Edinburgh’s tale of two cities: Learning from the lessons of history

Creation Ministries International ^ | 3-9-2017 | Paul James-Griffiths

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Edinburgh’s tale of two cities: Learning from the lessons of history

by Paul James-Griffiths

Published: 9 March 2017 (GMT+10)

For the past 10 years I have been leading walking tours2 of the famous Royal Mile in Edinburgh. What a joy it is to weave our way around the old streets where people can discover our extraordinary Christian heritage. Here St Columba and St Cuthbert preached, as did John Knox and the Scottish Reformers; here the Covenanter Christians bled and died for their faith. Amidst the years and turmoil of the ages revival has broken out to transform the world from this very street, and a host of famous preachers have played their part, from John Wesley and George Whitefield, to Charles Finney and Dwight L. Moody.

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James Clerk Maxwell, one of the all-time most notable physicists

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From the article:

Recently people have started rubbing the toe on David Hume’s statue on the Royal Mile. The sculptor, Alexander Stoddart, said: Today [in Edinburgh] … liberalism swamps the city and churches, and atheism patrols the halls of power. “It is ironic that an atheist and rationalist should have his toe adored by the masses. But I deliberately stuck the big toe out over the plinth so that the public would interact with it. I knew this would happen, and now I hope this will become a fine Edinburgh tradition. …

The great thing is that it’s so ironic that David Hume, who is the patron saint of all the atheists, should now have his toe adored.”12

The apostle Paul, addressing the Christians in Rome, declared that people “by their unrighteousness suppress the truth [about God]” and that “they are without excuse” (Romans 1:18–32) because it is obvious that God created the world. Ironically, the thousands who now rub David Hume’s toe are simply expressing the fact that we are made in God’s image. If we don’t worship God, we end up worshipping something else.

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re: “If we don’t worship God, we end up worshipping something else.”

Absolutely true! During Bob Dylan’s “Christian” phase (which I pray was/is more than a phase but reality in his life) he wrote a song called, “Serve Somebody”. Basically it reiterated the truth you mentioned in your post. One of the lines is, “You may serve the devil, or you may serve the Lord, but you gotta serve somebody.”