To say the least, Platonism and Christianity share an uneasy alliance since Platonism sounds like a rational way to understand certain Christian concepts. Of course, the whole point of the Messiah is that it is a trust in YHVH that allows one access to the Kingdom--not a specific philosophy per se.
Philosophers and historians are rationalists. They won’t believe Christianity unless they first understand it. But you can’t understand Christianity unless you first believe it. You have to accept the Christian world view in order to understand the biblical explanations. The philosophers don’t believe the basic assumptions of Christianity when they study it, and so of course they end not believing it when they finish.
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To say the least, Platonism and Christianity share an uneasy alliance since Platonism sounds like a rational way to understand certain Christian concepts. Of course, the whole point of the Messiah is that it is a trust in YHVH that allows one access to the Kingdom--not a specific philosophy per se.
Philosophers and historians are rationalists. They won’t believe Christianity unless they first understand it. But you can’t understand Christianity unless you first believe it. You have to accept the Christian world view in order to understand the biblical explanations. The philosophers don’t believe the basic assumptions of Christianity when they study it, and so of course they end not believing it when they finish.