that you posted: "When people are manipulated to accept behavior that is naturally against the majority of human society, that is persecution against their conscience of what they rule to be naturally right for thousands of years."
and the examples provided all went against the majority and history

so asking a question about a very tired and very dim witted talking point is now persecution.

No. You are not understanding what "persecution" is, and the many forms of it.
Here are a few categories, based on an individuals viewpoint.
1. Persecution is not only "religious" abuse, being that of others against one's own religious beliefs.
Persecution against a person can be perceived in additional ways:
2. Abuse against one's own conscience, of what is right and wrong.
3. Abuse against one's emotions over hate, indifference, or love towards others.
4. Abuse against one's physical being/body
for noncompliance to a majority rule, or that which is established through govenmental civil law, whether legal or unlegal.

 

[TinMan]

No. You are not understanding what "persecution" is,

wow irony

 

[Earburner]

wow irony

No, not irony, but rather whatever one does habitually that offends another's conscience, over that which is not acceptable behavior by the majority.
Do you condone lawlessness of the minority whether that be murder, theft and/or open rebellion against the peaceful existence of the majority, who seek peace among the majority?

 

[Ghada]

This is very interesting and makes sense...

""Wokeness" has become so pervasive across America's institutions from schools to corporations that author Vivek Ramaswamy argues it meets the Supreme Court test for religion.

"Wokeness is a secular religion. It isn't a religion based on God. It isn't a religion that offers a path to redemption, but it is a secular religion nonetheless," Ramaswamy, author of Woke, Inc. tells CBN News.

In his new book, Ramaswamy lays out legal solutions for people who've been fired for not ascribing to this religion of wokeness.

"When you have a moral vacuum that runs that deep, that's when secular dark religions like wokeness start to fill the void as we have seen the things that used to fill that void: patriotism, faith, hard work on the decline or nearly disappearing ? that's what allows 'woke-ism' to effectively become opium for the American soul," Ramaswamy explains....

He proposes adding political speech and belief to the list of protected classes, which he says is needed to fight a form of discrimination reaching scary heights.

"In my opinion, it is certainly far more rampant than racial discrimination which we instead obsess over and we need to apply those standards evenhandedly," he says.

And now as multi-national American companies like Coke, Disney, and Nike impose this new religion ? he says foes like China are benefiting at the expense of the United States. "What they've recognized is that American wokeness ? they even have a word for it ? this is cultural weakness."

Because he says, America's greatest asset on the national stage isn't our military might, it's our moral standing.

"They get companies like Disney, or Nike, or associations like the NBA or celebrities like LeBron James to criticize the United States relentlessly about alleged social injustice but they do not say a peep in China ? in fact, many of them actually praise China and the reason they do it is because that is their condition to be allowed to enter the Chinese market."

And he says the hypocrisy is astounding.

"One of them is Disney's hypocrisy, in particular, saying they could not shoot a film in the state of Georgia if Georgia passed an anti-abortion statute ? the equivalent of a heartbeat bill a couple of years ago but last year they shoot Mulan in the Xingjiang province of China literally ground zero of the Uighur human rights crisis and not only do they stay silent ? at the end of the film they actually praise China ? they thank the Xingjiang authorities at the end of the film in the credits ? you can see it today. Those are the same authorities who are responsible for enslaving the Uighurs," he says.

Tech companies, he says, are also using the woke corporate culture to their advantage.

"What you're seeing right now especially in big tech is big government is now dispatching big tech to do through a back door what it could not directly do under the constitution ? namely to censor political speech and alleged hate speech and misinformation that it did not like to see online."

All while enjoying legal protection from liability. In his book, Ramaswamy argues ? if tech companies are acting as agents of the state, then they should be bound by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

He hopes his book will help Americans wake up and realize what's at stake."...... https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/wokene...nes-light-dangers-woke-corporate-culture

Woke is actually the delusional endgame of the religion of liberalism.

Another offshoot of liberalism is environment paganism.

Liberalism is the inserted virus of communism into former independent republics and democracies.

Hence, Communism took over it's matured environmentalism in the 90's and promotes wokism today. In other countries only.

The solution is always simple for all manner of sin and degradation: Just say no.

Let him eschew evil, and do good;

 

[rwb]

The heading is clear "Wokeness is a Secular Religion", and its not about a person

I agree! And it "wokeness" is hell bent on destroying all things of Christ!

 

[Hobie]

You introduced this person as the focal point of the OP. Should I ignore him?


The issue is how a concept that was part of the fabric of life for particular minority groups has been co-opted, redefined and turned into a slur to be used against those minorities.

The anti-woke hysteria is really an attack on minorities. People who are aware of systemic discrimination are vilified by Ramaswamy.

If you are woke you are in a moral vacuum.
Those who are woke are not patriotic.
Those who are woke cannot possibly share in the faith that you do.
Those who are woke are lazy

Need to focus on the issue....

 

[Hobie]

Woke is actually the delusional endgame of the religion of liberalism.

Another offshoot of liberalism is environment paganism.

Liberalism is the inserted virus of communism into former independent republics and democracies.

Hence, Communism took over it's matured environmentalism in the 90's and promotes wokism today. In other countries only.

The solution is always simple for all manner of sin and degradation: Just say no.

Let him eschew evil, and do good;

Yet, as you can see its sweeping America, to say nothing of the world...

 

[Ghada]

Yet, as you can see its sweeping America, to say nothing of the world...

It's just making an ever-clearer division between the Lord's people and them of the god of this world.

Like in elections, The only candidates I need to think about are Republicans vs Republicans. D is DOA.

 

[Hobie]

It's just making an ever-clearer division between the Lord's people and them of the god of this world.

Like in elections, The only candidates I need to think about are Republicans vs Republicans. D is DOA.

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