Posted on 04/20/2018 6:38:49 AM PDT by caww
Gentlemans Quarterly has proposed refashioning contemporary culture by unmooring it from the past, a feat that can be accomplished in part by updating lists of required reading.
First among these overrated books is the Bible, for which the GQ editors reserve some particularly choice epithets.... It is repetitive, self-contradictory, sententious, foolish, and even at times ill-intentioned, or, in a nutshell, certainly not the finest thing that man has ever produced.
The core of the GQ proposal is the surgical excision of books that serve to keep traditional values alive.
As simple as it is straightforward, GQs plan follows the tried-and-true political strategy of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian communist mastermind who explained in great detail how to overcome a cultural hegemony by replacing it with a new one (counter-hegemony).
The brave new world that the cultural left wishes to establish cannot come about as long as folklore (which includes art, literature, history, and other sources of national identity) remains rooted in the ideas and values of the Judeo-Christian West.
GQs proposal can only be viewed in these terms. It is not about suggesting more entertaining literature. It is about changing the cultural hegemony for the generations to come.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
There is not a contradiction here...
I get and understand what you are saying. I agree.
However, my point is that those arguments are necessary because, to someone who is agnostic about the bible, it looks like silly contradiction. Your post is what must be done to unwind what is going on, and it is based on an understanding of the rest of the teaching of the bible and the personality of our God.
My take on the bible is that if you know Him, it makes sense. If you don’t, it doesn’t. And I compare the bible to the words of Yogi berra regarding a particular restaurant:
“Nobody goes there any more because it is too crowded.”.
We know what he means. :)
re: “Ive seen a lot of that with the ignorant dogma Ive encountered in the small baptist churches here in rural KY when I bring up the concept of Conditional Immortality (CI) vs Eternal Conscious Torment(ECT).
There is a relatively new book out that deals thoroughly with the subject of Hell. It’s called “The Skeletons in God’s Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War” (Oct 21, 2014)by Joshua Ryan Butler
It’s sold on Amazon. You might want to check it out and see what you think.
Thanks, I most definitely will!
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