Wokeness has become a preachy, holier-than-thou, social disease.
“Being Woke” now anoints adherents as high priest judges of social behavior. The Woke claim seats at the judgment table from which social edicts and commandments issue.
The Woke enjoy assumed social altitude—from which they target those to be cancelled, shadow banned, or otherwise socially ostracized. Wokesters are armed with dubious criteria for ranking social standing—or the lack thereof. Woke true believers hijack power that assigns outcasts to the dark dungeon of anonymity.
The Woke thus become arbiters of status. Righteousness buoys their self confidence and renders them gleefully euphoric with power. Rarely has a social disease been so rewarding and yet so degenerative.
Woke disease is wildly infectious. It spreads quickly among family, friends and acquaintances. Social media quickens its spread and increases its lethality.
Recognizing the infectious nature of Woke disease, I grew curious about its genesis. Where had it first taken root? Could the roots of Woke be found in Prescriptive Fundamentalist Christianity? Did it begin with holier-than-thou condemnation of individuals who strayed from rote moral commandments? Did it fester among those who had once been declared morally inferior?
Were the roots planted by those who failed to heed Paul, who explained that the New Covenant transitioned away from multitudinous commandments? Did they miss Paul musing that commandments only demonstrated man was doomed to failure when he sought salvation through self achievement?
The New Covenant, in contrast to prior practices, was a loving relationship with a Living God, powered by an ardent faith. Salvation was no longer based on maintaining an exemplary scorecard, but rather on truly entering into a divine relationship.
Was it possible that fundamentalist holier-than-thou attitudes created cultural resentment that morphed into antagonistic mimicry? Did those who had been judged go on to establish their own code by which to judge others? Did mocking mimicry give birth to Wokeness?
We sometimes forget that the power of faith is so great that we must exercise caution in its practice. We must avoid praxis errors that spawn opposition in the form of mocking mimicry and enmity.
It seems that we’re called to enter into a deeper conversation about how we treat one another. Perhaps we are called, in keeping with the New Covenant, to a conversation about Divine Collaboration.