tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post6303311808122282254..comments2024-03-27T14:45:28.176-05:00Comments on Adventus: History 101: AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-26726026596479652922018-09-15T16:40:24.257-05:002018-09-15T16:40:24.257-05:00Admittedly I'm going on memory, but I think I ...Admittedly I'm going on memory, but I think I noticed the lack of a national flag in the Episcopal church I attended for a few years. The basis of my "analysis" could be undone with a few counter-examples, but still, the idea persists, to me: a church that identifies with its congregation (i.e., a "congregational" polity) is more inclined to put up a flag and display it in worship, than an episcopalian polity. IMHO, anyway.<br /><br />And the substitution of Xianity for an imitation has been going on as long as I can remember, and as best I understand American (at least) history. I agree, it is to be resisted. I'm just not as shocked as TIB to notice it, and I'm a little tired of right-wing churches being the exemplar for all of American Xianity, while we're on the subject.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-13658903844750154512018-09-15T15:43:12.955-05:002018-09-15T15:43:12.955-05:00I don't go to mass enough so I know if there&#...I don't go to mass enough so I know if there's a flag in the church, I do know that during my parents funeral masses they removed the flags from their coffins (both of them vets of WWII) and replaced it with a pall. I don't know if that's related to this or not. <br /><br />I don't like to see a flag in a church because of lots of things. Right now it's because I don't think democracy can exist in the United States under our Constitution unless a sufficient number of people believe that many things necessary for democracy come most typically from religious values which are held to transcend man-made laws. Certainly some of the ones that rule in the law, as opposed to The Law. <br /><br />That said, the substitution of Christianity for an imitation called the same thing but just a modern, American style secular state paganism should be resisted. I'm kind of scandalized at how widespread that state religion is. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com