Apr 25, 2008 07:30
This is an example of how pagans and State Churches view the religious who follow biblical instruction to sanctify their lives, which means to live separate from the norms of prevailing society and to not conform to this world, which means the same thing.
State churches do not subscribe to this view, but rather try to make the seeker comfortable, and become all things that pagans could hope for. They are under no law and unlike the Black Brigade that rebelled against the lawful colonial government, not only refuse to disobey any law, but regard such disobedience by others as a capital offence. Their righteousness exceeds that of god and they regard themselves as holy merely by thinking biblical thoughts and following the practices of the health-nuts.
As a rule the average Christian and Jew of any denomination is biblically illiterate and obtains his understanding by divining what "his" god would do. Consequently, the Law holds a position inferior to denominational and rabbinic tradition, or church administrative documents even though their rabbi told them that he did not intend to nullify the Law and whom the Sanhedrin determined was innocent in that regard.
The Evangelicals cannot keep their children in the faith and there is a reason for it. The State Churches are no different than secular organizations, and the members live no differently than the people around them. Their Christian life and spiritual warfare, is purely imaginary and ineffective to accomplish any purpose whatever.
Here is how the pagan and State Christian view the religious:
Eldorado Children Discussed as if they were Muslims
"Many of the children have seen little or no television. They have been essentially home-schooled all their lives. Most were raised on garden-grown vegetables and twice-daily prayers with family. They frolic in long dresses and buttoned-up shirts from another century.
"There's going to be problems," said Susan Hays, who represents a toddler in the custody case. "They are a throwback to the 19th century in how they dress and how they behave."
"We recognize it's critical that these children not be exposed to mainstream culture too quickly or other things that would hinder their success... We're not trying to change them."
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