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the intellectual damage done by #CSLewis and the cult of #Christian #apologetics that he unwittingly founded is becoming clearer to me. the situation is a bad one.
it's easy to explain: a large fraction of Western intellectuals have, without admitting it, rejected #doubt.
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it's easy to explain: a large fraction of Western intellectuals have, without admitting it, rejected #doubt.
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Jack Lewis taught a whole lot of clever, sophistical #Christians how to talk as if they were absolutely certain of themselves even though they were on uncertain ground—which is roughly how Lewis carried himself in the intellectual arena. the bad habits spread from there.
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but I contend the problem is endemic to #Christianity. this isn't just Jack Lewis's problem, or Mr. @dalepartridge's problem; this is a fundamental *fault* in Christianity.
Christianity is intellectually incoherent because it has refused to deal with its own doubts.
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Christianity is intellectually incoherent because it has refused to deal with its own doubts.
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