On choosing the right story…
Posted by Paul | Filed under uncategorised
OK, let’s try this…
(I know, history is never so simple, but what’s the point of a blog without some overly-simplistic speculation? Oh, and I’ve borrowed some of Curtis Chang’s spin from ‘Engaging Unbelief’.)
Circa AD400 – Christian culture finds itself wedded to Roman culture.
The sack of Rome brings a questioning of the dominant view and consequently threatens Christian culture, bringing a pagan resurgence (including Platonism)
Augustine constructs an apologetic in conversation with Platonism.
…years pass…
Christian culture finds itself wedded to Platonism.
Islam brings a re-discovery of Aristole, challenging the dominance of Platonism and consequently threatens Christian culture.
Aquinus constructs an apologetic in conversation with Aristotle.
…years pass…
Christain culture finds itself wedded to Aristotle.
Galileo challenges the the Aristotlian view and consequently threatens Christian culture, bringing in the era of modern science, etc.
The church develops apologetics in conversation with modern/scientific rationalism.
…years pass…
Christian culture finds itself wedded to modernism.
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History repeats itself.
It has to.
Nobody listens- Steve Turner
One Response to “On choosing the right story…”
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jonnyjpg Says:
September 15th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
very good.
there’s nothing to fear.
these paths have been trodden before
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