Thread 24851611

Some of the most beautiful prose I've ever read

>>24851611 (OP)
thanks for the recommendation!
seriously.

does anyone have that meme of the family group chat where everyone is sending condolences after someone announces their dog died and the grandad completely ignore them and texts "a book I got today" and posts a picture of this book. lmao

>>24851611 (OP)
Hit us with a sample anon, so we may bathe in the beauty.

https://reformationdalton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/valley-of-vision.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2S4hScXPQwGh-2fgja71au9dg3tkWPJ-

Weren’t the puritans the people that hated all fun? The muslims of christianity

>>24851611 (OP)
classic movie

>>24853232
They were against sin, not fun.

>>24852723
based ty

>>24853555
Checked. According to them all fun is sin

>>24853943
Why about this prose comes from no fun? Why can't they engage with wild god approved married joyful sex with their spouse.

Destroy in me every lofty thought,
Break pride to pieces and scatter it to the winds,
Annihilate each clinging shred of self-righteousness,
Implant in me true lowliness of spirit,
Abase me to self-loathing and self-abhorrence,
Open in me a fount of penitential tears,
Break me, then bind me up;
Thus will my heart be a prepared dwelling for my God;
Then can the Father take up his abode in me,
Then can the blessed Jesus come with healing in his touch,
Then can the Holy Spirit descend in sanctifying grace;
O Holy Trinity, three Persons and one God,
inhabit me, a temple consecrated to thy glory.

I never understood how Puritans got associated with a stodgy attitude towards sex.. sex was like their main last time. There's actually records of people being excommunicated for not fucking their wife enough. They simply thought sex was to be shared between a married couple. These people were breeding like rabbits, and thought of sex as being something just as much for pleasure and communion with your partner as it was for procreation.

>A couple may joyfully give due benevolence one to the other; as two musical instruments rightly fitted do make a most pleasant and sweet harmony in a well tuned consort

>>24854059
Pastime*

>>24853555
They considered pretty much any kind of idle amusement to be sinful. If you weren't busy working you had better be busy praying.

>>24854072
Important to remember American Puritans were in a harsh and hostile land and the prospect of failure meant sickness, starvation or death.

They weren't against "fun", but their pastimes and recreation would've been kept in alignment with their faith. They were fond of festivals, feasting, staying healthy via sport like running and swimming, hunting, fishing, singing, writing poetry, etc. They eschewed drunkenness, gambling, cockfighting, etc. The "no fun allowed" stereotype is undeserved and overstated.