The Christian Woman and Consumer Society
The Christian woman must realize that consumer society contradicts, in its orientations, the traits that realize the humanity of woman as portrayed by the word of God. This is because:
Firstly, it transforms her from a person in the image of God into a commodity in the market of lust—whether through still or moving images or through direct scenes as in nudity shows—and into a tool for promoting various goods—from cigarettes and alcohol to clothes, perfumes, cars, television sets, apartments, and more—and into a "status symbol" used by a man to satisfy his vanity and mask his inadequacy. In summary, it turns her from an end into a means and from a subject into an object.
Secondly, it robs her of her freedom by diverting her from realizing her humanity, exploiting her body and soul for its purposes, which boil down to making money and the power and influence this money provides. Worse still, while robbing her of her freedom, it deludes her into thinking it is working to liberate her. Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple, and we know that the new temple of God is Christ present in every human, in every man and every woman, and that every offense against God recoils on the perpetrator to harm him grievously because it separates him from the fountain of life: "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are." (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).
Thirdly, it diverts her from participation and the human richness, joy, and fulfilment it offers, by feeding in her the lusts of vanity, ostentation, possessiveness, and seduction to achieve its aims, taking advantage for this purpose of the feeling of inadequacy she suffers from due to her suppression by the male-dominated society.
#Consumerism #WomensDignity #TempleOfGod #Freedom #ChristianDiscernment
The Christian woman must realize that consumer society contradicts, in its orientations, the traits that realize the humanity of woman as portrayed by the word of God. This is because:
Firstly, it transforms her from a person in the image of God into a commodity in the market of lust—whether through still or moving images or through direct scenes as in nudity shows—and into a tool for promoting various goods—from cigarettes and alcohol to clothes, perfumes, cars, television sets, apartments, and more—and into a "status symbol" used by a man to satisfy his vanity and mask his inadequacy. In summary, it turns her from an end into a means and from a subject into an object.
Secondly, it robs her of her freedom by diverting her from realizing her humanity, exploiting her body and soul for its purposes, which boil down to making money and the power and influence this money provides. Worse still, while robbing her of her freedom, it deludes her into thinking it is working to liberate her. Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple, and we know that the new temple of God is Christ present in every human, in every man and every woman, and that every offense against God recoils on the perpetrator to harm him grievously because it separates him from the fountain of life: "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are." (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).
Thirdly, it diverts her from participation and the human richness, joy, and fulfilment it offers, by feeding in her the lusts of vanity, ostentation, possessiveness, and seduction to achieve its aims, taking advantage for this purpose of the feeling of inadequacy she suffers from due to her suppression by the male-dominated society.
#Consumerism #WomensDignity #TempleOfGod #Freedom #ChristianDiscernment
⚠️ The Christian Woman and Consumer Society
The Christian woman must realize that consumer society contradicts, in its orientations, the traits that realize the humanity of woman as portrayed by the word of God. This is because:
Firstly, it transforms her from a person in the image of God into a commodity in the market of lust—whether through still or moving images or through direct scenes as in nudity shows—and into a tool for promoting various goods—from cigarettes and alcohol to clothes, perfumes, cars, television sets, apartments, and more—and into a "status symbol" used by a man to satisfy his vanity and mask his inadequacy. In summary, it turns her from an end into a means and from a subject into an object.
Secondly, it robs her of her freedom by diverting her from realizing her humanity, exploiting her body and soul for its purposes, which boil down to making money and the power and influence this money provides. Worse still, while robbing her of her freedom, it deludes her into thinking it is working to liberate her. Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple, and we know that the new temple of God is Christ present in every human, in every man and every woman, and that every offense against God recoils on the perpetrator to harm him grievously because it separates him from the fountain of life: "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are." (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).
Thirdly, it diverts her from participation and the human richness, joy, and fulfilment it offers, by feeding in her the lusts of vanity, ostentation, possessiveness, and seduction to achieve its aims, taking advantage for this purpose of the feeling of inadequacy she suffers from due to her suppression by the male-dominated society.
#Consumerism #WomensDignity #TempleOfGod #Freedom #ChristianDiscernment
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