Some of this responses to this post show us alot about how #religiouslanguage words.
We use religious language to evoke authority, tradition, mystery. It marks something as special (whether positively or negatively), set aside, sacred.
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We use religious language to evoke authority, tradition, mystery. It marks something as special (whether positively or negatively), set aside, sacred.
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https://twitter.com/aimeebyrdhwt/status/1389901724442406920
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If Christians with recognised authority call something "Biblical" (Biblical manhood, Biblical counseling, Biblical patriarchy),
& if this is repeated often enough,
The sacred meaning attached to that concept (of manhood or whatever) becomes *very difficult* to question/detach
If Christians with recognised authority call something "Biblical" (Biblical manhood, Biblical counseling, Biblical patriarchy),
& if this is repeated often enough,
The sacred meaning attached to that concept (of manhood or whatever) becomes *very difficult* to question/detach
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If you question this concept that has been *branded* as Biblical,
You aren't just questioning the concept of manhood or counseling, etc.
You aren't just questioning the authority figures who designed that brand.
You are now questioning the Bible. You are questioning God.
If you question this concept that has been *branded* as Biblical,
You aren't just questioning the concept of manhood or counseling, etc.
You aren't just questioning the authority figures who designed that brand.
You are now questioning the Bible. You are questioning God.
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The difficult bit is getting people to separate in their minds the *concept* from the *sacred branding*.
Especially when powerful authority figures who are responsible for that sacred branding are leading the resistance against any critical questioning.
The difficult bit is getting people to separate in their minds the *concept* from the *sacred branding*.
Especially when powerful authority figures who are responsible for that sacred branding are leading the resistance against any critical questioning.
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Here's one example of al this, in a recent response to the post above:
"Title is rather confusing, don’t we want to have Biblical Manhood & Womanhood vice [sic] secular Manhood and Womanhood? From the title alone I will never read this book."
Here's one example of al this, in a recent response to the post above:
"Title is rather confusing, don’t we want to have Biblical Manhood & Womanhood vice [sic] secular Manhood and Womanhood? From the title alone I will never read this book."
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Or this comment:
"WHO titled that book? I don't want ANY Christians to "recover" from ANYTHING BIBLICAL. Weird."
The attaching of "Biblical" creates a Right vs. Wrong narrative.
Our concept vs. all other versions.
Christians vs. The World.
Bible vs. Lies.
God vs. Satan.
Or this comment:
"WHO titled that book? I don't want ANY Christians to "recover" from ANYTHING BIBLICAL. Weird."
The attaching of "Biblical" creates a Right vs. Wrong narrative.
Our concept vs. all other versions.
Christians vs. The World.
Bible vs. Lies.
God vs. Satan.
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To give you an idea as to the SCALE of this "Biblical womanhood" branding,
"womahood" is 50th in the top 100 collocates of "Biblical" (terms which co-occur w/ statistically significant frequency) in the Global Corpus of Web-Based English.
"manhood" is number 100.
To give you an idea as to the SCALE of this "Biblical womanhood" branding,
"womahood" is 50th in the top 100 collocates of "Biblical" (terms which co-occur w/ statistically significant frequency) in the Global Corpus of Web-Based English.
"manhood" is number 100.
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In case you're interested what comes between the two.
In case you're interested what comes between the two.
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