Objections Overruled II, Chapter Three: Christianity is Anti-Intellectual, by Dr. Angus Menuge

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🗓️ 8 October 2023

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0:00.0	Objections overruled one in two audiobooks are produced by Lutheran public radio and are made possible with support from listeners like you.
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0:14.0	Look for objections overruled three in December of 2023.
0:19.0	Christianity is anti-intellectual.
0:23.0	Angus J.L. Manouge
0:27.0	Christians are called to make full use of the gift of intellect.
0:31.0	Education has always been a part of Christian history, including both Catechesis and academic study.
0:38.0	University scholarship developed out of Christian monasteries leading to careful study of both God's word and secular disciplines.
0:46.0	This Christian value of intellect allowed genius to grow in science, philosophy, and the arts.
0:53.0	Today, sophisticated secular people often dismiss Christianity as childish superstition, something that no well-educated person should take seriously.
1:03.0	They may even suppose that Jesus' own words support their view.
1:07.0	Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven, Matthew chapter 18 verse 3.
1:14.0	This is a serious misunderstanding both of Christ and of Christian teaching about the life of the mind.
1:20.0	Christ calls us to love God with all our minds, Matthew chapter 22 verse 37, and His great commission is a mandate for universal education.
1:31.0	This education focuses on the primary sources and equips us to understand God's two books, Scripture and Creation.
1:40.0	Christianity teaches that the world is governed by the rational laws of its creator.
1:45.0	It also teaches that man is made in the image of God and hence capable of discerning these laws.
1:52.0	These teachings foster genius in philosophy, science, mathematics, technology, and the creative arts.
1:59.0	Loving God with all our minds.
2:02.0	When Jesus told His disciples to become like children, He was not telling them to stop thinking.
2:09.0	He was telling them to be humble, Matthew chapter 18 verse 4, having an honest understanding of their own limitations.
2:17.0	St. Paul clarifies that in our fallen state we have only partial knowledge and it is distorted by sin, 1 Corinthians chapter 13 verses 11 to 12.
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