On Ferdie Mulder re Pieter Nagel.
I don't know if it is possible, but maybe there were academics who tried to move away from the Godly nature of Christ for the reason to curb any further enthusiasm within Afrikaner regions, to make their assumptions that the Afrikaner are a new chosen group after 1838. As this point of view were a real dilemma and lead to apartheid government forming in 1961.
But most certainly, it will not help to deny that Christ was God related. That is the real nature of Christ. Related to the highest God that the Biblical David knew as well as the Christ, as well as the Prophet Mohammed and I belief also the Buddha. They all had personal encounter with the Highest God that created creation. Surely we can belief that the Creator wanted to give help for people that can assist in their daily lives existence. Why we saw how He then established first His people, and with the promise of a Messiah that one day will come. This happened. But truly His people wasn't over. Their religious ties would always be necessary to indicate to Christians the proof of where their religion's foundations come from. As Christ's background was being Jewish. Christianity included the Old Testament in the Bible, as how would a belief in Christ's being Messianic be possible to show, without the history indicating it in the Old Testament. And the Jewish people are most certainly still around today, maintaining their religion, as indicated to them by God Himself so many, many years ago. But, there were Jews that had personal encounter with this Highest God Who created creation. This personal encounters were no longer necessary the day the Messiah made His appearance.
But truth is, the Jewish Messiah wasn't the last of the necessary personal encounters God who created creation, had with humanity. ( I just want to mention on this, I belief the Buddha also had personal encounter with the Creator, as creation is diverse). The Prophet Mohammed definitely also had personal encounter, with the Highest God. The Muslim religion was a necessary step to give support in many ways, with its existence, to the existence of the other religions should anything somewhere within the mindset of scientific ideas turn for the worst. Within their own right as a religion, each would be supporting and carrying the respect for the Name of He Who created creation. In dark days, should a problem occur, like the major influence apartheid had worldwide, in their own respect each religion would carry on their religious activities, but His Name will be honoured. His presence in different parts of the world because He care for us, indicating how diverse His creation is.
With the apartheid debacle, a man like Nietzsche already saw these type of problems related to apartheid that are ideologically based, emerging in his time. But with the Afrikaner ideas of themselves, opposing other Christians as to who is right and who is wrong in 1961 with the exclusion of millions of people from the 1961 government, they triggered an unnecessary turn in history. Many were Christians. They believed the same principles in some Christian circles than what was going around in Europe. But, they would still stand their ground that by cutting those millions of people from governance was a Christian move. Did that make racists of all Calvinists? Those in Europe probably realized, but they are part of the United nations, but SA not, because of the millions of lives they discarded in the 1961 constitution as being worthy to take part in governing the country. This was problematic. They called on their 1838 event with the Voortrekker monument to claim their right to be the correct Christians.
In 1982, in Ottawa, the World Council of churches reached a compromising solution when dr Boesak, from SA, in apartheid years, raised the notion to have apartheid being declared a heresy within the Christian society and Christian principles. And the decision was finalised then. Apartheid is considered by mainstream Christianity to be within religious terms, a heresy.
But, the white Afrikaner people were a problem. They were boss. Europe was wrong, Christians in Europe was wrong. Afrikaners was right, with the Voortrekker monument to proof this.
This left not only Europeans that wanted to be Christians in a conundrum, but any person that were not white and Afrikaner, were religiously wrong according to this drastic steps taken in 1961 with the Republic of South Africa established, a democracy of seperate development. They challenged though, not only the rest of the world's Christians, but also the Muslim religion as well as the Buddhists. Everybody was wrong, and they were right. Some were wrong just because of their nationality and others because of being the real old testament people of God and others for being Christians, but not Afrikaners.
This is why my call is, they triggered a turn in history where the problems they caused worldwide, would have needed Devine intervention. When 1994 happened, this became clear, when many of them still were chasing after apartheid as a time when the country saw prosperity, but only to boost still apartheid as being not a religious heresy in Christianity and to still reign their apartheid attitudes. But this, is in total disrespect towards God, Who created creation, a creation that is full of diversities, but all diverse is still loved by Him.
