Brilliant podcast. Tom's right, theology and how it has shaped mankind historically is definitely overlooked. I applaud his insight into these matters. A cut above the rest!
Interesting discussion on the virtues and cost of control against the virtues and cost of freedom. Parallels with places in the world today such as central America where authoritarianism has wiped out crime.
The US was also affected by the Calvinist crackdown on other protestants -- a large number of Swiss-German Anabaptists immigrated to the US (especially to Pennsylvania and Ohio) -- including my Mennonite ancestors (all from the canton of Zurich) in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
Another great show. The misery these appalling ‘false prophets’ have inflicted on others down the centuries and continue to do so. ( religious nuts not historians! 😂)…..I am fascinated though by the Reformation and all the weirdo sects that sprang up both pre and post such as the Lollards, Hussites, Moravian church etc. I find the concept of the predestination hilarious : the Protestant reading of Romans 8 28-30 that only a predetermined set of people will be ‘saved’ . This was just a great way of stopping the Catholics flogging indulgences….. 😅 Looking forward to shows on the Cathars, Monmonth Rebellion, Indian Mutiny….. 👍
Good points. Particularly the one about how Calvin's gang had a streak of genuine humility while the American campus activists do not bother with such trifles.
I'm not convinced this is a protestant thing. I think our friends here are drawing anachronistic comparisons to a phenomenon that is familiar to them, but it is ultimately a stretch
There is a poathway from the religious non-conformists of the protestant reformation to the wokerati of today. A significant number of early femunists and ssocialists came from the fringe religious groups if the North Eastern US. Femunism was one of the two early manifestations of woke, along with the Abolishment movement. Both fed strongly into the Socialist foundations of Woke!
Brilliant podcast. Tom's right, theology and how it has shaped mankind historically is definitely overlooked. I applaud his insight into these matters. A cut above the rest!
Interesting discussion on the virtues and cost of control against the virtues and cost of freedom. Parallels with places in the world today such as central America where authoritarianism has wiped out crime.
Fascinating!
Wonderful
I'd like to mention that the Netherlands is also heavily influenced by Calvin. Oh never mind you do mention it.
🤣🤣🤣 As is Scotland, much to the chagrin of Irish catholics that invited themselves to Scotland & then didnae like the way we were. Strange but shite!
Seemed odd not to mention that Scotland was the conduit of Calvinism to America.
The US was also affected by the Calvinist crackdown on other protestants -- a large number of Swiss-German Anabaptists immigrated to the US (especially to Pennsylvania and Ohio) -- including my Mennonite ancestors (all from the canton of Zurich) in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
Another great show. The misery these appalling ‘false prophets’ have inflicted on others down the centuries and continue to do so. ( religious nuts not historians! 😂)…..I am fascinated though by the Reformation and all the weirdo sects that sprang up both pre and post such as the Lollards, Hussites, Moravian church etc. I find the concept of the predestination hilarious : the Protestant reading of Romans 8 28-30 that only a predetermined set of people will be ‘saved’ . This was just a great way of stopping the Catholics flogging indulgences….. 😅
Looking forward to shows on the Cathars, Monmonth Rebellion, Indian Mutiny….. 👍
Good points. Particularly the one about how Calvin's gang had a streak of genuine humility while the American campus activists do not bother with such trifles.
I'm not convinced this is a protestant thing. I think our friends here are drawing anachronistic comparisons to a phenomenon that is familiar to them, but it is ultimately a stretch
There is a poathway from the religious non-conformists of the protestant reformation to the wokerati of today.
A significant number of early femunists and ssocialists came from the fringe religious groups if the North Eastern US.
Femunism was one of the two early manifestations of woke, along with the Abolishment movement.
Both fed strongly into the Socialist foundations of Woke!
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