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We all know cancel culture flourished in conservative churches before conservative politicians cynically made it one of their favorite pin on the donkey games. Still, it was with surprise and appreciation that i bumped into and read the the article below. First a tiny reminder:

"Voice of the people: Evangelicals know cancel culture
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[...]Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, church youth groups coordinated book burnings and music bonfires to purge their world of evil art. On any given night of the week, televangelists and Christian activists could be found on cable news attacking their enemies by name and blaming them for the “moral decay” of America.
P - Evangelicals tried their level best to smear and shame any person or organization who didn’t behave or believe appropriately in order to forcibly craft a society according to their Christian values.
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P - "What in the flying fluck is wrong with people in fla?
[...]It also bans classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation up to the 8th grade, legally reinforcing a DeSantis administration move to prohibit such lessons in all grades. Additionally, the bill strengthens the system in which people can lodge challenges against school books, another DeSantis initiative that has led to the removal of material he and his supporters argue are inappropriate for children.""

To the surprise, straight from the horse's mouth -- Cancel Culture Began in the Church

Robert Patenaude
Director-Instructor at Bible-Literalist Institutes

Published Feb 12, 2022

After being in a wonderful old-fashioned missionary revival meeting for four days . . . after listening to missionaries weep as they preach and honestly appeal to hearts for souls the Bible, Gospel way . . . after watching altars full of young people (who don't need trap sets and electric rock guitars to pump them up) begin each meeting with a healthy session of prayer, after hearing the old hymns of the Christian faith sung by young and elderly alike . . . after seeing a local church demonstrate openly love for every member of a goodly number of missionary families . . . .

We see the following, written by Pastor T L Jones and posted by an old-fashioned missionary evangelist,
Brother Michael Thurmond, and w say AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! Glory be to the Lamb that was slain . . . .
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I'm a traditional Baptist pastor. Nobody has to explain cancel culture to me. Traditional pastors, in every mainline
denomination, were canceled years ago by those who [are] often referred to as contemporary Christians.

We were slandered.

We were mocked.

We were considered archaic and irrelevant.

We were considered far right and extreme.

We were accused of being unloving and without compassion.

We were forsaken and replaced.

We were relegated to the ecclesiastical dust ben of history.

Cancel culture didn't begin and gain traction on a godless liberal college campus. It didn't first flourish in major corporations or on Wall Street. Sadly, cancel culture began in church pews when someone decided that the Bible was outdated, Paul was a male chauvinist, pews were too uncomfortable, pulpits were authoritarian, preaching was dictatorial, and hymns were boring.

But surprise...

We (traditional pastors) are still here. Our congregations are smaller and our influence is less potent in the public square. But our message hasn't changed and we're not folding under pressure.

They only thought they cancelled us. They actually cancelled themselves as they moved further and further away from truth and [away from] those who preach it wholeheartedly and without apology.

We still love the world like we always have. We still have the only message than can save your eternal soul and give you meaning in life. We're not angry or bitter.

So, if you're tired of the fantasies and illusions you've been living and you have an interest in truth and reality again.

Welcome back.

Pastor TL Jones

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cancel-culture-began-church-robert-patenaude?trk=public_profile_article_view

Gotta feel for those ol' time Christian pastors getting rolled by their revisionist fellows. That must have hurt some.