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Lazy Myth: Christianity oppresses scientific truth and is closed-minded, aka the Galileo case

As Christians, it seems we are forbidden to ever broach the topic of who the Western world’s fathers of science were. Heaven forbid, especially, that we mention that many of them were faithful, Bible-believing Christians and then follow this up with the bold (but factual) claim that the methods employed by modern science today, and that science as an established and sustainable institution, happened within only one period – and in one part of the world – in history: that of Europe, in the period then known as Christendom.

I made the fatal mistake of dropping this claim into a little discussion on a related topic and it wasn’t long before someone piped in with their contrary piece of wisdom: “Just ask Galileo what he thought about Christendom [sic] great… Continue reading Lazy Myth: Christianity oppresses scientific truth and is closed-minded, aka the Galileo case

Why church sucks or ‘What churches need to avoid‘

In a sense, maybe I’m being a little unfair: after all, the title suggests a universal statement, but I know it not to be true in that regard. However, my experience is real and certainly disheartening and it’s in that strain that I write this with a good number of generalities. I’d hate for the majority of churches to be the same.

Firstly, I’m not talking about the spiritual Church (wherein, all believers are part of the true church who is the bride of Christ); this is very much a narrow focused article. No, the spiritual Church is something that is transcendent of what we could experience on any given Sunday at the church down the street or around the corner. I would further contend that the… Continue reading Why church sucks or 'What churches need to avoid'