tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16075342.post1559420107029886004..comments2023-03-23T05:45:55.345-07:00Comments on Imagining a Better Future: The Greatest Danger Affecting American Evangelical Christianity?pfbuckley@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461262851241454319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16075342.post-32660213581852783012010-03-17T13:11:15.962-07:002010-03-17T13:11:15.962-07:00Thesauros - thanks for your thoughts.
While I th...Thesauros - thanks for your thoughts. <br /><br />While I think we should never try to compete with a Godless world view on their terms, ignorance is not the alternative. I think you're in danger of a false dichotomy and a anti-intellectual gnostic view of life. <br /><br />Truth is robust and should be rigorous enough to be at least as deep and far-reaching as the popular humanistic and atheistic theories without having to compromise in the least. We may never be accepted by academia but our intellectual depth should nevertheless be significant.<br /><br />If I can't glorify God with my intellect the alternative isn't being an idiot it is learning to glorify God with my intellect, idiot or not.<br /><br />Does that make sense?pfbuckley@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461262851241454319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16075342.post-6045239280732958662010-03-17T11:11:32.968-07:002010-03-17T11:11:32.968-07:00"Who among the Evangelicals can stand up to t..."Who among the Evangelicals can stand up to the great secular or naturalistic or atheistic scholars on their own terms of scholarship and research?"<br /><br />How can it be of benefit to anyone to gain even the whole world yet lose his soul? Of course our intellect is a wonderful gift. If however, it isn't used to glorify our Creator then perhaps it would be better if we'd been born an idiot.Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.com