Contact between Hebrew religious thought and MANY other kinds of thinking is terrifically exciting. I'm with Matteo Ricci on this one. Salvation is being offered to all, even those who think like Mandarins, Hopis, Timorese, Punjabis, Mongols, and Cyberpunks.
Oh, I didn’t say it was the only legit style of thinking. But we’ve been so overrun with Greek thinking that it’s all we know. We’re very provincial in that regard.
As for Paul, the reception he got in Athens is a perfect example of how intellectually lamed we can become. They thought they were the center of the mental universe, but they chose to merely consider Paul’s words ad infinitum, rather than respond to the confrontation.
Cyberpunks too?