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Mar 30, 2011 21:37

Something called "Rez Week" is happening at my university; Rez Week is short for 'Resurrection Week', and it's where a bunch of tents are set up at a specific area, around a stage where a christian band occasionally plays, free coffee and stuff is given, some signs for public responses to a handfull of questions are put up, and people mill around ( Read more... )

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harumi March 31 2011, 03:44:13 UTC

What Christian denomination are they? You seem to be referring to Protestant Christianity as a whole, but they're incredibly varied, and depending on the sect, almost alien ( ... )

Hooollyy shit huge reply here zalein March 31 2011, 03:59:30 UTC

Nngh--I see it more as an application of a clumsy idea that's well meant, but not thought through. I have my own very specific ideas, which sound like they're fairly similar to what yours are, but I walked into those conversations with a very firm personal stance: I stand wherever I want to stand in any of those conversations, I talk to whoever I want to talk with, I extend friendship to whoever I want to, and no one is going to get any further than I want them to. Granted, the use of the word was still awkward, but I think I've simply gotten good at giving all the friendliness while actually giving nothing I'm not wanting to give deliberately ( ... )

Re: Hooollyy shit huge reply here zalein March 31 2011, 04:00:54 UTC

... ALSO. I don't know what specific sect they were--the only girl I asked said she didn't hold to any particular denomination, but said 'Protestant' by way of answer. I haven't asked anyone else, though I suppose I should, even if only to know who all these ideas belong to when I remember them in hindsight.

Re: Hooollyy shit huge reply here harumi March 31 2011, 04:27:48 UTC

Ooooh, warning bells galore, that. A lot of domionist Christians will say that, and they're about as related to Christianity as Al Qaeda is related to Islam.

I'm part of a dominionist watch community called dark_christianJesus camp, you'll see their philosophy applied to young, impressionable children. Sarah Palin has tons of connections to their groups, as does the Tea Party.

If you were anyone else I would worry about getting too close to them.

Re: Hooollyy shit huge reply here harumi March 31 2011, 04:28:40 UTC

Urgh, LJ borked the html. It should be "If you've heard of the documentary called Jesus Camp..."

zalein March 31 2011, 04:33:47 UTC

... For a minute there I thought you were typos-ing and saying domino-ing Christians. OTL.

Hmm. I haven't seen anything like this--it's all been specifically towards Christianity, not towards the State, or a Christian world. In fact, the girl I was talking with said in the second conversation that a world unity seemed kind of worldy to her. That was one of those things I was reminding myself to talk with her about, next time.

Also, the subject of the End of Times did come up, largely because the Baha'i Faith believes they're already upon us, that that's why the world is so turbulent right now, and that everyone should be putting forth their greatest efforts to be a part of the simultaneous reconstructive effort going on. The girl seemed uncomfortable, I think because it didn't seem like the end of the world to her, and she didn't really persue the subject very far.

In conclusion: I don't think these people are with that, but I'll start keeping an eye out. It's entirely possible that I'll notice other people and other things if I'm

EDITS GALORE. zalein March 31 2011, 04:35:02 UTC

Also--Lol HTML. No, I haven't seen that documentary, but I think I've heard of it...

The way you describe all this is actually somewhat unsettling. I hadn't been aware of this movement until now.

Third Fourth Edit: In hindsight, everyone coming together under a world religion did come up. I can't remember the context, or the preceding conversation. All I remember is that I casually but honestly said that in a way, yes, the Baha'is someday wanted there to be at least as many Baha'is as there are Christians, in a way that it could be everywhere. (For the sake of honesty, this was said in the context of the Baha'i Faith being a common religion to everyone someday. Just so I'm not giving the wrong context to that girl.)

As I said, I can't remember how it was brought up, beyond that I think she was probably talking about the Baha'i Faith--the fact that that term came up at all makes me wonder, though; either she's heard about people like that in conversation, and now thinks me creepy, or she's simply discussed it in passing, or it's a ( ... )

Re: Hooollyy shit huge reply here harumi March 31 2011, 04:12:52 UTC

Yeah, it was painful for me, and confusing for my parents, since they were raised in a non-Christian society, and weren't familiar with the tactic, and I, being raised in their household, wasn't familiar with it either ( ... )

zalein March 31 2011, 04:25:26 UTC

Aaagh... That sounds horrible--like a social dance with people that don't even have the background to hear the silent music playing. The entire incident sounds miserable, however light you're making of it now ( ... )

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