tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447271489594435093.post5958234398193262358..comments2024-01-23T10:37:14.372-08:00Comments on Surburg's blog: Interview on Issues, Etc.: Does the Church Find Herself in the Same Culture as the First Century?Surburg's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07471674105191295804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447271489594435093.post-22725920107667141172015-05-01T06:47:17.483-07:002015-05-01T06:47:17.483-07:00John, I think that is an unnecessarily skeptical v...John, I think that is an unnecessarily skeptical view concerning what we can know about the Greco-Roman world in the first centuries. Scholarship in this area takes into account far more information than a "few noted writers." See: <br />http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/dec/19/rome-sex-freedom/<br />Surburg's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471674105191295804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447271489594435093.post-41566509333376050912015-04-30T21:13:06.549-07:002015-04-30T21:13:06.549-07:00It seems so speculative to go there. Like comparin...It seems so speculative to go there. Like comparing apples and oranges. There might be similarities, but given the lack of education for the masses in the first century, how can we really know how people thought, viewed society and politics, and developed a world view. These were times of great hardship, famine, disease, and continual war and conquest. The few noted writers were of the ruling class and described their times with some class bias. In my view, the church has undergone heresies, religious wars, and splits because of mankind's sinful nature, and this never changes from century to century....and these conflicts within and outside of the church will continue until the Lord returns.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com