I'm a long time member of TWEB. In the old days I asserted that preterism, taken to its logical conclusions, can lead to atheism. It turns out I wasn't just whistling dixie.
Famous Christian apologist William Lane Craig gives a personal expeirience where one of his colleagues was led to atheism by preterism. It is at 8:30 of his video below. He also gives a critique of preterism in the next video.
https://youtu.be/tRgSBmQfL_A
https://youtu.be/a7NSBjGy7m0
Long time preterist Roderick E. puts it this way.
http://unpreterist.blogspot.com/2014...onclusion.html
Another danger of preterism is that it leads to liberal political views that reject traditional Christian values, as in the Libertarian party. Famous atheists like magician Penn Gillette are Libertarians. The folowing video shows how Christian values are made fun of.
https://youtu.be/S4BY5ZGurCU
Famous Christian apologist William Lane Craig gives a personal expeirience where one of his colleagues was led to atheism by preterism. It is at 8:30 of his video below. He also gives a critique of preterism in the next video.
https://youtu.be/tRgSBmQfL_A
https://youtu.be/a7NSBjGy7m0
Long time preterist Roderick E. puts it this way.
PRETERISM LOGICALLY LEADS TO ATHEISM
Preterism's premise or starting point is what causes it to logically lead to functional atheism. This does not mean every person who adopts preterism will become an atheist, because not all preterists are following the logic of preterism's premise.
We first need to clearly understand the main premise(s) of preterism to understand why I am saying it logically leads to someone behaving/believing like an atheist.
PRETERISM'S PREMISES
Historical Christianity either:
Purposely hid preterist interpretation for over 2000 years
Ignorantly misunderstood basic eschatology for over 2000 years
Preterism's premise or starting point is what causes it to logically lead to functional atheism. This does not mean every person who adopts preterism will become an atheist, because not all preterists are following the logic of preterism's premise.
We first need to clearly understand the main premise(s) of preterism to understand why I am saying it logically leads to someone behaving/believing like an atheist.
PRETERISM'S PREMISES
Historical Christianity either:
Purposely hid preterist interpretation for over 2000 years
Ignorantly misunderstood basic eschatology for over 2000 years
Another danger of preterism is that it leads to liberal political views that reject traditional Christian values, as in the Libertarian party. Famous atheists like magician Penn Gillette are Libertarians. The folowing video shows how Christian values are made fun of.
https://youtu.be/S4BY5ZGurCU
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