The cycle of abuse

[farouk]

This time next year my family on my mothers side will celebrate our tricentennial of being here in the USA

Sounds like they almost made it on the Mayflower... :)

 

[farouk]

They have re-enactments of the forties over here with people from the re-enactment societies and members of the public dressing in the style of that era and staying in character all day. It started during the celebrations of the end of WW2 and used to be called the War Weekend but now just forties although there are still plenty of uniforms around. The was one guy used to dress up as an SS officer and people used to boo him and it was so funny when I saw him eating an ice cream.

Must be a lot of fun...You British are not so straight-laced after all...

 

[Pearl]

Must be a lot of fun...You British are not so straight-laced after all...

Whatever gave you that idea farouk. Brits just wanna have fu-un!!

 

[Waiting on him]

We can make progress by the Word, by grace, indeed...though in this life we won't see perfection.

Brother you know I have nothing but mad love for you, but we do see perfection. We see Christ.

 

[Lady Crosstalk]

I pulled up the link; thanks.

I have been to Black Creek with my wife.

So are you part of any re-enactment team, or would like to be one day?

No--but it looks like a lot of fun and very rewarding to be teaching "living history". One of my favorites of the Townsend's video series is the one done at Mt. Vernon with a "slave" woman. She is wonderfully articulate in describing what life was like for slaves on the Mt. Vernon estate. Tears come to your eyes as she discusses their privations and suffering. I forget the re-enactor's name at the moment but she is a wonderful actress who gets a lot of criticism leveled at her from the African-American community for her portrayal ("...why would you cooperate with whitey..."). She simply says that it is part of the history of African-Americans and that they should be proud that many African-Americans have risen well above the days of slavery (and Jim Crow).

Another favorite is the one done at (if I recall correctly) Connor Prairie with a woman who runs the dairy there. She describes and illustrates how she makes butter and very firmly says that men are not permitted to be in her dairy. She explains that, because they are usually dirty from working, it would not be permitted that they would contaminate her dairy! ;)

 

[Waiting on him]

Oh do they re-enact the witch trials?

I don’t know. I don’t believe that’s the same Salem?

 

[farouk]

Brother you know I have nothing but mad love for you, but we do see perfection. We see Christ.

In Him, indeed, yes; in ourselves the sinful nature indwells while we are on earth in these bodies, but does not predominate.

 

[Waiting on him]

Whatever gave you that idea farouk. Brits just wanna have fu-un!!

Are you Cindy?

 

[stunnedbygrace]

?? :)

You've heard of the pot calling the kettle black?

 

[farouk]

I don’t know. I don’t believe that’s the same Salem?

I was thinking of Salem, Mass....

 

[Waiting on him]

In Him, indeed, yes; in ourselves the sinful nature indwells while we are on earth in these bodies, but does not predominate.

Agreed but we’ve witnessed perfection

 

[Waiting on him]

I was thinking of Salem, Mass....

Yes I’m in NC, although I’m sure we have some witches

 

[Waiting on him]

Are you Cindy?

Sorry didn’t mean to blow your cover.

 

[farouk]

Agreed but we’ve witnessed perfection

He and His work are indeed perfect, grasped by faith. I love the word "better" in Hebrews.

 

[Waiting on him]

He and His work are indeed perfect, grasped by faith. I love the word "better" in Hebrews.

We’ll achieve it, one day.

 

[Pearl]

Are you Cindy?

How did you guess? ;)

 

[Waiting on him]

I’ve got to go fix some air conditioning, I’ll have to catch up later. Who knows Maybe God will provide some fertile ground?

 

[Lady Crosstalk]

Oh do they re-enact the witch trials?

That's Salem, Massachusetts that you are thinking of, Farouk. Old Salem in North Carolina is another Salem.

 

[farouk]

We’ll achieve it, one day.

"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3.13-14)

 

[farouk]

That's Salem, Massachusetts that you are thinking of, Farouk. Old Salem in North Carolina is another Salem.

Okay! ty... :)