Mar 24, 2023·edited Mar 24, 2023Liked by ourospost
Great piece as always!
Not much to add other than the fact that most people don't seem to think that the modern world is a result of their sins and the sins of their ancestors. I find it hard to believe that most people read the Bible and skip over the parts about God being a God of vengeance who punishes the 4th generation. Maybe everything that's happening to white people was done to those under their rule. But if you think railroads and or muh democracy make up for all the sufferings of colonized peoples then your are hopeless. This isn't a problem with just white people, brown diaspoos like myself engage in the same behavior. We'll post shit about our "great history" and get into flame wars with other ethnicities over whose group is better(even though most of us are wagies in the West lol). All of this shit is gay and reduces the Image of God in other people. To avoid adding more to my longwinded comment, I'll just say that Christ said that those who don't hate their mother and father aren't worthy of him. How does whitewashing the sins of our ancestors and taking pride in them, while at the same time putting down others make us worthy of Christ?
This was good. I was thinking that deconstruction isn't inherently a bad thing if you revere what you deconstruct so that you can build more on top of it as you put it back together. I wonder what compels the soul to eternally deconstruct without regard for building anything to replace what is torn apart. It made me realize that "deconstruction" is inherently an Enlightenment problem, but I can't put my finger on why. When I personally "deconstruct" something, it gives me awe and wonder at how something works, but for others, it depresses them. Is it a mindset or something more?
Great piece as always!
Not much to add other than the fact that most people don't seem to think that the modern world is a result of their sins and the sins of their ancestors. I find it hard to believe that most people read the Bible and skip over the parts about God being a God of vengeance who punishes the 4th generation. Maybe everything that's happening to white people was done to those under their rule. But if you think railroads and or muh democracy make up for all the sufferings of colonized peoples then your are hopeless. This isn't a problem with just white people, brown diaspoos like myself engage in the same behavior. We'll post shit about our "great history" and get into flame wars with other ethnicities over whose group is better(even though most of us are wagies in the West lol). All of this shit is gay and reduces the Image of God in other people. To avoid adding more to my longwinded comment, I'll just say that Christ said that those who don't hate their mother and father aren't worthy of him. How does whitewashing the sins of our ancestors and taking pride in them, while at the same time putting down others make us worthy of Christ?
Just followed your Substack and read your first (and only) piece! Get back to writing bucko, I'm interested to see what you're up to!
This was good. I was thinking that deconstruction isn't inherently a bad thing if you revere what you deconstruct so that you can build more on top of it as you put it back together. I wonder what compels the soul to eternally deconstruct without regard for building anything to replace what is torn apart. It made me realize that "deconstruction" is inherently an Enlightenment problem, but I can't put my finger on why. When I personally "deconstruct" something, it gives me awe and wonder at how something works, but for others, it depresses them. Is it a mindset or something more?