Alarming Evidence That Folks Don't Get Along
In this article, I read where Harvard professor Robert D. Putnam published his latest findings—which he felt were almost inflammatory—that there is less trust in multi-cultural communities. Ho Ho! Alarming, my foot! What is really a simple fact to me and to any Bible-reading Joe, that we don't get along because all have sinned and come short, is a surprise to this obviously humanistic poly sci prof from Boston. Man is not inherently good, and when the humanist does his homework, he feels that the answer is somehow inflammatory, that people are not good as once believed.
Culture Clash
But the second issue, that of culture clash, is one area that television and textbooks want to ram down the American throat. Don't get your feelings hurt just because I don't like your style of cooking, dress, or conversation: I was raised by parents of English descent. And likewise, I won't force my culture on you either—I will respect your culture, but I don't have to join it.
Come Together
Humanists definitely have a problem when it comes to the Apostolic Church. They flat refuse to see that folks from all cultures can worship together in one spirit, one spiritual community, without having to to move in together, or else shake off all previous norms and mores of one's personal upbringing. That just confuses the heck out of Humanists. The author of the article pointed out later that folks will come together sometimes for the common good of say, fighting a World War, but only while there was a common cause and purpose that seems noble.
Airdrop Apostolics
I could rant on about the pitfall of humanism, but let me say here that the issue of trust is not always the bottom line. The Harvard prof went hunting Trust and found it lacking in America, especially in large cities such as Los Angeles where multiculturalism abounds. But we can airdrop an Apostolic missionary & wife & kids in any culture on any continent, and in a few months have a thriving little community known as the Church, the Ecclesia: called out ones.
In this article, I read where Harvard professor Robert D. Putnam published his latest findings—which he felt were almost inflammatory—that there is less trust in multi-cultural communities. Ho Ho! Alarming, my foot! What is really a simple fact to me and to any Bible-reading Joe, that we don't get along because all have sinned and come short, is a surprise to this obviously humanistic poly sci prof from Boston. Man is not inherently good, and when the humanist does his homework, he feels that the answer is somehow inflammatory, that people are not good as once believed.
Culture Clash
But the second issue, that of culture clash, is one area that television and textbooks want to ram down the American throat. Don't get your feelings hurt just because I don't like your style of cooking, dress, or conversation: I was raised by parents of English descent. And likewise, I won't force my culture on you either—I will respect your culture, but I don't have to join it.
Come Together
Humanists definitely have a problem when it comes to the Apostolic Church. They flat refuse to see that folks from all cultures can worship together in one spirit, one spiritual community, without having to to move in together, or else shake off all previous norms and mores of one's personal upbringing. That just confuses the heck out of Humanists. The author of the article pointed out later that folks will come together sometimes for the common good of say, fighting a World War, but only while there was a common cause and purpose that seems noble.
Airdrop Apostolics
I could rant on about the pitfall of humanism, but let me say here that the issue of trust is not always the bottom line. The Harvard prof went hunting Trust and found it lacking in America, especially in large cities such as Los Angeles where multiculturalism abounds. But we can airdrop an Apostolic missionary & wife & kids in any culture on any continent, and in a few months have a thriving little community known as the Church, the Ecclesia: called out ones.
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