The essence of being Conservative

[@ronelltofte1665]

Exactly! The nations will reap what they sow when they disregard God's word.

[@imnotanalien7839]

Aristotle nailed it on his observation about politics. It start’s when you put your children in kindergarten. Parent’s have already formed alliances….it’s a dangerous business. I did my best. I’m glad it’s over, both children made it through college, and that’s when I stopped thinking about politic’s. (I wonder if Aristotle had children 😂) That was a very interesting lecture. Thank you.

[@warrengrant]

Reminds me of the term Acculturation - While acculturation offers many benefits, there is also a need to balance adaptation with the preservation of one’s original culture. In healthy acculturation processes, individuals and communities retain elements of their cultural identity while engaging meaningfully with the new culture, allowing for mutual respect and diversity within unity.

[@imnotanalien7839]

Very nice explanation of acculturation….I just learned a new word…thank you for that. ❤

[@ronelltofte1665]

I think this (culture eg Ashkenazi / Sephardic ,religion and one nation under God) is also the glue that binds the Jewish nation together and enabled them to survive through the centuries. Unfortunately Afrikaners seem unable to stick together except when faced by an existential threat. And even then there is underlying tension and division (the Groot Trek and the Boer wars). I think the reason is our origin which was a mix of Dutch, French, German and British. However I see a glimmer of hope. The Afrikaners are now coming together for the right reason. May the bud grow and bear much good fruit. Thank you Mr Roets for carpe diem.

[@richern2717]

I think it is more a family squabble type of thing since we are even closer genetically related to each other than the Jews are to each other....Since the Bronze Age Northwestern Europeans were interacting by means of wars and trade. We are mostly Northwest Europeans Genetically.

[@ronelltofte1665]

Interesting what you said about the Jewish genetic pool. Where did you find this information?

[@richern2717]

@ronelltofte1665 It was mentioned in a Genetic study of Afrikaners that was published recently. If I remember correctly one of the authors was Carina Schlebusch et al.

[@ronelltofte1665]

The genetic information with regard to the Jewish nation. Was it mentioned in the same study?

[@richern2717]

@ronelltofte1665 As far as I can remember it was mentioned. Naturally not in detail as this paper was focused on the Genetics of Afrikaners...I read many Genetic Papers. But you can go read and verify.

[@Fitzgerald-e5v]

Please explain to me what is a political animal. My experience of political is that it is evil.

[@HannoVisagie]

"Cultural diversity. The Lord has determined boundaries between nations and cultural groups, and He expects us to honour them (Acts 17:26). That is a continuation of the confusion of tongues which occurred during the building of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:5-8). It was wrong in the eyes of the Lord that the Babylonians were building a world state with only one official language, so He gave every group their own language. They consequently dispersed and each settled in their own territory under their own government. This was the beginning of different cultural groups among the nations. The recognition of cultural diversity is the only basis for healthy relations among nations. In our commission to evangelise the world we are sent to every tribe and tongue and people so that each group should (preferably) be evangelised in their own language. In the end-time, under the instigation of Satan, the Antichrist and the false prophet, a world empire will be established with only one government, one religion and one economic system (Rev. 13:1-18). The emerging new world order expressed itself in favour of a system of global control. That will be a serious infringement of God’s order of independent and self-determining nations, and for that reason the Lord Jesus will, at His second coming, destroy the evil lifestyle, holistic social order and satanic empire of the Antichrist." - www.bibleguidance.co.za/Engarticles/Fundamentalism.htm

[@ronelltofte1665]

Exactly! The nations will reap what they sow when they disregard Gid's word.