tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post983197521500246007..comments2024-03-24T07:56:33.811-05:00Comments on Allan R. Bevere: The Apologists #2: Pagan Culture and JudaismAllan R. Beverehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-13796298586648276842016-09-15T08:05:58.158-05:002016-09-15T08:05:58.158-05:00All truth is God's truth and I view engagement...All truth is God's truth and I view engagement with the culture as a good thing. Having said that, Platonist thinking might actually have exacerbated the disconnect between Christianity and it's very Jewish origin.<br /><br />The problem with Plato (as with Greek philosophy in general) is that the intellectual ferment in Athens occurred in a bubble. Most of the actual work done to support the apparatus of the Greek city-state was done by foreigners, women, freedmen, and slaves. Truth is pursued in isolation from the practical business of everyday live.<br /><br />Which makes it easy to lose the context of where something originated.Steve Mittelstaedthttps://satsapienti.com/noreply@blogger.com