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Originally Posted by CaseyBessette I don't know where exactly the idea originates. Perhaps the skepticism of the Enlightenment? But it seems to me the two-kingdom view -- which posits the civil kingdom as governed solely by natural law (and not the Scriptures) -- will surely perpetuate this idea. How this is not entirely contrary to Vantillian apologetics is beyond me (of course I don't mean to equate ones vocation with apologetics). | Excellent points Casey. I cannot figure out for the life of me how people can posit that there are things that are not under the rule of God's Law as if God's Law is only for the "individual" and not the corporate body. |
I think it comes from the retreating church mentality. In such churches they limit 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 only to our individual thought lives. They are against applying it to the church as a whole and to society at large. The best summation is the old quote, "You don't polish brass on a sinking ship."
With this mentality there is no need to reform society. One only has to wait for the rapture. If I remember correctly, this mentality grew strong after the Scopes Trial.