Continuation/additional thread on this (modularity), from July 27, 2021.
Another big part of why Christian atheists have trouble seeing how Christian they still are is that Christianity advertises itself as being modular, which is not how belief systems have worked for most of human history.
Another big part of why Christian atheists have trouble seeing how Christian they still are is that Christianity advertises itself as being modular, which is not how belief systems have worked for most of human history.
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Jessica Price
(Importing threads from Twitter that I guess I shouldn't be dramatic and let be lost like tears in the rain or whatever.)
C-beam glittering near the Tannhäuser Gate #1: Culture/religion isn't modular.
C-beam glittering near the Tannhäuser Gate #1: Culture/religion isn't modular.
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The end game is, in theory, a rainbow of diverse people and cultures, all one big happy family in Christ.
...the problem is that most cultures don't HAVE a modular Belief System Receptor.
You can't just pull it out, plug something else in & have the culture remain stable.
OF COURSE trying to pull out a culture's indigenous belief system & replace it has destructive effects on that culture.
It's often obscured by seeing Christianity as a *tool* of particular cultures' colonialism (e.g. the British using Christianity to spread British culture) & not seeing how Christianity *itself* is colonial.
It's not a tool, it's a driver.