Saturday, August 2, 2008

Christian Agrarianism???!?!?!?!?!

erican (one nation under God). What I see is that the "green movement" has brainwashed even the most sincere Christians into some sort of belief that we as people have control over the universe, this planet, or even the ground we own or walk on. Never forget that God is in control. Never forget that the environmental movement IS a religion.

Here are a few definitions copied from online sources (wikipedia and the american heritage dictionary)...
Agrarianism - NOUN: A movement for equitable distribution of land and for agrarian reform.

Am I the ONLY person that sees a problem with this when compared to scripture??
And then we have the PHILOSOPHY of agrarianism....

In the introduction to his 1969 book Agrarianism in American Literature,
M. Thomas Inge defines agrarianism by the following basic tenets:
Cultivation of the soil provides direct contact with nature; through the contact with nature the agrarian is blessed with a closer relationship to God. Farming has within it a positive spiritual good; the farmer acquires the virtues of "honor, manliness,
self-reliance, courage, moral integrity, and hospitality" and follows the example of God when creating order out of chaos.
The farmer "has a sense of identity, a sense of historical and religious tradition, a feeling of belonging to a concrete family, place, and region, which are psychologically and culturally beneficial." The harmony of this life checks the encroachments of a fragmented, alienated modern society which has grown to inhuman scale. In contrast, farming offers total independence and
self-sufficiency. It has a solid, stable position in the world order. But urban life, capitalism, and technology destroy our independence and dignity while fostering vice and weakness within us. The agricultural community can provide checks and balances against the imbalances of modern society by its fellowship of labor and cooperation with other agrarians, while obeying the rhythms of nature. The agrarian community is the model society for mankind.
GOD created the model society for mankind (the garden of eden). We do not toil in the fields for any kind of self-enlightenment. We do it to eat. Capitalism and technology does not destroy anything. Sin does.

2 comments:

Janet said...

Well Iwill comment on this!! I think you hit it on the right place. All of this is God's and he gave it to us to till and take care of and learn independence and how to take care of ourselves. Provident living!! You do a great job!! No, man is not in control, GOD is!!

Tabletop Homestead said...

I can see what you're saying and it made me think. I jotted a few thoughts down in my latest blog post.

You have some lovely pictures here. Hope you all aren't suffering too much in this heat.

Blessings,
Judy at Tabletop Homestead