Tag Archives: philosophy
One of the failings of modern Christianity has been its inability to recognize new cultural trends and proactively form appropriate apologetic responses.
Most recently, our obsession with debating modernists has left us deaf to the song of the postmodern pied piper luring our children away. Unfortunately, while we argued with our atheist friends, our youth began tapping their feet to another…..
I’m afraid that our current Christian apologetic is missing the mark. We are faced with an increasingly postmodern culture that values autonomy over authority and feelings over facts, yet we persist in lecturing with logic. I believe that disappointment in the ability of our young people to engage in rational argument is justified and should motivate us to return to teaching logic and philosophy in our schools, but in the meantime, we can’t…..
Mankind’s illusory sophistication has sadly resulted in his uncanny ability to separate ideas from reality. He frequently quotes authors, promotes their philosophies, and then surprisingly neglects the fact that those very ideas failed in the laboratory of life. How is it possible that Nietzsche can be elevated to the status of postmodern philosophical hero when this superman was woefully…..
