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Dr.Neil Shenvi identifies one of the
main premise of Critical Theory this way: “Who we are as individuals
is inseparable from our group identity, as either oppressed or
oppressor.”
Think about this.
According to Critical Theory, if an individual is "white," his/her identity as an oppressor is determined by his/her group identity.
Regardless of how any individual Caucasian may feel about other people’s skin
pigmentation, he/she is a racist because he/she is “white” (an
oppressor group).
So a vice president of a major theological seminary can suggest
that a “white” Christian’s attitudes about race are “deeply informed by
whiteness.” And because he is “white,” he can say: “I am a racist and
I’m going to struggle with racism and white supremacy until the day I die and
get my glorified body.” (The CapstoneReport,
July 29, 2019).
If you are a capitalist, you are an oppressor.
If you are heterosexual, you are an oppressor.
If you are a male, you are an oppressor. (The solution
to this sticky problem is to eliminate male/female distinctions. If you were born with
certain plumbing, you need not be male. You can “trans” to one of many gender options, and escape your oppressive birth-sex identity.)
If you are an old, white, heterosexual, capitalist, Christian,
male, you are the ultimate oppressor.
Critical
Theory rejects the idea that people are individually guilty or innocent. It is group identity that determines whether a
person is an oppressor or oppressed.
This is delusional.
This is delusional.
It stands in stark contrast to the biblical premise that people
are individually accountable to a Higher Being for their
attitudes and actions, which most Americans formerly taught their children, even in school.
According to Critical Theory, personal responsibility and
accountability under God is oppressive. This is why
Christianity must be silenced: it teaches there are universal,
objective, unchanging moral norms that apply to everyone, and we are individually accountable.
Such "Christo-normativity" is oppressive.
Such "Christo-normativity" is oppressive.
To follow this line of thinking, the God of the Bible is
the ultimate oppressor. People must be liberated from the very
idea of a personal God who is there, and has spoken about how we should then live.
Christo-normativity must be neutralized. Even if by force.
Critical Theory (through knowing and unknowing adherents) has fueled an impassioned, international fight to "liberate" people from the ultimate oppression: Christo-normativity.
I believe this is the root of the cold civil war we are in.
In this 5-minute clip, Elly Barnes, CEO of Educate & Celebrate, a British group, happily explains how they are training school teachers to "completely smash hetero-normativity" through "usualizing" homosexuality. In this way, they help children to be "so much happier." (https://youtu.be/nt2bSF2xOVg)
Then there's this 45-second clip from the BBC, showing how 'smashing hetero-normativity' is done with a class of 6 year olds.
Posted by Dr. Christian Overman
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