So we’re continuing our discussion about Christianity’s battle against the Enlightenment. It was an intense battle. The church’s long held doctrines and teachings were under serious attack. Since they couldn’t provide some kind of “scientific test” to prove God’s existence, they were helpless to defend themselves against some very disturbing questions that assaulted the very […]
Archives for June 2023
1S8-5: How Science Is Made Into An Idol
In the 18th century the notion of Orthodoxy & Heresy found a new expression in what is today called Systematic Theology. Systematic Theology was the gentile church’s response to the European Enlightenment. If you’ve ever taken a basic philosophy class in university, no doubt you were exposed to names such as Hume, Voltaire and Kant. […]
1S8-4: Why Heresy Hunters Don’t Exist Within Judaism
Following on the heels of yesterday’s discussion about the concept of “Orthodoxy & Heresy”… What’s important to understand is this notion or the lack thereof represents the BIGGEST difference between Christianity and Judaism. See, here’s the thing. Judaism doesn’t operate within the notion of orthodoxy and heresy. You’ve heard the expression “two Jews, three opinions”, […]
1S8-3: Why I’ve Been Kicked Out Of Christian Churches And A Messianic Congregation In Tokyo
We’ve been talking about how the school of Literary Criticism casts doubt on the truthfulness of the books of Samuel and Kings. Honestly, up until now, that’s been the easy part of this discussion. We’ve got other more complicated fish to fry. So let’s get started. The other key idea concerning Samuel and Kings I […]
1S8-2: How To Refute The False Claim That God Did Not Want A King Over Israel
So here’s the view modern Literary Critics take towards the books of Samuel and Kings. They claim at least 2 different writers with 2 competing and opposite agendas wrote these books. Why do they make these assertions? Because when one reads these books you’ll come across what seems to be two contradictory God-patterns at play […]