“The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you
have no room for new ideas.” Ray
Bradbury (b. 1920, Illinois, USA – d. 2012) Bradbury was a celebrated science fiction, fantasy, horror,
and mystery writer.
I have to disagree with Ray. Yes, there is a strong stream of anti-intellectualism loose
in the world today and it has infected many within the Christian community, but
faith does not equal empty-headedness.
Jesus Himself told us that it should not.
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” Matthew
22:37
The Apostle Luke praised the Bereans “These were more noble than those in
Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and
searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11
Without expressing approval or disapproval of what any of
them have taught or said, here is a short list of modern persons who would
qualify as Christian intellectuals: John Piper, N.T. Wright, Francis Schaeffer,
Dietrich Boenhoffer, D.A. Carson, C.S. Lewis, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul
II, Ravi Zacharias, Dinesh D’Souza, Francis Collins, John Lennox, Karl Barth,
etc.
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