And one of the most destructive, narrow-minded aspects of it is that its adherents feel as if they are the entirety of Christianity rather than the tiny sliver of it that they actually are,” he argued. It’s a destructive narrow-minded worldview. “Is one of my themes attacking Christianity? No. In another video posted early last month, he responded to an accusation that he was “attacking Christianity.” “Anyhow, these lessons took place between teaching us how to defend Young Earth Creationism and protect ourselves from secular humanism which, in case you didn’t know, is the root cause of every single atrocity that took place in the 20th century, if you went to my high school.” John Piper speaks at the Cross for the Nations Conference on Dec. Why didn’t the devil have anything new to tell us? Shouldn’t we have gotten that demonic head nod from Green Day or Nirvana? Maybe Garth Brooks?” he asked. “So let’s say my teachers were telling us the truth and it wasn’t just fear-mongering propaganda from another little ‘ministry’ hiding out in Colorado. But this was the '90s - 25, 30 years after these bands were in their prime,” he said with wincing sarcasm. “In a real class at a school that charged real money to parents to give their kids a real education, I was taught that the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin all had satanic messages in their music. “What is something they told you in school which you found out was a complete lie?” a fan asked of Piper in one video.
His videos have also amassed nearly 15 million likes. In video snippets on his evangelical upbringing, such as his Christian education, Abraham Piper, whom his father revealed in 2012 had become an unbeliever at the age of 19, has attracted a following of almost a million followers as of Monday evening after posting his first video in November. It has all the same allegorical potency, is truer to life, generally comes w/ beer, and has no holiday you’re obliged to celebrate.- Abraham Piper April 5, 2021 Once you recognize that resurrection is a metaphor, you’re free to ask, “OK, but are there any *better* metaphors?” And the answer is yes.
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