With things like the family planning/abortion debates, the rise in home schooling, and debate between working women and homemakers, is the cult of domesticity on the rise?
Re: just wonderingcarryonandonSeptember 15 2006, 15:14:39 UTC
:-) You're not intruding at all.
So, is religion a fad? It is only if you equate it with the ever-changing political culture that is often associated with it. I think that it is very easy to mix up politics with faith and not even realize it. I am going to talk about Christianity since it is the religion I am most familiar with and belong to. For instance, I think it is possible that the "cult of domesticity" tries to link itself to Christianity when in reality the two do not necessarily support each other. It's possible to have faith in Christ without believing in the cultural underpinnings of the "cult of domesticity."
You mention that you would hate to think that you were "fighting for something so frivolous" in regard to the relationship between your religious beliefs and how they relate to government legislation and policies.
For me, faith in Christ is best expressed through love and the building of relationships between people - not putting up walls between myself and others via divisive legislation that could seem to support only my own selfish goals. From what I can tell, the Christ of the gospels did not choose force or angry persuasive tactics to win people. In fact, the entire system of salvation (as Protestants know it) is set up to be a personal choice free from coercion. (Not that this has been the way it has worked historically/politically - but that is the theoretical way it is supposed to work). My point is that I do not feel the need to fight politically for anything other than the right for religious freedom (including protection from hate crimes) and the preservation of civil liberties. If God is as powerful as we as Christians believe, then he should be able to influence politics all in his own. Through prayer, he promises to make things happen according to his will. If this is what you believe, then (in my opinion) you shouldn’t act out of fear that if you don’t fight for “Christian” legislation, then all will be lost. When you fight, you take it into your own hands vs. having faith that God will work.
Therefore, perhaps the followers of the “cult of domesticity” are acting out of their cultural beliefs that they associate with Christianity rather than acting out of faith.
Sorry for the book - feel free to refute any of my arguments.
So, is religion a fad? It is only if you equate it with the ever-changing political culture that is often associated with it. I think that it is very easy to mix up politics with faith and not even realize it. I am going to talk about Christianity since it is the religion I am most familiar with and belong to. For instance, I think it is possible that the "cult of domesticity" tries to link itself to Christianity when in reality the two do not necessarily support each other. It's possible to have faith in Christ without believing in the cultural underpinnings of the "cult of domesticity."
You mention that you would hate to think that you were "fighting for something so frivolous" in regard to the relationship between your religious beliefs and how they relate to government legislation and policies.
For me, faith in Christ is best expressed through love and the building of relationships between people - not putting up walls between myself and others via divisive legislation that could seem to support only my own selfish goals. From what I can tell, the Christ of the gospels did not choose force or angry persuasive tactics to win people. In fact, the entire system of salvation (as Protestants know it) is set up to be a personal choice free from coercion. (Not that this has been the way it has worked historically/politically - but that is the theoretical way it is supposed to work). My point is that I do not feel the need to fight politically for anything other than the right for religious freedom (including protection from hate crimes) and the preservation of civil liberties. If God is as powerful as we as Christians believe, then he should be able to influence politics all in his own. Through prayer, he promises to make things happen according to his will. If this is what you believe, then (in my opinion) you shouldn’t act out of fear that if you don’t fight for “Christian” legislation, then all will be lost. When you fight, you take it into your own hands vs. having faith that God will work.
Therefore, perhaps the followers of the “cult of domesticity” are acting out of their cultural beliefs that they associate with Christianity rather than acting out of faith.
Sorry for the book - feel free to refute any of my arguments.
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