I finished reading a book by Roger Forster and Paul Marston, and one of the things that struck me at the end was how they talked about Augustine and his influence down through the ages. He changed the direction of the early church on several key doctrines. One belief he had in common with the Reformation was that the dominant religious forces all advocated a lack of human free will. Another was the application of political and physical pressure to enforce the will of the dominant religion be it Roman Catholic or Lutheran.
Islam also has that belief and attitude. Do it their way or die. A sense of a fatalism is also part of their principle beliefs.
They all share this with the socialists whether it be from Marx or Hitler. The state must dominate and individuals must submit. So you have the state as God and they cut out the middleman.
I am rereading the books and hope to respond to them more.
Forster, Roger and Marston, Paul. God’s Strategy in Human History, Volume II, Reconsidering Key Biblical Ideas. England: PUSH Publishing, 2013.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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