BIBLES * Bulldogs * & Beards

Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; http://www.biblebulldog.com Pragmatism, the notion that truth is to be found in usefulness. When someone says “ I just know in my heart that it is true”, what they are saying is, “This works for me; it has some actual, practical result that I like”. The important thing to them is not so much the content of the belief as the result. Pragmatic books. The Eden Diet, New Bible Cure for Cancer, Financial planning, Self-fulfillment. Christianity is all about what it can do for you in the here and now. Pragmatism of the wider world is alive and well within the walls of the church. Creeds don’t offer a personal trainer, a wonderful health experience, financial prosperity, or a cure for cancer. Ask yourself this: if my church put on a conference about how to have a great Christian marriage and fulfilled sex life, would more of fewer people attend than if we did one on the importance of the incarnation or the Trinity? Anti-authoritarianism. While many today reject traditional forms of external authority, those same people often accept rather uncritically other forms of external authority. Pop star, celebrities. They are authorities not because of their knowledge or skills but because of their status in society. With a credit card in your pocket, you can become whatever you want to be. Authority lies within you, or at least that is the message the marketing people send. External authority is a repressive force that prevents you from being whoever and whatever you wish to be. Blogs and tweets. “I have yet to read a comments thread on any topic of significance that does not quickly degenerate into moronic commentary that is as notable for its vacuousness as it is for it personal abuse.” “The culture of the comments thread is one which has confused the right to speak with the right to be heard.” Wikipedia. Little weight is placed upon expertise and the idea that competence in some things only comes after extended periods of hard work and training.