At the root of the overwhelming majority of maladaptive social movements is a deep and profound crisis of identity: no one seems to have any true sense of security about who they are and why they were made.
"Divorced from answers to these really important questions, confusion reigns supreme. I’m a Christian, so it is my deeply held belief that every human alive was intentionally designed by a loving God and with a specific purpose in mind— a purpose no one else could possibly fulfill. We are not an accident. We are here on mission. There’s work specific to our passions and aptitudes that we are expected to champion. And the closer we can get to naming that purpose, the happier and more fruitful our lives will be,"
This is a whole word. Until we know God's purpose fot us, we will never have true peace in our lives, as we'll search for meaning in all the wrong places.
Honestly the manosphere, tradwives and much more is a reaction to our now very tedious porn culture. Of course there had to be a backlash to the cosmopolitan magazine style pornotrash being pumped out of social media platforms, unbidden at this point. Of course people are going to the political right.
We’re all sick of the sex-positive wokesters with no beliefs or solutions except “ tolerate everything”.
This book answers these questions more profoundly than anything I've ever encountered. The hunger for identity, and identity politics more broadly, has its origin in the fracturing of our society and as relational/familial bonds have disintegrated.
The essential bonds cannot be held together by human effort alone. We need the power that only God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—can provide to maintain and/or rebuild them.
Agree entirely. And so would the author. Elsewhere she makes the point that with the decline of faith there is a concurrent decline in family. One kind of leads to the other and feed off each other, basically.
I’m not sure how to answer this question. I believe we have a Creator who designed us with a purpose, and I believe He loves us and wants relationship with us.
"Divorced from answers to these really important questions, confusion reigns supreme. I’m a Christian, so it is my deeply held belief that every human alive was intentionally designed by a loving God and with a specific purpose in mind— a purpose no one else could possibly fulfill. We are not an accident. We are here on mission. There’s work specific to our passions and aptitudes that we are expected to champion. And the closer we can get to naming that purpose, the happier and more fruitful our lives will be,"
This is a whole word. Until we know God's purpose fot us, we will never have true peace in our lives, as we'll search for meaning in all the wrong places.
Honestly the manosphere, tradwives and much more is a reaction to our now very tedious porn culture. Of course there had to be a backlash to the cosmopolitan magazine style pornotrash being pumped out of social media platforms, unbidden at this point. Of course people are going to the political right.
We’re all sick of the sex-positive wokesters with no beliefs or solutions except “ tolerate everything”.
Again, this is a false dichotomy. We have more options than bad and worse.
This book answers these questions more profoundly than anything I've ever encountered. The hunger for identity, and identity politics more broadly, has its origin in the fracturing of our society and as relational/familial bonds have disintegrated.
"Primal Screams" by Mary Eberstadt: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/templeton-press/primal-screams/9781599475851/
The essential bonds cannot be held together by human effort alone. We need the power that only God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—can provide to maintain and/or rebuild them.
Agree entirely. And so would the author. Elsewhere she makes the point that with the decline of faith there is a concurrent decline in family. One kind of leads to the other and feed off each other, basically.
What do you mean by loving god? What is it?
I’m not sure how to answer this question. I believe we have a Creator who designed us with a purpose, and I believe He loves us and wants relationship with us.
You may want to read the Gospel of John.
Nailed it! I totally see the light now. Thank you for your rousing contribution to this discussion.
Bless your heart