As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“My point here is not to say that we must believe everything that the scientific community says about masks and social distancing and recommended shutdowns and vaccines. It is possible that there are some very terrible mistakes being made. But if so, they are just that: mistakes.
Viewed in isolation, some passages of Scripture seem to convey that there is a special danger in the human intellect—danger that is greater than the hazards of, for example, “the heart.” Sadly, these passages are often viewed “in isolation” in churches strongly influenced by revivalism, romanticism (see also IEP), or both.
Used as slogans, passages like the following seem solidly anti-intellectual:
“Affectus per solam, the opposite of hyper-rationalism, ‘is an exaltation of strongly-felt feelings, a deprecation of reason, and the subsequent infantilization of Christian faith.’” - Acton
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