Cancel culture started first at divisive church ideas encouraging people “if you can’t agree with the pastor (who is like our little king) just shop around to find someone you can sit silently and agree with.” (eye roll)
A pastor not too long ago said “if you don’t like pastor so and so go listen to someone else”. All Jesus followers I consider a friend. Disagreement with a friend is not grounds for disliking or unfriending or canceling and censoring.
“Go listen” to someone else’s performance… that is deeply flawed theology of church gatherings. “How can two walk together lest they be in agreement?” Does not apply to Christian gatherings. It’s a cut and paste theology used to rid churches of people who disagree. Wimpy leaders who don’t want to be bothered with disagreement, who insist they get the final word on everything. And who don’t want to acknowledge the fact, (yes fact) that they actually need others to disagree and debate and together come to the mind of Christ on every topic.
Then this attitude it evolved to social media where anything disagreeable offends and then the unfriending and cruel battles online and blocking began.
Now it has evolved to a National scale where entire people groups get canceled, fired, banned, censored for the offense of hurting peoples super sensitive feelings. I believe the cruel left wing elites learned this from church going Christians.
I believe that most major social ills are learned from Christians who believe traditional lies over scripture and over the Spirit of Jesus. They usually start with deceptive theology, doctrines of demons, that inherent then unwittingly cling to.
If we can acknowledge this mistake, especially Christian leaders. Then repent and seek what the Lord wants then we can undo the National situation we are facing.
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