Or so says Matthew Parris of the Times Online (a British newspaper) in his fascinating article.
This part interested me a lot:
Christianity, post-Reformation and post-Luther, with its teaching of a direct, personal, two-way link between the individual and God, unmediated by the collective, and unsubordinate to any other human being, smashes straight through the philosphical/spiritual framework I've just described. It offers something to hold on to to those anxious to cast off a crushing tribal groupthink. That is why and how it liberates.
It's nice to hear, after reading several books written by atheists about how toxic Christianity is to this world (which I happen to agree with, partly of course), an atheist talk about the good things that true Christianity can do to transform a heart, a family, a township, a city, a country, a continent.
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That's a great article. I think the fact that he is an atheist but sees something different in those Christians serving the African culture says alot. God's love does show through those hearts which are truly serving out of love..unfortunately "the workers are few"
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