I am deeply troubled by what Dr. Watson shares here and agree with his point of view. Years ago in a debate with friends who supported abortion, I made the comment “Well, if I can kill my child pre-birth, I should have that right until they are ‘of age’ or 18.” They were appalled - but why? I was just as appalled that they supported “convenient abortion”. Ending a life because it wasn’t convenient for them (not married, already have too many children? and so on). None of these friends had ever had an abortion. I did and my EXPERIENCE is what drives my oppostion to that choice. But, that’s a whole other story for another day.
Dr. Watson, I very much agree with what you’ve written. Western culture does seem to be headed towards self accomplished suicide. In response to what you stated about the bottom falling out of Christendom; maybe this Is God’s way of eliminating “ low cost discipleship”. In my opinion, the reason Western culture is becoming re-paganized is due to the fact that when the kingdom of God is merged with the kingdoms of this world, both sides will attempt to transform the other. At this point, the kingdoms of this world seem to have the greater influence. We can look back and see how the pre- Christendom Church prevailed.
"Insanity" fits the trajectory of Western culture, and we are witnesses to a descent into outer darkness. Your post is profoundly arresting, as indeed it should be to fit the ruin of our age. I pray your leadership instincts, conviction, and rhetorical skills rally the fainthearted to "order the life of the church" for righteous resistance. Thank you for writing! Every word you employ is a reckoning.
Dr Watson, give us some good theological anthropology resources that will help us understand and be able to articulate the answer to the “what does it mean to be human” question.
It might be good to start with Theological Anthropology: A Guide for the Perplexed. I'd recommend Trueman's book The Desecration of Man. And there is a collection of ancient texts on the topic in the Sources of Early Christian Thought Series. Roman Catholics have written quite a bit on this topic, and while that work is good, it would be well for Protestants to invest ourselves more fully in the study of theological anthropology.
Thanks for the recommendations. I will start with The Desecration of Man and did a Logos search for scripture on the noetic effects of sin to start my own study. I had been searching for a book since reading your article. Amazon was not helpful.
I am deeply troubled by what Dr. Watson shares here and agree with his point of view. Years ago in a debate with friends who supported abortion, I made the comment “Well, if I can kill my child pre-birth, I should have that right until they are ‘of age’ or 18.” They were appalled - but why? I was just as appalled that they supported “convenient abortion”. Ending a life because it wasn’t convenient for them (not married, already have too many children? and so on). None of these friends had ever had an abortion. I did and my EXPERIENCE is what drives my oppostion to that choice. But, that’s a whole other story for another day.
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Dr. Watson, I very much agree with what you’ve written. Western culture does seem to be headed towards self accomplished suicide. In response to what you stated about the bottom falling out of Christendom; maybe this Is God’s way of eliminating “ low cost discipleship”. In my opinion, the reason Western culture is becoming re-paganized is due to the fact that when the kingdom of God is merged with the kingdoms of this world, both sides will attempt to transform the other. At this point, the kingdoms of this world seem to have the greater influence. We can look back and see how the pre- Christendom Church prevailed.
"Insanity" fits the trajectory of Western culture, and we are witnesses to a descent into outer darkness. Your post is profoundly arresting, as indeed it should be to fit the ruin of our age. I pray your leadership instincts, conviction, and rhetorical skills rally the fainthearted to "order the life of the church" for righteous resistance. Thank you for writing! Every word you employ is a reckoning.
Animalistic, brutish, and very sad.
Dr Watson, give us some good theological anthropology resources that will help us understand and be able to articulate the answer to the “what does it mean to be human” question.
It might be good to start with Theological Anthropology: A Guide for the Perplexed. I'd recommend Trueman's book The Desecration of Man. And there is a collection of ancient texts on the topic in the Sources of Early Christian Thought Series. Roman Catholics have written quite a bit on this topic, and while that work is good, it would be well for Protestants to invest ourselves more fully in the study of theological anthropology.
Thanks for the recommendations. I will start with The Desecration of Man and did a Logos search for scripture on the noetic effects of sin to start my own study. I had been searching for a book since reading your article. Amazon was not helpful.