Could There Have Been Rednecks in the Bible?
What we need to face is that public perception has shifted. Whatever influence Christians used to have, much like a parasite trying to reconnect to its host for fear of dying, many Christians are thrashing about trying to create waves and convince people they are relevant within our culture. But sadly, instead of men and women looking like Jesus we sure have a lot of talking heads.
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We sure have a healthy dose of condemnation in our ranks. Christians not having the influence we once had in the s gives me great hope. Everyone is a Christian because they grew up in Texas. Or they go to church. Or their mom and dad raised them that way. Their belief is cultural, and no one intends to follow the man they claim governs their life, so we end up this giant homogenous blob of hypocrites that judge and condemn people, instead of looking like they did in AD.
Instead of rushing to the aid of others, or paying for pagan burials like our ancestors did, we have half-hearted followers who run rampant through the streets of social media pointing the finger to everyone except themselves.
More organizations committed to social issues that love others without borders but are unashamed about their faith will pop up. Christians were never relevant or cool to begin with. Celsus realized this from the beginning. Culture at large will see the things we do and traditions we follow as silly myths.
People will be curious why you were kind to them when they may have been a jerk to you. People will wonder why you value the broken, poor, and marginalized and use your finances, life, and time to help them even if they never change. In her recent history of class in America, White Trash , author Nancy Isenberg traces the origins of the phrase to the early 19th century, when genteel Southern whites used it to disparage poor whites, whom they saw as a kind of human waste — ignorant, brutal and lazy.
Two centuries later, it still reeks of tackiness and turpitude. It's the most offensive thing you can say about a white person — and also the most vulgar.
How we determined the most redneck states in America
Hillbillies were originally just the poor mountain whites, but to outsiders the word suggested a caricature of slow-witted backwoods ectomorphs with a shotgun and jug of moonshine — either the comic yokels of Al Capp's Li'l Abner and The Beverly Hillbillies or the degenerate predators of the film Deliverance. Rednecks were originally Southern white laborers — their sunburn contrasted with the pallor of the upper classes. But it soon became a label for uncouth working-class racists from any rural region. But all stereotypes are reversible, when the people they're aimed at reclaim and redefine them and throw them back at their original users.
The era of redneck chic began in the s, when the word became a badge of working-class patriotism and authenticity, as contrasted with the PC airs and affectations of the coastal elites. Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earle wrote paeans to the hillbilly, and singers from Toby Keith to Eminem even made "white trash" a positive identification.
As the labels became more popular, they also became more socially elastic. Jeff Foxworthy's "you know you're a redneck" jokes allowed New South audiences to laugh at the Old South stereotypes while still claiming the redneck label for themselves.
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Nowadays, everybody is eligible — a few years ago, Donald Trump Jr. At that point, redneck isn't a class, it's a lifestyle choice. But whoever is claiming the label, redneck pride is always infused with attitude. However, Georgia has so many people, the number of cheap deals per person is skewed. Look at the big brains on you.
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Had you not been studying so much in the last ten years, you might have won this whole thing. And, considering that Walmart was founded in — and still headquartered in Bentonville, AR — it makes sense that Arkansas is towards the top of this list. But it seems like every tornado season, that number drops lower and lower. Like Wyoming, farming and agriculture make up a significant part of the experience.
The graduation rate is actually pretty good. OKC has tons of rednecks.
And in case you missed it, we ranked the 10 worst cities to live in America. Click here to read that one. Like Road Snacks on Facebook: You also fergot Arizona! You probably need to wright another article on how to apologize to all for all youre misleading fals info bs. Funny, Arkansas 18th highest graduation rank in the country and is on this list because we have a lot of Wal-Marts? What do mobile homes have to do with rednecks? Sounds like the creator of this list is some ignorant liberal Democrat. Saying every year seems there are less mobile homes in ARK do to Tornadoes-like it is a joke—people live in mobile homes-and sometimes die in them.
You are a heartless rich asshole-feel free to Quote me.
I do frown on prejudice-which this article stinks of. What do moblie homes have a damn thus to do with rednecks? Colorado needs to be the 1 douchebag capital of the US.
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Entitled white 30 something competitive! They all drive like and race each other to red lights. I live in Kansas city and every time I travel even a little bit into Missouri outside of the city, it reeks of redneck mentality.