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This blog is dedicated to compiling, archiving, refining, and developing a full range of apologetic arguments in defense of Orthodox Christianity. I chose that phrasing carefully - Orthodox Christianity is NOT a rationalist world view. I do not in any way believe that it is necessary to "start from scratch" and build a world view up from there. I do, however, believe it necessary for us, as Orthodox Christians, to advocate more directly for our perspective. Our faith holds no room for quietism or passivity. Just as in the early church, so it is today: we are surrounded by a sea of syncretism, decadence, and competing ideologies. If we remain quiet, we will fail in our task to "make disciples of all nations." How can we make disciples if we don't give people a reason to question their current world view? How can we effect change in the culture around us if we do not speak up?
Some, I think rightly, will point out that the evidence of a life transformed by faith forms the core of a true evangelism. Yet some, in particular those captivated by the intellectual promises of the modern age, have particular intellectual barriers to faith - Orthodox Christians need to answer these intellectual barriers. Why? An intellectual predisposition against a particular world view robs a person of "eyes to see" and "ears to hear." Furthermore, falsehood - in any form - threatens to overwhelm the truth if those who are of the truth remain silent. Many of us are unstable in our faith; a rigorous attack on the faith may push us away from it and damage our spiritual life. An equally rigorous defense of the faith can re-orient us to the hope of the Church and, thereby, to Christ (who IS the Truth).
That is the purpose of this blog: to compile, archive, refine, and develop a full range of apologetic arguments in defense of Orthodox Christianity.
Welcome, and I hope you'll find it valuable.
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