tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4754642716494093014..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Christians must treat Scripture, the Church and other 'Christian things' as a separate categoryBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-55671785824642212802012-03-23T05:18:44.157+00:002012-03-23T05:18:44.157+00:00@ajb - that's the big question.
There are a ...@ajb - that's the big question. <br /><br />There are a lot of slippery slopes, of varying degrees of steepness; and maybe the one thing we cannot do is to create a secular realm that it limited, stable and useful; because perhaps secularism will always over-grow and become parasitic... <br /><br />So, while *we* cannot be trusted even to study your example of ancient Roman Society without grossly misrepresenting it (by leaving-out the extreme religiousness, and by taking the wrong lessons from it) these things would in principle be possible in an Orthodox Christian society where all activity was ruled by and permeated with a Christian perspective.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78144605829372037212012-03-23T00:53:05.995+00:002012-03-23T00:53:05.995+00:00Why stop at just 'Christian' things, then?...Why stop at just 'Christian' things, then? Don't angels, demons, miracles, and so on, affect things in the everyday world? Don't they impinge on the causal network science claims to study in a broad way (for example, prayer in the daily lives of millions of Christians)? If so, can we then really trust science in general? <br /><br />Similarly, if we can't study Jesus historically, can we study the Apostle Paul historically, say? If not, can we study ancient Roman society - heavily impacted by Christians - historically?ajbnoreply@blogger.com