Unclean Spirits and the Secular Academy
My article out today in Clear Truth Media is a warning from Bunyan. He quotes from Revelation: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.” Christians should expect that those who practice an ungodly lifestyle are attracted to the light but not for a good reason.
How does this apply to the secular academy? Isn’t someone attending or working at the secular academy clearly a good person in pursuit of the truth and a just society? Aren’t they better than others like the businessman because they aren’t focused on money? Well, no, not so fast.
It is true there are many reasons a person might be attracted to the secular university.
There is an inherent attractiveness to the life of the mind. It is what distinguishes us as humans. Exercising your mind makes you feel alive. There is an inherent wonder in asking the big questions. These questions are important and have been wrestled with by great thinkers of the centuries. Being a part of that is exhilarating.
Believing that you are part of an endeavor to make your society and even the world a better place is a rewarding belief. Getting to develop and use your talents toward such a larger goal can make you feel alive for the first time when your only comparison is high school or a job you find monotonous.
Hopefully you can start to see the problem however. Simply asking questions without true answers is like trying to live on cotton candy. There is no mental nourishment for you. Having the wrong definition of what it means to help society ends up in fact harming society and leaving you with a wasted life.
But there is another reason I look at in this article. Those who are living unclean godless lifestyles may be attracted to the academy in great numbers. We should expect it. But they are not there to make it a better place by learning the truth about important questions. They are there for a different reason. Read more here:
https://cleartruthmedia.com/s/316/how-unclean-spirits-destroy-civlizations