I like Ferdie Mulder's approach with regards to the reformative churches in SA.
The only problem I think that actually caused major troubles within these churches, was the Afrikaners who didn't make out that 1838, were an event where they wanted to leave the Cape, because the English gave the slaves too many rights. They will leave and go elsewhere. The troubles then with Dingaan, what did they want from him? As the English were giving slavery the boot by applying laws that gave them rights, but this group didn't like that at all. How long was Dingaan and his people going to sit and drink their tea, untill commanded by this group to go and plough the lands or wash the dishes without getting paid for it. As it seems Retief wanted to bargain his way onto land that actually belonged to Dingaan and his people. What would they bargain for next? For some of the children or young men and women to go do the farming of the Boers?
When they made a promise to God the night before the war against Dingaan, that if they win this battle, they will in future celebrate this day every year, what they never realised was that if they win the battle, no more Dingaan or his people that can be bargained for to work for them as well, without the laws of the English interfering with the slaves having rights, no slaves at all, and this will also be celebrated then every year onward. What a lesson they learned about the goodness of laws and about having respect for all mankind. If they don't have it, look, the river is red of all the blood of the people of Dingaan who died on 16 December 1838 and the Boers won this battle. No slave, not even one. All dead. Killed by the Boers. They would have to do the work on the land of Dingaan, without having any of Dingaan's people that could have been bargained for to help them do their farming without the English bringing in laws that gave those workers rights.
This give a new perspective to the Christian aspect of the 1961 Afrikaner Christian tradition. It was foolish to do apartheid.
The Jewish people live their lives and carry on the traditions they learned given by God Himself. Christianity have Christ they look up to and the New Testament of the Bible. The Muslim people have their religious ways and respect the Prophet Mohammed, because He too, had personal contact with the Highest God that created creation.
My point is this, there ain't a matrix. The religions point out where exactly did we have people in the past who had personal contact with this utmost High creator of creation.
There won't be a problem, when the 1838 situation is taken into consideration, that before the Boers left the Cape, they were upset with the English laws giving slaves more and more rights.
This is absolutely no hotshot racist Afrikaner, instead, he would look foolish if he claim God is on his side against Dingaan. He learnt a well learnt lesson, do your own farming. Don't bargain Dingaan's people and land from him and do to his people what you couldn't do to the slaves the English protected in the Cape where you left from. If you want to be here, no slaves, you do your own work, as the laws the English brought in the Cape to protect the slaves are standing tall. Seperate development was therefore a foolish choice. Degrading those cut from government structures into positions of slavery again. People who have no government protection with their own taking part in governance in SA, only left within the slavery prospects of Verwoerds ideals on democracy. One full of slaves????
I guess we saw a lot of economic development in SA - which left the 1961 constitution with egg on its face, as all the whites would not be able to do all the work. And if anyone else were to be brought in, it would result in gross violation of human rights as slavery has been out for a long time. SA wasn't Dingaan's land anymore where the laws the English brought to the Cape to protect slaves and give them rights again, could be escaped and you do your own thing. Slavery and sins and upholding 16 December, is what went on in the minds of the racist Afrikaner - I rule now.
This challenge any ideas that existed that reality is actually a matrix. People do wrong, and the problems resulting from that needs to be fixed.
The Boers faught a battle against Dingaan, but I call it a war, because they are still to this day sitting with Dingaan battle problems. I don't think they ever took note that they didn't receive being God's new Knights of a kind, but instead, should they think of 16 December this way, they will inevitably deny the rest of the story and this denial can cause major thought related mistakes. As at the core of 16 December, was no fantastic bombastic racist. Instead, it was a man who had land, but he and his own family had to do all the work themselves. Taking into consideration then also, he left the Cape, where there were slaves, but only accessable if done by the laws the English brought. In the Cape, at least there were help, even if costly, but there were help. Now, with 16 December, no help at all. Only the Boer and his family to do all the farming. No laws, but also, no slaves. The battle with Dingaan left the Boers without any prospects to claim farm help from Dingaan and his people. And this indicate rather that laws are good, and the lives of all people matter. Not that racism is the next facet in a matrix for Christianity.
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