The Christian Paradox

American Thinker.com ^ | December 26, 2021 | Tim Jones

[Kaslin]

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

It's been said that the most important event in human history was the birth of Christ. When you examine this claim with an open mind, there can be no denying it, as there is clearly no event that has reverberated throughout the world that effected so many for so long by altering the course of history forever.

In a book written by cultural historian Christopher Dawson, Christianity and the New Age, he examines how Christ and Christianity constitute the foundation of the modern era, that without Christianity there never would have been a Western civilization in the first place that led to life as we know it today in the western world: democratic, technological, scientific, and progressive (in the sense that everything is continuously being improved upon not just in material ways but also spiritually towards a predestined and perfect end of time).

Dawson also identifies a paradox how Christianity in many ways led to its own downfall from medieval Christendom to the secular societies of today where atheism and agnosticism dominate public life where religious practice was once an around-the-clock everyday obligation. The Amish community that exists today is a good example of what life looked like before the modern era when everything revolved around the Bible and where being a better person or building a better life is intrinsic to faith, not something to be gained through material world.

As the modern world evolved, Christianity and spirituality slowly receded and became secondary to the triumph of materialism and secularism throughout the western world as a result of the scientific and industrial revolutions.

[nagant]

The abuses and deplorable conditions of secular life led Europeans to Christianity. Christian social solidarity and longevity produced a lasting framework which Christians grew to take for granted as intrinsic to humanity. Abusing people became a way of life. Successful social institutions are breaking apart, and we are returning to secular life and failure.

[DeweyCA]

FTA: "In the end, the loss of Christian spirituality as a result of it being divorced from and given a back seat to the materialism of the modern era has been the disregard of the values that were first exemplified by the life and death of Christ: sacrifice, charity, and obligation. This has led directly to the plague of our time: self-love, greed, and hedonism."

The secularist pols, especially in the Dem Party, are all about themselves. Their self-centeredness puts their own self-interest and greed and lust for power over the best interests of the country. There are Republicans who share that characteristic, but the philosophy of less centralized government control thankfully goes against that basic self-centered desire.

[Louis Foxwell]

Christianity will return to the heart of society and culture. The chaos that ensues from Godlessness is becoming increasing rampant. Soon there will be no solace, no peace, no stability. When chaos is supreme the HOPE of the world returns to bring death to tyrants. Have no fear, faithful remnant. He is coming soon. Very soon.

[MHGinTN]

I wonder, how many of the secular mind even believe man has a spirit which is not the soul?